Product Manager, AEM & Design System Governance

LE0010 Stanford Health Care; United States; Remote; USD 5,600 - 7,400; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Health Care is seeking a Product Manager to translate institutional and user needs into platform‑viable specifications for the AEM system. You will own the design system governance, ensure regulatory and accessibility compliance, and collaborate with marketing, content, and engineering teams to align on roadmap priorities.

You will translate requirements into detailed user stories, drive cross‑functional alignment, and lead delivery of features from concept to production within an Agile

Qualifications

• BA/BS, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Systems, Digital Media, or related field.
• Six (6) years of progressive product management experience or related experience in web/digital platforms, including delivery of feature enhancements start to finish required.
• Three (3) years of hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) platform, including component architecture and design system governance required.
• Experience working in healthcare, regulated industries, or environments with strict compliance and accessibility requirements required.
• Experience managing or stewarding a design system and/or component library across multiple teams or stakeholders required.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, particularly in technical communication with engineering teams and the ability to articulate system constraints, opportunities, and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical partners.
• Ability to gather requirements based on business and user needs and communicate them in detailed written documents; demonstrated expertise in translating institutional needs into platform-viable specifications.
• Deep understanding of design systems, component-based architecture, and governance frameworks within content management systems, particularly Adobe AEM.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills with the ability to manage competing priorities across uniform and tailored work streams.
• Understanding of technical architectures of web applications and content management systems, with deep AEM platform knowledge including templates, components, workflows, and permissions models.
• Experience designing simple and intuitive user interfaces with an understanding of how design systems enable scalable, consistent digital experiences.
• Knowledge of compliance, data privacy, and accessibility standards (ADA/WCAG/Section 508) and embedding these into production workflows as pre-production standards.
• Ability to build consensus and work effectively within a cross-departmental team; demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and ability to drive collaboration with other departments and stakeholders without direct authority over those groups.

Responsibilities

• Translate institutional needs into precise, technically informed specifications for engineering teams in TDS with detailed product requirements, use cases and workflows.
• Lead governance of the design system, component library, and delivery standards across uniform and tailored work.
• Communicate system capabilities, constraints, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical partners; align stakeholders on roadmap priorities.
• Embed regulatory, accessibility, and privacy requirements into product decisions and production workflows from pre-production.
• Define KPIs and dashboards; plan A/B/multivariate tests to evaluate feature usage and performance.

Skills

Technical communication

Design systems governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Agile / SCRUM

Education

BA/BS in CS/IS/Digital Media

Tools

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

BrightEdge

Job description

Stanford Health Care is seeking a Product Manager to translate institutional and user needs into platform‑viable specifications for the AEM system. You will own the design system governance, ensure regulatory and accessibility compliance, and collaborate with marketing, content, and engineering teams to align on roadmap priorities.

You will translate requirements into detailed user stories, drive cross‑functional alignment, and lead delivery of features from concept to production within an Agile