Infrastructure Product Manager

Stefanini, Inc; Dearborn, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 91,000; Part time

Job summary

Stefanini Group is seeking an Infrastructure Product Manager in Dearborn, MI to lead platform transformation and delivery in a cross-functional environment. The role focuses on owning value streams, guiding platforms to success, and enabling PI planning and demand planning activities.

Ideal candidates have extensive IT and program management experience, including Agile methods, Jira, and collaboration with global teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT with multi-discipline experience (PM, Platform Eng, DevOps etc.)
• 5+ years PM experience leading large IT projects end-to-end
• Experience with Jira and Microsoft 365 tooling

Responsibilities

• End to end project lifecycle management with detailed timing plans, execution, tracking, risk resolution, dependencies, and status reporting.
• Collaborate with Platforms teams to prioritize features for PI planning cycles.
• Facilitate communication with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.
• Drive mitigation of cross-team impediments and manage demand planning.
• Interface with external teams, gather requirements, and work with tech leads.
• Own customer value aspects of the roadmap and align with portfolio vision.
• Facilitate PI Planning and report status; manage upstream/downstream dependencies.
• Drive delivery and continuous improvement using metrics to identify opportunities.

Skills

Leadership

Agile experience

Communication

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or related field

Master's Degree (MBA) preferred

Tools

Jira

Microsoft 365

Job description

Job Details

Stefanini Group is hiring! Stefanini is looking for an Infrastructure Product Manager, Dearborn, MI (Onsite) Navneet Pathak at 248-213-3677/[e-mail]

Position Type: Contract

Pay Range: $61.00 - $66.00

Job Description

We are seeking an Infrastructure Product Manager to support the Platform Transformation and lead the delivery. The Infrastructure Product Manager will: Own value streams and projects, supporting the Portfolio Operations by guiding platforms to success in large, cross-functional environments. Resolve impediments, manage risk, and assure value delivery. Be accountable across planning, customer value roadmap, PI Planning, reporting, and demand planning. We are seeking individuals with exceptional ambition and drive, who are motivated to excel and make a significant impact. In our dynamic environment, those with a proactive mindset and a relentless pursuit of excellence will not only thrive but stand out as leaders. We value team members who are eager to take initiative, push boundaries, and inspire others with their commitment to achieving extraordinary results.

Responsibilities

• End to end project lifecycle management which includes establishing / maintaining detailed timing plans, execution, tracking progress, issue / risk resolution, cross-functional dependency management, stakeholder management, and status reporting.
• Collaborate with Platforms teams to prioritize features for the next planning interval (PI) planning cycle.
• Facilitate communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.
• Drive mitigation of cross-team impediments.
• Engage in Demand Planning and Customer Research.
• Interface with external teams, manage requirement gathering, and collaborate with tech leads as needed.
• Own the Customer value aspects of the roadmap, aligning the roadmap with the portfolio vision.
• Facilitate PI Planning and report on status. Understand, visualize, and manage upstream/downstream dependencies.
• Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.
• Support the Service to Platform Transformation, which may include leadership training sessions and product coaching.

Experience Required

• Specialist Exp: 8 years in IT; 3 years in Program Mgmt., Expert in Proj Mgr 8+ years of progressive work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines/technologies/processes as a Release Train Engineer, Product Manager, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar.
• 5+ years of project management experience managing large scale, complex IT projects (both software development and infrastructure implementations) from end to end.
• Efficient usage of Jira and Microsoft 365.
• Product Management, Portfolio Management, Program Management.

Experience Preferred

• Agile Software Development.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project-related information to clients, vendors, senior management, and staff.
• Experience working with global teams in a technology environment.
• Experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner of Infrastructure Technology Products, including Network, Platform Engineering, Google Cloud, Monitoring, Container as a Service, or Security Products (SIEM, SOAR, IAM, XDR, etc.).
• Broad range of execution management and leadership skills required.
• Proven ability to balance concurrent assignments.
• Strong knowledge and experience in software development and IT infrastructure implementations in an Agile environment.

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.

Education preferred

• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• PMP and/or SAFe certifications.

Listed salary ranges may vary based on experience, qualifications, and local market. Also, some positions may include bonuses or other incentives.

Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you. Those face-to-face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process, including interviews and job offers.

About Stefanini Group

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than four hundred clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are a CMM Level 5 company.