Sr Mgr Digital Prod Mgmt

CMS Energy, Corp.; Jackson (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision

401k with company match

Paid parental leave

Up to 13 paid Holidays

Paid time off

Educational Assistance Program

Job summary

CMS Energy, a leading energy provider in Michigan, seeks a Senior Manager, Digital Product Management to lead a product portfolio and a team of Product Managers. You will align strategy with IT, security, and regulatory requirements while shaping long-term investment priorities.

You will establish standards, drive agile practices, and balance immediate delivery with platform health and customer value creation. Strong leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field with 7+ years in digital product management and leadership of Product Managers.
• Experience partnering with business leaders and IT/engineering teams.
• Strong ability to define and execute multi-year product roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of digital products and multi-year roadmaps (1–4 years).
• Partner with executive leadership to shape investment priorities and strategy.
• Establish product management standards, operating models, and talent strategies.
• Coach and develop Product Managers across experience levels.
• Balance near-term delivery with long-term platform health and value creation.

Skills

Decision Making

Systems Thinking

Business Acumen

Influence & Communication

Strategic Leadership

Product Management

Technical Fluency

People Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Associate degree with 9+ years of experience

High school diploma or GED with 11+ years of experience

Job description

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Consumers Energy is Michigan’s largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. Consumers Energy knows job number one is to keep the lights on for customers. We are committed to delivering reliable, clean, and affordable energy to our customers 24/7.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, e.g., H-1B, TN, etc. Please do not apply if you will need immigration sponsorship for a work visa now or in the future, including sponsorship for H-1B, TN, etc., now or in the future. We are unable to hire individuals with CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT for this position as the position is not eligible for participation in the H-1B lottery program and is not eligible for current or future immigration sponsorship for a work visa.

Location: This is a hybrid (onsite/virtual) position requiring onsite presence on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. The selected candidate may be assigned to any Consumers Energy Service Center located throughout Michigan's Lower Peninsula and will be expected to travel to One Energy Plaza in Jackson, MI, as business needs require. Candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned location or be willing to relocate. A relocation package is available for qualified candidates.

General Summary of Job Responsibilities

The Senior Manager, Digital Product Management leads a portfolio of digital products and a team of Product Managers responsible for delivering measurable business outcomes through technology. This role owns multi-year (1-4 year) product roadmaps at the feature, capability, and portfolio levels, ensuring alignment across business strategy, enterprise architecture, and technology execution.

As a senior product leader, this individual partners closely with executive leadership to shape long-term investment priorities while working collaboratively with IT and engineering leaders to solve complex business challenges, manage competing priorities and tradeoffs, and deliver scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions.

This leader establishes product management standards, operating models, and talent strategies for the organization, coaching and developing Product Managers across product strategy, discovery, delivery, and value measurement. They balance near-term delivery needs with long-term platform health, organizational capability development, and customer value creation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Technology and IT Partnership Development
  Develops and strengthens partnerships with IT, engineering, and architecture leaders to shape solution direction, prioritize work, and ensure product outcomes align with enterprise standards for security, resiliency, data management, and long-term system health. Translates technical considerations into clear business, risk, and investment implications to support leadership decision-making.
• Operating Model and Culture Transformation
  Deploys and integrates operating models and cultural practices that advance agile, product-centric ways of working within large-scale, regulated environments. Drives improvements in flow, predictability, and business outcomes. Influences cross-functional leaders on digital investment and delivery expectations while modeling inclusive, psychologically safe, and data-driven leadership grounded in customer empathy and continuous improvement.
• Product Strategy and Business Leadership
  Owns and drives the product vision and multi-year roadmaps for a portfolio of digital products, ensuring alignment with business strategy, customer needs, regulatory requirements, and long-term enterprise value. Balances near-term delivery priorities with sustainable platform, data, and architectural strategies to maximize business impact and return on investment.
• Product Execution and Prioritization
  Leads portfolio prioritization and delivery by establishing clear frameworks that balance customer value, business impact, technical complexity, risk, and organizational capacity. Facilitates complex tradeoff decisions, aligns roadmaps and dependencies, and provides senior-level product leadership to resolve cross-domain challenges and escalations.
• People Leadership and Talent Development
  Leads, coaches, and develops Product Managers across all experience levels, establishing clear expectations for excellence, accountability, and collaboration. Defines product management standards, career paths, and long-term talent development strategies, including mentoring, succession planning, and capability-building initiatives.
• Additional Responsibilities
  Performs other duties as assigned or as business needs require.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Decision-Making
  Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions in complex, ambiguous, and fast-paced environments.
• Systems Thinking
  Strong understanding of how product, technical, and organizational systems evolve and scale over time.
• Business and Financial Acumen
  Ability to connect product decisions to business performance, key performance indicators (KPIs), and return on investment (ROI).
• Influence and Communication
  Exceptional communication skills with the ability to effectively engage both technical and non-technical audiences and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strategic Product Leadership
  Proven ability to define, communicate, and execute multi-year product strategies across a portfolio of products.
• Product Management Expertise
  Deep knowledge of modern product management methodologies, discovery practices, prioritization frameworks, and value measurement techniques.
• Technical and Digital Fluency
  Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with engineering and IT partners on systems architecture, technology strategy, and complex tradeoff discussions.
• People Leadership
  Proven success in coaching, mentoring, and developing Product Managers and future organizational leaders.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, with seven (7) or more years of experience in digital product management, including direct management of multiple Product Managers concurrently. Demonstrated success in owning product strategy, roadmaps, and prioritization at scale. Experience partnering closely with both business leaders and IT/engineering teams.
  • [OR]Associate degree with nine (9) or more years of relevant experience
  • [OR]High school diploma or GED with eleven (11) or more years of relevant experience

Why should you join our team?

At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We\'re a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k with company match
• Paid parental leave
• Up to 13 paid Holidays
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance Program

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY (Different Generations), capable (Different Abilities), Interfaith, People Planet Partners, and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.

All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

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