Senior Product Manager - Transportation Management System (TMS)

PTR Global; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

In this role you will translate requirements into features, work with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment, and measure success with KPIs across planning, routing, and freight analytics. This onsite opportunity includes relocation support.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Business Analysis, or Supply Chain Technology.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise Transportation Management Systems (TMS) such as Manhattan TMS, Oracle OTM, Blue Yonder TMS, SAP TM, or MercuryGate.
• Strong understanding of transportation and logistics operations including shipment planning, routing, carrier management, and freight settlement.
• Proven ability to manage product roadmaps, Agile backlogs, prioritization, and release planning.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for TMS capabilities.
• Partner with operations, carriers, and stakeholders to identify improvements, automation, and innovation.
• Own the TMS backlog and align priorities with customer value and technical objectives.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, and implementation teams throughout the Agile lifecycle.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, UAT, and release planning.
• Drive enhancements across core transportation processes including planning, routing, tendering, execution, tracking, and analytics.
• Work with integration teams to connect TMS with OMS, WMS, ERP, EDI, APIs, and 3PL providers.
• Define success metrics and use feedback to continuously improve capabilities.

Skills

TMS product ownership

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business / Supply Chain / Engineering / CS

Tools

Manhattan TMS

Oracle OTM

Blue Yonder TMS

SAP TM

MercuryGate

ERP

WMS

OMS

EDI / APIs

Job description

Location: Atlanta, GA - Onsite, 5 days in office

Relocation Assistance

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Transportation Management System (TMS) capabilities, aligning with business objectives and transportation operations.
• Partner with transportation operations, logistics leadership, carriers, and business stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements, cost optimization, automation, and product innovation.
• Gather, analyze, and prioritize business requirements, translating them into product features, user stories, and functional specifications.
• Own and manage the TMS product backlog, ensuring priorities are aligned with customer needs, business value, and technical objectives.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, solution architecture, QA, and implementation teams throughout the Agile product development lifecycle.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, feature prioritization, user acceptance testing, and release planning activities.
• Drive enhancements across core transportation processes including shipment planning, carrier selection, load building, route optimization, freight rating, tendering, execution, tracking, freight settlement, and transportation analytics.
• Partner with integration teams to ensure seamless connectivity between the TMS and enterprise applications such as OMS, WMS, ERP, carrier networks, EDI, APIs, and third-party logistics (3PL) providers.
• Define product success metrics, monitor transportation KPIs, and leverage customer feedback and operational insights to continuously improve product capabilities.
• Act as the primary product owner and subject matter expert for TMS initiatives while communicating product vision, roadmap, and delivery progress to executive stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

8 plus years of experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Business Analysis, or Supply Chain Technology.

• Hands-on experience with an enterprise Transportation Management System (TMS) such as Manhattan TMS, Oracle OTM, Blue Yonder TMS, SAP TM, MercuryGate, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of transportation and logistics operations including shipment planning, carrier management, routing, freight optimization, tendering, execution, tracking, and freight settlement.
• Proven experience managing product roadmaps, Agile backlogs, feature prioritization, and release planning.
• Experience leading TMS implementations, enhancements, upgrades, or enterprise transportation transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working with cross-functional product and engineering teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills with the ability to influence both business and technical teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven product decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience integrating TMS with WMS, OMS, ERP, carrier systems, EDI, APIs, telematics, or supply chain platforms.

• Experience with parcel, LTL, FTL, and international transportation operations.
• Exposure to cloud-native transportation platforms and modern integration architectures.
• Experience in retail, e-commerce, manufacturing, distribution, or third-party logistics (3PL) environments.
• Experience with transportation analytics, freight cost optimization, and carrier performance management.