Product Manager

SDG Group USA; Bedminster Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stability and growth

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Work-life balance

Supportive community

Job summary

A global consulting firm is seeking a Product Manager to join their Business Strategy team in Bedminster, NJ. The role requires 5+ years of experience in business consulting, focusing on the CPG and Retail industries. Responsibilities include liaising between business and technical teams, creating a product strategy, and managing analytics use cases. The company offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment that promotes professional growth and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven experience in business consulting, data strategy, or technical product management.
• Strong knowledge of CPG & Retail industry challenges and data-driven use cases.
• Demonstrable experience in managing product roadmaps and defining features.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management to align business and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leads to create analytics use case proposals.
• Assess business impact and technical feasibility of initiatives.
• Guide decision-making for the analytics product strategy.
• Act as liaison between business stakeholders and development teams.

Skills

Business consulting

Data strategy

Technical product management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Product Manager (CPG & Retail)

Location: Bedminster, NJ (Hybrid)

Job Type: Full-Time

About SDG Group

SDG Group is a global consulting firm specialized in Data & Analytics. We are committed to unlocking organizations’ potential by offering in-depth analytics expertise that empowers our clients to become successful data-driven enterprises. Innovation is in our DNA; we constantly innovate our value proposition with cutting-edge laboratories and transformational models to provide the ultimate analytics practices and solutions.

Position Overview

As a Product Manager in our Business Strategy team, you will be embedded with a global CPG client’s regional analytics division. You will be the critical bridge between their business and technical teams, responsible for understanding business needs, identifying impactful use cases, and translating requests into technical requirements. This role requires a unique blend of strategic thinking, deep domain knowledge, and exceptional stakeholder management to guide our client\'s analytics product strategy.

Key Responsibilities – Initial Focus

• Strategy & Use Case Proposals: Partner with regional business leads to understand analytics goals and translate their needs into actionable data & analytics use case proposals.
• Feasibility & Impact Assessment: Coordinate across business and technical teams to assess the business impact, technical feasibility, and level of effort for proposed initiatives.
• Roadmap Development: Create a short-term roadmap that balances quick-win, business-driven use cases with the foundational engineering needed to future-proof development.

Ongoing Responsibilities

• Business & Technical Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact and communication bridge between business stakeholders and the development team.
• Product Strategy: Guide decision-making for the region\'s analytics product strategy via workshops, interviews, and a deep understanding of their business process.
• Voice of the Customer: Represent the business stakeholders\' priorities, needs, and expectations to the development team.
• Voice of the Developers: Represent the development team\'s recommendations, feasibility, and capacity back to the business stakeholders.
• Feature Definition: Define feature-level requirements to deliver value in increments, partnering with development teams to break them into tangible work items.
• Process Improvement: Coordinate with global teams to identify and implement ways of working improvements, including intake management, communication channels, training, and feedback loops.

Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of proven experience in business consulting, data strategy, or technical product management.
• Industry Expertise: Strong knowledge of CPG & Retail industry challenges, key business processes, and data-driven use cases.
• Product Management: Demonstrable experience creating and managing product roadmaps, defining features, and managing a backlog for a technical/data product.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and consensus between senior business leaders and technical teams.
• Technical Translation: A strategic thinker with the ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements (and vice versa).
• Analytical Mindset: A strong analytical mindset with the ability to see both the unique market needs and opportunities for global scalability.

What We Offer

• Stability and Growth: Full-time employment in a growing high-tech industry with a meritocratic culture that provides opportunities for professional growth.
• Competitive Compensation: A competitive salary and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Robust healthcare and benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability coverage.
• Work-Life Balance: 3+ weeks of paid vacation, a flexible holiday schedule, and hybrid working arrangements that balance on-site and remote work.
• Supportive Community: A welcoming, collaborative, and inclusive culture where you can learn from exceptional professionals and make a significant impact.