PWC

Product Development Excellence Senior Associate (Strategy and Transformation)

PWC • $77K — $202K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
  • Background in fields like Analytics, AI, or Engineering preferred
  • Experience with product development or manufacturing strategies
  • Skills in data interpretation and product lifecycle management

Responsibilities

  • Analyze product development and manufacturing workflows to spot inefficiencies
  • Develop strategies to enhance speed to market and product quality
  • Apply product development skills from concept to launch
  • Document current and future operational processes
  • Interpret data to inform product strategy
  • Support lean manufacturing and supply chain integration
  • Enhance analysis and reporting through AI fluency and process documentation

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Paid holiday and vacation time
  • Personal and family sick leave
  • Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus
Full Job Description
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
Operations

Management Level
Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary
The Opportunity

As a Product Development Excellence Senior Associate you will support client work in operations consulting by helping analyze product development lifecycles, identify bottlenecks, and shape strategies that improve speed to market, reduce cost, and strengthen product quality within our Operations Consulting practice. As a Senior Associate you will build meaningful client connections, manage assigned workstreams, and guide junior team members while using critical thinking, data-driven insights, and a broader view of the business context to navigate complex situations. In this role at PwC, you will contribute to product development and manufacturing projects by applying lean methods, examining supply chain integration, and using digital technologies to support process improvement and delivery of client solutions.

Responsibilities

- Analyzing product development and manufacturing workflows to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities
- Developing strategy and transformation deliverables that improve speed to market, cost performance, and product quality
- Applying product development, product lifecycle management, and product roadmap skills to support client initiatives across concept through launch
- Documenting current-state processes and future-state operating models to guide operational change
- Interpreting data and operational metrics to inform recommendations for product strategy and manufacturing improvements
- Supporting lean manufacturing and supply chain integration efforts that align product development with downstream operations
- Using AI fluency and process documentation tools to improve analysis, reporting, and knowledge transfer
- Building meaningful client relationships while anticipating needs and coordinating assigned workstreams
- Reviewing the work of junior team members and guiding task execution within defined project scope
- Developing recommendations that reflect changing business context, client priorities, and professional standards

What You Must Have

- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 3 years of experience

What Sets You Apart
- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Analytics/Data Science, Artificial Intelligence/Robotics, Biology/Biomedical Sciences, Business Administration/Management, Computer Science/Information Systems, Engineering, Environmental Science/Sustainability, Health Administration/Public Health, Mathematics/Statistics, Operations/Supply Chain, Project/Technology Management, Science
- Demonstrating product development or manufacturing strategy coursework
- Applying process documentation and product lifecycle management skills
- Interpreting data for product roadmap recommendations
- Using AI fluency to support ideation and planning
- Adapting quickly within client-facing transformation work

Travel Requirements
Up to 80%

Job Posting End Date

The salary range for this position is: $77,000 - $202,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines

About PWC

PwC is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. PwC ranks as the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. PwC firms operate in 157 countries, 742 locations, with 276,000 people. As of 2020, 26% of the workforce worked in the Americas, 26% in Asia, 32% in Western Europe, 5% in Middle East and Africa and 11% in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Learn more about PWC
Size
284,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

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