Group Product Manager – Corporate Support Services

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. in St. Louis is seeking a Group Product Manager to own the strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and value delivery for a portfolio of digital products that support McCarthy's business goals.

You will lead a high-performing Product team and drive consistent product practices, ensuring usable, reliable outcomes across the portfolio. The role requires 8+ years in digital product management, including 3+ years leading Product Leads and Analysts, plus a proven ability to

Qualifications

• 8+ years in digital product management
• 3+ years leading Product Leads and/or Product Analysts
• Proven ability to own product/portfolio strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and value delivery
• Demonstrated track record building, developing, and coaching high‑performing product teams
• Experience designing and evolving product operating rhythms and standardizing product practices
• Evidence of innovation: challenging current‑state processes and delivering measurable improvements
• Strong data- and metrics‑driven mindset guiding roadmap and investment decisions
• Excellent communication and systems thinking skills across diverse audiences

Responsibilities

• Defines and maintains product vision and roadmaps aligned to business and digital strategies.
• Leads and coaches Product Leads and Product Analysts, aligning work to the portfolio roadmap and standards.
• Owns people management for the product management team, including hiring, onboarding, and career development.
• Establishes team operating rhythms to improve predictability, transparency, and throughput.
• Drives capability development by setting expectations for discovery, backlog quality, and outcome-based delivery.
• Manages team capacity and succession planning to support near‑term delivery and long‑term sustainability.
• Prioritizes work and communicates roadmap decisions and timelines with business partners.
• Translates Ignite and Digital Governance decisions into executable roadmaps and capacity plans.
• Owns backlog management reflecting priorities with defined acceptance criteria.
• Monitors product health using metrics and feedback, addressing risks and incidents.
• Leads lifecycle changes in line with architecture and platform standards.
• Partners with Digital Business Partners to route demand and avoid sprawl.
• Provides feasibility, portfolio fit, and cost/effort estimates for investments.
• Builds relationships with internal partners and manages product-related vendors.

Skills

Product strategy

Roadmapping

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Data-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Job description

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Group Product Manager owns the strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and value delivery for a portfolio of digital products that support McCarthys business strategy. This is a people-leader role responsible for building, leading, and developing a high-performing product management team (Product Leads and Product Analysts) while ensuring consistent product practice, delivery quality, and stakeholder outcomes. This role turns business priorities into clear product direction, managing trade-offs across features, technical debt, andrisksso productsremainusable, reliable, and valuable over time.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Defines and maintains product vision and product roadmaps aligned to business and digital strategies.
• Leads and coaches Product Leads and Product Analysts, aligning work and capacity to the product portfolio roadmap and setting clear practice and quality standards.
• Owns people management for the product management team, including hiring and onboarding, role clarity, performance management, coaching, and career development.
• Establishes and evolves team operating rhythms (planning, refinement, roadmap reviews, stakeholder touchpoints) to improve predictability, transparency, and throughput across the portfolio.
• Drives capability development across the team by setting expectations for discovery, backlog quality, outcome-based delivery, and stakeholder communication, and by providing feedback and targeted growth opportunities.
• Manages team capacity and skills mix across the portfolio,identifyingresourcing gaps, succession needs, and development plans to support near‑term delivery and long‑term sustainability.
• Effectively prioritizes work and clearly communicates roadmap decisions, trade-offs, and timelineswith business partners.
• Translates approved Ignite and Digital Governance decisions intoexecutableroadmapsand capacity plans.
• Owns effective management ofproductbacklogsso they reflect roadmap priorities andcontainoutcome-based, well‑defined work withappropriate acceptancecriteria.
• Monitors product health using metrics and feedback and manages key risks and Tier‑2 issues through durable product or process improvements.
• Leads major lifecycle changes (upgrades, refactors, consolidations, rationalization) in line with architecture and platform standards to protect long‑term product integrity and value.
• Partners with Digital Business Partners to route demand to existing products where possible or define net‑new solutions, providing portfolio context and limiting unnecessary sprawl.
• Provides feasibility, portfolio fit, and cost and effort estimates for investment decisions related to assigned products.
• Buildsstrong relationships with internal partners andmanagesproduct-related vendors, ensuring alignment with McCarthy standards and product strategy.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience; construction/engineering industry experience is a plus.
• Minimum 8 years in digital product management, including 3+ years leading Product Leads and/or Product Analysts and managing a portfolio or domain of products.
• Proven ability to own product/portfolio strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and value delivery, turning business priorities into clear product direction and tradeoff decisions.
• Demonstratedtrack recordbuilding, developing, and coaching high‑performing product teams, with clear goals, standards, and growth plans.
• Experience designing and evolving product operating rhythms (planning, backlog refinement, roadmap reviews, stakeholder touchpoints) and standardizing product practices across teams.
• Evidence of innovation: challenging current‑state processes/solutions and delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, or user experience.
• Strong data- and metrics‑driven mindset, using adoption, utilization, incident trends, and feedback to guide roadmap and investment decisions.
• Consistent record of reliable execution, including managing technical debt, reducing repeat incidents, and protecting long‑term product integrity and stability.
• Excellent communication and systems thinking skills, able to simplify complex, cross-product processes and data flows for diverse audiences.

McCarthy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.