Transportation Consultant

TechDigital Group; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group seeks a Transportation Consultant to blend domain expertise with product leadership, driving outcomes across complex logistics environments. You will collaborate with the Manufacturing & Logistics team, product team, stakeholders and clients.

The role emphasizes leading PLM initiatives, shaping design strategies for transportation and logistics, and translating market signals into requirements, with responsibility for backlog and roadmaps in a hybrid client environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management experience with backlog ownership and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead PLM initiatives to improve speed, quality, and reliability in product development.
• Own product design strategies aligned with business goals in transportation & logistics.
• Analyze market signals and customer feedback, translating insights into requirements and features.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog; translate strategy into actionable user stories and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and business to embed logistics knowledge into product decisions.
• Define and oversee product availability testing; establish reliability standards and test protocols; partner with QA.
• Facilitate workshops and training on product management and logistics concepts.

Skills

Transportation Management Systems

Logistics domain expertise

Strong communication skills

TMS implementation experience

Job description

About the role

As a Transportation Consultant, Transportation & Logistics, you will make an impact by blending deep domain expertise and hands on product leadership to drive outcomes across complex logistics environments. You will be a valued member of the Manufacturing & Logistics team and work collaboratively with the primary product team, stakeholders and clients.

In this role, you will

• Lead Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) initiatives to improve speed, quality, and reliability across the product development process.
• Own product design strategies to align with business goals and customer needs in transportation & logistics.
• Analyze market signals and customer feedback, translating insights into requirements, features, and tradeoffs.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog; translate strategy into actionable user stories and sprintable work; maintain transparent roadmaps.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and business to embed transportation & logistics knowledge into product decisions.
• Define and oversee product availability testing; establish reliability standards and test protocols; partner with QA for execution.
• Facilitate workshops/training on product management and logistics concepts; uplevel team capability.
• Establish compliance practices aligned to industry norms and client standards; partner with QA/UAT on test plans and sign off.
• Drive continuous improvement through metrics, instrumentation, and feedback loops to optimize product performance.
• Communicate progress, risks, and decisions to stakeholders; maintain alignment to business objectives.

Work Model

This position requires 3 to 4 days a week in a client office in Jersey City, NJ OR Alpharetta, GA.

What you must have to be considered

• 10+ years of extensive experience in product management, including backlog ownership and roadmap stewardship.
• Strong background in transportation & logistics industry domain (e.g., Transportation Planning, Execution, Warehousing, Distribution, etc.). Experience in Courier, Express and Parcel (CEP) domain is preferred.
• Demonstrated success collaborating across cross functional teams and operating in hybrid work models.
• Proven expertise in product availability/reliability testing (test strategy, protocols, pass/fail criteria, defect analytics).
• Fluency with data analytics for product performance (KPIs, dashboards, cohort analysis); decision making grounded in data.
• Track record of continuous improvement and measurable productivity gains.

These will help you succeed

• Familiarity with logistics subdomains (Transportation Management, Warehousing & Distribution, Courier/Express/Parcel (CEP), Freight Forwarding, Supply Chain Planning, Inventory Management, Cold Chain Logistics, Customs & Compliance, and Technology & Integration (TMS/WMS, EDI/API, IoT)
• Prior consulting experience in Transportation & Logistics industry; stakeholder engagement with operational leaders.

Top Skills

1. 1. Expert in Transportation Management Systems.
2. 2. Supply Chian experience in Manufacturing, Retail or Client.
3. 3. Strong communication skills
4. 4. Package TMS software implementation experience.