Senior Product Manager

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in New Jersey seeks a senior product management professional to lead discovery for large-scale transformations with executive visibility and cross‑functional impact.

You will define problems, scope, outcomes, and value measures, build demand packages, and collaborate with Architecture and Solution teams to translate business needs into actionable plans. Willingness to travel 25% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, CS, Engineering or related field.
• 8–12 years of product management, transformation or related experience.
• Proven discovery and stakeholder alignment for complex initiatives.
• Experience developing business cases and executive recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery for large-scale transformation initiatives with cross‑functional complexity and executive visibility.
• Define the business problem, scope, outcomes, value measures, assumptions, dependencies, and prioritization rationale.
• Drive stakeholder alignment across business, IT, Finance, Transformation Office, Architecture, Solution, PM, and delivery teams.
• Evaluate and qualify complex transformation demand for strategic alignment and impact.
• Create and oversee demand packages enabling handoff into technical assessment and delivery.
• Partner with Architecture and Solution teams to ensure business context for ROM and technical solutioning.
• Lead trade-off discussions across value, risk, feasibility, sequencing, and capacity.
• Develop executive-ready narratives, recommendations, and governance materials.
• Mentor Product Managers and Associate PMs on discovery standards and value definition.
• Monitor value realization inputs and ensure initiatives stay linked to measurable outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to improve intake, discovery, prioritization and handoff processes.
• Support change readiness and adoption by clarifying impacts and success criteria.

Skills

Product management

Transformation

Stakeholder alignment

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Demand packaging

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery for large-scale, high-visibility transformation initiatives with significant cross-functional complexity and executive visibility.
• Define the business problem, strategic intent, scope boundaries, outcomes, value measures, assumptions, dependencies, and prioritization rationale.
• Drive stakeholder alignment across business, IT, Finance, Transformation Office, Architecture, Solution, Program Management, and delivery teams.
• Evaluate and qualify complex transformation demand for strategic alignment, business value, readiness, risk, dependencies, and organizational impact.
• Create and oversee high-quality demand packages that enable a clean handoff into technical assessment, program planning, governance, and delivery execution.
• Partner with Architecture and Solution teams to ensure business context is clear for ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) and technical solutioning.
• Lead trade-off discussions across value, risk, feasibility inputs, sequencing, capacity, and strategic alignment.
• Develop executive‑ready narratives, recommendations, and decision materials for prioritization and governance forums.
• Mentor Product Managers and Associate Product Managers on discovery standards, stakeholder facilitation, demand package quality, and value definition.
• Monitor value realization inputs and ensure assigned initiatives remain connected to measurable business outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to improve intake, discovery, prioritization, and handoff processes and contribute to the maturation of the Transformation Office product management model.
• Support change readiness and adoption by clarifying business impacts, stakeholder needs, and success criteria for complex transformation efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 8–12 years of experience in product management, transformation, consulting, business architecture, product ownership, or technology‑enabled business change
• Demonstrated success leading discovery and stakeholder alignment for complex, cross‑functional transformation initiatives
• Experience developing business cases, value measures, executive recommendations, and execution‑ready demand packages
• Experience working across IT, Architecture, Solution, Program Management, Project Management, business, and executive stakeholder groups
• Ability to travel to SHI, Partner, and Customer Events
• Ability to travel internationally
• Ability to work flexible hours
• Ability to travel 25%