Product Manager

Ampcus, Inc; City of White Plains (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Product Manager to oversee various product portfolios. This role involves driving the Options phase of Project Governance, collaborating with stakeholders, and maintaining product information in LeanIX. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in agile and waterfall methodologies, product roadmap development, and the ability to translate business goals into effective technology solutions. Join a forward-thinking team where your insights will shape product strategies and enhance operational efficiency in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 5+ years of IT experience.
• Strong knowledge of agile, waterfall, and DevOps methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Establish relationships with stakeholders to ensure technology solutions meet objectives.
• Collaborate with teams to develop and maintain product budgets and roadmaps.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

DevOps

SDLC methodologies

Product roadmap development

Decision-making skills

Change management principles

Cloud technologies

Data engineering technologies

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

5+ years IT experience

Product Management certification

Tools

LeanIX

Product Roadmapping tool

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Product Manager

Location(s): White Plains, NY

Project Overview
This position will provide Product Management for various product portfolios. The Product Manager will be involved in multiple projects, driving the Options phase of Project Governance and assisting in preparing Product Roadmaps, Business Cases, Project Charters and other required artifacts. The Product Manager will also maintain current product information in LeanIX and respond to ad hoc product information requests.

Job Functions & Responsibilities

• Establish key relationships with business product owners and stakeholders to ensure technology solutions realize Digital Utility objectives.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to develop and maintain product budgets and roadmaps.
• Enter multiple, existing roadmaps into the new Product Roadmapping tool.
• Work with business units to capture product information as needed.
• Work with Product Managers to establish a framework and standards for the use of a new road mapping tool.
• Drive the Options phase of Project Governance and assist in preparing Business Cases, Project Charters and other required artifacts.
• Act as an escalation point for key product issues.
• Provide input into the rationalization of product portfolios and prioritization of investments to improve efficiency.
• Provide input into recommendations for resource allocation across Functional Organizations to achieve product objectives.
• Monitor product O&M and Capital spending to ensure planned resources are available to meet product goals.
• Responsible for identification of IT, business, and electric utility industry trends that may impact product lifecycles.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate and current information on products in LeanIX and Application Product Placemat.
• Responsible for working with the project team to define initial, high-level project scope, and project resource estimates.

Required Skills

• Knowledge of agile and waterfall product development, DevOps and SDLC methodologies/framework.
• Ability to understand business goals and translate them to technology solutions.
• Ability to develop a product roadmap based on business requirements, technical roadmaps and IT strategies.
• Ability to work effectively with senior management.
• Ability to understand client IT technology strategy and provide direction to leverage existing technology investment and skill sets.
• Knowledge of IT industry trends including hardware, software (package or development), operating system, middleware, database, data warehouse, security, and network tools as they apply to provide solutions to stated business issues or opportunities.
• Strong decision-making skills; good verbal and written communication skills; good negotiation skills to reach outcomes that gain the support and acceptance of all parties.
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments.
• Strong knowledge of change management principles.
• Understanding of key cloud and data engineering technologies and emerging trends.

Education and Certifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years IT experience.
• 5 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Product Management certification a plus.