CFD Product Manager

Good Works Talent LLC; Bellevue (WA); Remote; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical, Dental and Vision Plans

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

401(k) plan with employer match

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Good Works Talent LLC seeks a technically fluent Product Manager to lead execution for CFD visualization and post-processing tools used by engineers and scientists worldwide. You will translate workflows into clear requirements, write user stories, and drive high-quality releases with close collaboration across engineering, sales, and support.

This hands-on role emphasizes detail, customer input, and rigorous acceptance criteria, with a focus on delivering value while guiding product direction

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, or related field).
• Hands-on experience with CFD tools (e.g., ANSYS Fluent, STAR-CCM+, OpenFOAM, etc.)
• Strong understanding of CFD post-processing workflows
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to translate complex technical workflows into structured requirements
• Willingness to travel approximately 25%
• Must reside in North America

Responsibilities

• Visit customer sites and conduct remote interviews to understand real-world CFD workflows
• Identify friction points in post-processing, automation, and insight extraction
• Gather and validate feedback on in-progress and upcoming features
• Conduct win/loss analysis and collaborate with sales and support to identify trends
• Represent the product at industry events and user meetings
• Translate validated problems into clear product requirements, well-structured user stories, and explicit, testable acceptance criteria
• Partner with leadership to refine roadmap priorities based on validated customer needs and technical feasibility
• Work closely with engineering to clarify requirements and resolve ambiguity
• Collaborate with UX to ensure usability and workflow consistency
• Partner with documentation to ensure accuracy and clarity
• Validate delivered functionality against user needs before release
• Contribute structured customer and market insight to inform roadmap planning
• Provide thoughtful challenges and alternative perspectives to senior leadership on product decisions
• Help shape positioning and messaging in collaboration with marketing
• Contribute to technical blog posts, webinars, and other customer-facing content

Skills

CFD tools experience

Technical communication

Requirements translation

Travel 25%

Education

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

ANSYS Fluent

STAR-CCM+

OpenFOAM

Job description

Location: Remote (North America)

Department: Product Management

Reports To: President

About the Role

We're looking for a technically fluent, execution-focused Product Manager to lead product execution and contribute to product direction for our CFD visualization and post-processing tools, used by engineers and scientists worldwide.

This role sits at the center of engineering, sales, support, and our customers. You'll translate real-world CFD workflows into clear product requirements, well-formed user stories, and high-quality releases. You'll also spend meaningful time with customers to make sure our product direction reflects real market needs.

This is a hands-on role. You'll work closely with software developers, UX, and documentation to make sure features are not only built, but built correctly, clearly, and in a way that supports engineers' real workflows.

We want someone who's comfortable getting into the details, willing to challenge assumptions (including leadership's), and motivated to build great engineering tools for CFD practitioners worldwide.

What You'll Do

• Visit customer sites and conduct remote interviews to understand real-world CFD workflows
• Identify friction points in post-processing, automation, and insight extraction
• Gather and validate feedback on in-progress and upcoming features
• Conduct win/loss analysis and collaborate with sales and support to identify trends
• Represent the product at industry events and user meetings

Product Definition & Execution

• Translate validated problems into clear product requirements, well-structured user stories, and explicit, testable acceptance criteria
• Partner with leadership to refine roadmap priorities based on validated customer needs and technical feasibility
• Work closely with engineering to clarify requirements and resolve ambiguity
• Collaborate with UX to ensure usability and workflow consistency
• Partner with documentation to ensure accuracy and clarity
• Validate delivered functionality against user needs before release

Product Direction & Strategic Input

• Contribute structured customer and market insight to inform roadmap planning
• Provide thoughtful challenges and alternative perspectives to senior leadership on product decisions
• Help shape positioning and messaging in collaboration with marketing
• Contribute to technical blog posts, webinars, and other customer-facing content

In the near term, this role will focus heavily on execution excellence across several major initiatives already underway. As domain expertise and organizational trust deepen, the role will increasingly influence broader product direction and long-term roadmap decisions.

What We're Looking For

Required

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, or related field)
• Hands-on experience with CFD tools (e.g., ANSYS Fluent, STAR-CCM+, OpenFOAM, etc.)
• Strong understanding of CFD post-processing workflows
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to translate complex technical workflows into structured requirements
• Willingness to travel approximately 25%
• Must reside in North America

Preferred

• Prior experience in product management or product ownership
• Experience writing technical content for engineers or scientists

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Understands CFD deeply but is more excited about building tools than running simulations
• Comfortable working across engineering, sales, support, and leadership
• Detail-oriented and rigorous about acceptance criteria and definition of done
• Not afraid to challenge assumptions with data and structured reasoning
• Pragmatic, curious, and execution-focused
• Motivated by long-term product quality and customer trust

Compensation: For candidates based in the Seattle/Bellevue area of Washington State, the base salary range is $115k-$145k per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Actual compensation may vary based on geographic location, experience, local market conditions, and applicable pay regulations.

Other Compensation: This role may also be eligible for additional compensation such as a discretionary bonus.

Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm (local time)

• Paid time off (Vacation, Sick)
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Optional employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with employer match
• Company-paid employee STD/LTD/Life/AD&D
• Optional Supplemental plans (Critical Illness, Accident, Life/AD&D)
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• Inclusive and collaborative work environment

Why Work Here

• Strong work/life balance
• Remote-friendly
• Company-wide events and team building
• Collaborative, inclusive culture

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and respect for all employees. We provide reasonable accommodations to ensure all employees can perform their jobs effectively.