Product & Project Manager - Group Products • Valora Digital
Product & Project Manager - Group Products
We work on customer-facing products (e.g. self-checkout), internal platforms, and business-critical applications. Our mission is to deliver real value, improve processes, and drive the digital transformation of Valora.
We own our products end-to-end, from idea to implementation and operations.
As a Product & Project Manager, you will drive transformation initiatives across IT while also owning and managing products within our portfolio. You combine product thinking with execution strength: you define direction, align stakeholders, and ensure delivery, from concept to rollout.
Key tasks and responsibilities
- Drive IT transformation projects across systems, processes, and teams
- Own and manage products end-to-end (vision, roadmap, delivery, lifecycle)
- Translate business needs into clear product and project requirements
- Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, business, external partners)
- Ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of initiatives
- Act as the central point of coordination between stakeholders
- Identify challenges early and proactively solve problems
- Continuously improve processes, ways of working, and product outcomes
Key skills / requirements
- Proven experience in product management; project management experience is a plus
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive topics from concept to rollout
- Ability to structure ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and make pragmatic decisions
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Hands-on, solution-oriented, and execution-focused
- Experience with IT systems, digital products, software delivery, or transformation initiatives
- Technical affinity and ability to work effectively with engineering teams
- Fluent in German and English (must-have); French is a strong plus
What we offer
- A dynamic environment with high ownership and impact
- The opportunity to shape products and transformation initiatives
- A modern, collaborative culture with product and engineering at its core
- Flexible working model (Zurich / Muttenz / Remote)
- Exciting projects with real business impact
Each and every day, around 15,000 employees in the Valora network work to brighten up their customers' journey with a comprehensive foodvenience offering – nearby, quick, convenient and fresh. The small-scale points of sale of Valora are located at highly frequented locations in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The company includes, among others, k kiosk, Brezelkönig, BackWerk, Ditsch, Press & Books, avec, Caffè Spettacolo, Frittenwerk and the popular own brand ok.– as well as a continuously growing range of digital services. Valora is also one of the world’s leading producers of pretzels and benefits from a well-integrated value chain in the area of baked goods. The Valora Group with its registered office in Muttenz in Switzerland is the European retail unit of Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA).
Shape the future with us and brighten up someone’s journey.
