Director Release Train Product Management

Aspen Technology, Inc.; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 246,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Charitable giveback day

Job summary

Aspen Technology, a leading industrial software company, seeks a Director of Release Train Product Management to translate vision into value. You will own the program backlog, prioritize features, and coordinate with Solution Product Management, the System Architect, and ART leadership to maximize outcomes.

You’ll lead and grow Product Owners, drive PI Planning, and apply Lean economics including WSJF for explicit prioritization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product-centric software leadership with delivery of value and quality.
• Experience leading Agile teams within the SAFe framework and program backlog management.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; advanced degree a plus; process engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of Product Owners and coordinate release trains.
• Define and refine program backlog with Solution Product Management and System Architect.
• Align PI objectives and optimize value delivery using Lean economics and WSJF.
• Partner with Business Owners and ART leadership to plan and execute PI.

Skills

Product leadership

SAFe framework

Agile development

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Advanced degree (preferred)

Tools

SAFe tools

Analytics dashboards

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role Aspen Technology, a business unit inside Emerson Corporation, is a leading industrial software company, serving over 3,000 customers with over $1billion in annual revenue, more than 60 locations worldwide, and nearly 4,000 employees. AspenTech solutions address complex environments where it is critical to optimize the asset design, operation and maintenance lifecycle. Through AspenTech’s unique combination of deep domain expertise and award-winning innovative software suites, customers in asset‑intensive industries can improve their operational excellence while achieving sustainability goals.

Your Impact As a Director, Release Train Product Management working within the Scaled Agile Framework, you are responsible for turning vision into reality by managing the program backlog, prioritizing features, and collaborating with Solution Product Management to deliver solutions that align with business goals with the shortest lead time.

Execution Strategy: Responsible for the Program Backlog, working with Solution Product Management, the System Architect, and the Release Train Engineer to prioritize the backlog to maximize the delivery of value over time.

Feature Definition: Responsible for turning product vision into concrete deliverable features. Working with the Product Owner team to refine backlog items into items of incremental value delivery.

Team Leadership: Leading and growing a team of Product Owners. You will be responsible for hiring, coaching, and retaining top talent, and for ensuring that the team is continuously improving.

PI Planning Leadership: Collaborate with Business Owners, Product Owners, Architects, and ART leadership to define and communicate Program Increment (PI) objectives, establish feature priorities, and ensure alignment of the Agile Release Train to strategic outcomes.

Lean Portfolio Alignment: Apply Lean economics, including WSJF and value‑based prioritization techniques, to optimize sequencing and maximize outcomes.

What You’ll Need

10+ years of progressive product‑centric software development leadership, including a demonstrated record of success delivering value with quality. Bachelor’s degree in engineering, with preference to Chemical Engineering. Advanced degree is a plus. Experience in process engineering and optimization will be extremely important including real life user experience of AspenTech Performance Engineering products such Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus. Experience in communicating product vision and road maps to the development teams. Experience leading Agile development teams, working within the SAFe® framework Proven ability to analyze reports, dashboards, and other tools to make critical decisions and recommendations to help the company to achieve its goals. Strong analytical skills.

The salary range for this role is $196,800.00 - $246,000.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay.

Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.

AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real‑time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. If you’re looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today’s sustainability and business challenges head‑on with unmatched expertise, cutting‑edge AI‑powered technology and a passion to innovate.

AspenTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

AspenTech does not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or related conditions, marital status, familial status, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military service or protected Veteran Status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Reasonable Accommodation

We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals who have a disability or sincere religious reasons to request accommodation, when necessary to enable the individual to participate in the job application or interview process. If you wish to request an accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail].