Digital Adoption and Workplace Experience Product Owner Lead

PPG is hiring a Digital Adoption and Workplace Experience Product Owner Lead to join our Digital team! The Digital Adoption & Workplace Experience Product Owner Lead is an experienced leader within the IT Change Management & Communications organization. You will have end-to-end accountability for the enterprise adoption roadmap. You will also be responsible for Copilot implementations and training. Additionally, you will define and governs the emerging Copilot Agents ecosystem. This includes shaping how we structure, govern, and scale this new area across the enterprise. You will operate at the intersection of product ownership, technical understanding of platforms, digital adoption, and enterprise change leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise productivity tooling portfolio, including M365 and other productivity, collaboration, and digital enablement tools.
• Define the enterprise productivity roadmap, ensuring alignment to business priorities and employee experience outcomes.
• Define and own the enterprise M365 adoption and enablement roadmap, with a strong focus on Copilot capabilities, releases, and enablement.
• Lead the end-to-end Copilot implementation strategy, including pilots, phased rollouts, scaling, and continuous improvement.
• Partner closely with Microsoft and GWS to plan and execute Copilot implementations, training, and adoption programs.
• Define the vision, governance, and operating model for Copilot Agents, including standards for deployment and scale.
• Build, lead, and mature the Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) Center of Excellence, including operating model, governance, standards, and ways of working.
• Define and enforce governance standards for:
  • Copilot and Copilot Agents usage.
  • Agent lifecycle management (design, deployment, maintenance, retirement)
  • Security, privacy, compliance, accessibility, and data protection
• Continuously evolve governance models as Copilot and Agents capabilities mature.
• Act as a trusted advisor to GWS, Microsoft, and senior leaders.
• Partners across IT, AI CoE, Learning & Development, Change Management, and functional teams to drive consistency and best practices.
• Collaborate with platform owners, Product Managers, Application Leads, and end users to identify high-impact use cases.
• Manage relationships with external vendors and consultants supporting DAP and M365 adoption initiatives.
• Serve as the Product Owner Lead for all digital adoption platforms, defining product vision, roadmap, and prioritization of features and enhancements.
• Oversee planning, execution, testing, rollout, and adoption of new tools, features, pilots, and scaled initiatives, including on-going training needs.
• Manage and forecast roadmaps, dependencies, resource needs, and delivery timelines across multiple initiatives.
• Manage licensing and chargeback model, including reporting and usage KPIs, across enterprise.
• Define and track KPIs to measure adoption, engagement, and business value for initiatives and other DAP tools.
• Monitor usage analytics, satisfaction metrics, and feedback to drive continuous improvement
• Provide executive-ready reporting and insights on digital adoption performance and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in IT, digital workplace, product ownership, or digital adoption roles.
• 4+ years of people management experience leading teams or functional groups.
• Preferred experience leading enterprise M365 adoption programs, DAP initiatives, governance models, and global change initiatives.
• Product Owner or Product Management certifications
• Change Management or Digital Adoption certifications.
• Technical understanding of platforms: Microsoft 365 applications, Copilot, agents, and enterprise IT ecosystems.

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