Product Engineering: Product Manager

Product Manager A Product Manager is a senior individual contributor responsible for ensuring a product's value and viability within a product line. This role involves leading empowered, cross-functional product teams to solve moderate complexity customer problems that align with high value business needs. The Product Manager is accountable for the product's success, from vision to execution, and collaborates closely with various functions and stakeholders to deliver valuable, viable, usable, and feasible solutions. Key Responsibilities Product Accountability Responsible and accountable for the product's value and viability, including profit and loss. Formulate and achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for identified problems to solve. Drive strategy-aligned solutions to achieve product profit and loss objectives. Measure KPIs and analyze outcomes to inform future strategies. Vision and Strategy Co-create, own, and evangelize the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. Align product objectives with the product line and business goals. Co-create in collaboration with business stakeholders, engineering, experience, and delivery. Market and User Engagement Conduct user research and competitive analysis. Engage the team with users and stakeholders through continuous research and direct interactions. Collaborate and guide the team toward solutions that address priority user and business needs. Apply analytical skills to analyze data and derive actionable insights. Adopt innovative and experimental approaches to solving complex problems. Collaboration and Teamwork Work side-by-side with cross-functional (business, engineering, experience, and delivery) team members to achieve KPI outcomes. Promote a product operating model that emphasizes outcomes over output (minimize overproduction while maximizing value). Build empowered teams and product communities who exhibit collective product ownership. Continuous Improvement Remove obstacles for the team and ensure smooth flow of continuous value achievement. Promote and drive rapid, emergent, and ongoing learning and adaptation to meet objectives. Drive innovation and improvement of the process to drive out waste and accelerate value achievement. Spread knowledge and best practices within the product vertical community. Required Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field. 8+ years of proven experience in lean product management or related roles. 3+ years of enterprise scale experience across multiple business areas. Ability to travel up to 20%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve. Preferred Qualifications Preferred Education: An MBA or related advanced degree is preferred. Demonstrated experience in modern product craft of delivering the right thing, in the right way, at the right time. Significant experience in lean product management craft and domain (tools, methods, and practices). Seen as a leader in this space. Proven accountability for value, viability and P&L objectives for a product and for an empowered product team. Preferred Skills Communication: Clear and effective communication with team members, stakeholders, and customers. Leadership: Ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and collective movement toward product goals. Customer-Centricity: Deep understanding of customer needs and engagement patterns, driving teams to deliver solutions that customers love and that work for the business. Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and execute a strategic vision for the product, aligning it with broader business objectives. Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented, organized, and visionary. Learning-forward, experimental, and value-oriented mindset. Ability to navigate complexity and uncertainty. Quick to reach expert-level knowledge within the product domain being served. Preferred Personal Traits Strong leadership capabilities. Customer-centric mindset. Ability to work as an individual contributor in a collaborative, cross-functional team. Humble, curious, and learning-forward mindset. Favor small step action and evidence over detailed upfront planning and precision aiming. Experience with lean solutions and rapid, inexpensive experimentation to emerge the right thing, in the right way, at the right time. High levels of continuous customer and user engagement. Conclusion The Product Manager plays a crucial role in ensuring the success of our high value, moderately complex products by balancing customer needs with business objectives. This role requires a blend of strategic vision, analytical skills, and collaborative teamwork to deliver valuable, viable, usable, and feasible solutions. It demands significant experience in the modern product management craft and a drive for continuous improvement. The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $102,500 to $210,600. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. Information for applicants with a need for accommodation: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-assistance-for-disabled-applicants.html All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.