Principal Product Manager

Bentley Systems; False Pass (AK); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bentley Systems in Philadelphia, PA, seeks a Principal Product Manager to bridge Platform and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, coordinating with product management and engineering to address customer needs and guide platform requirements.

You will translate domain objectives into actionable platform initiatives, influence decisions, and align capabilities with long-term strategy. Travel and global coordination are expected.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management or business development in technical software.
• Experience in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) or similar domains.
• Proven customer/partner success track record.
• Tech-savvy with clear business impact, able to influence without formal authority.
• Excellent communication with executives and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Bridge between Platform and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud with cross-functional teams.
• Translate domain needs into platform product requirements and priorities.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure Clouds to align objectives and constraints.
• Define segmentation of capabilities between Platform and first-party products.
• Facilitate alignment and buy-in across diverse inputs for decisions.
• Manage traditional product management for Platform products aligned with Infrastructure Cloud.
• Promote openness, collaboration, authenticity and transparency.

Skills

Product management

Business development

Stakeholder influence

Technical savvy

Executive communication

Job description

Principal Product Manager

Location

Hybrid or Office-Based - Philadelphia, PA.

Bentley is creating an open platform for the built and natural environment to empower software developers to build digital twin experiences. We believe in advancing the platform for the collective success of the ecosystem and equipping the software developer community with open source and open standards. Our work has broad reach ranging from the world's largest construction companies to the US government to FOX Sports on NFL SUNDAY. Cesium has more than 10,000,000 lifetime open-source downloads, and the Cesium ion cloud reaches more than 20,000 monthly active developers.

Responsibilities

• One part Product Management and one-part Technical Business Development. You will be the bridge between Platform and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, bringing experts across Product Management and Engineering to the table to solve problems addressing customer's needs.
• You will bridge domain-specific requirements from Infrastructure Cloud with Platform technology and priorities.
• Ride closely with the Infrastructure Clouds team, deeply understanding their objectives, needs, motivations, and constraints to enable you to create value for them. You will translate these to actionable Platform product requirements.
• Provide input on segmentation of capabilities between Platform and first-party products by evaluating its potential for broad third‑party adoption and whether it fits appropriately in the deeper layers of Bentley's tech stack.
• Facilitate alignment for a diverging set of inputs and people to converge on strong bought-in decisions that benefit Bentley and our customers.
• Traditional product management for Platform's products and services that closely align with Infrastructure Cloud.
• Promote a culture of openness, collaboration, authenticity, and transparency.
• Requires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer (or any other physical requirements (https://www.bls.gov/ors/factsheet/visual-overview-of-physical-demands.htm) ).

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management or business development experience, preferably working on highly technical software projects in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry or similar domains.
• A strong track record of driving significant and sustained long‑term customer or partner success.
• Credible to a world‑class engineering team. You are tech savvy and understand the business impact of our technology.
• You obsess over priorities, creating impact, and constantly test them against customer needs, strategy, and objectives.
• You lead through influence by guiding stakeholders toward shared outcomes without relying on organizational hierarchy or positional power.
• Fantastic communication skills and interpersonal savvy. You can communicate with executive leadership as well as you can with engineers.
• This role will require frequent travel and time zone management as part of a global team.

What We Offer

• A great Team and culture - please see our colleague video .
• An exciting career as an integral part of a world‑leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction - watch this short documentary about how we got our start.
• An attractive salary and benefits package.
• A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.
• A company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world's infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact.

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About Bentley Systems

Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner‑operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance. www.bentley.com

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bentley is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for empl