Senior IT Product Manager

Responsibilities
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior IT Product Manager for a remote role. The PM will provide strong thought leadership and influence key stakeholders towards company goals. Responsibilities:

• Product Vision: Define the product vision in alignment with rhythm of business (i.e. annual planning, 3 year planning, etc.); Use knowledge of the industry to ensure the platform stays current with emerging technologies and industry trends
• Strategy, Roadmap, and Requirements: Develop the product roadmap by defining both long term strategy and short term plans to achieve the product vision and deliver business results; Assess the needs, opportunities, and pain points for the platform within the evolving systems landscape; Manage a cross-functional process for prioritizing, delivering and launching major product releases and incorporating enhancement requests to existing features; Deliver in a consistent cadence of releases; Translate customer needs into product requirements
• Sustain: Ensure consistent execution of product lifecycle processes from concept to launch and beyond; Be the internal and external authority and advocate for your given area of focus
• Adoption: Readiness planning starts when the project is conceived; Communicate and coordinate launch across all organizations including business and Technology teams. Pre-coordinate with adopting teams; Define, deliver (or update) readiness materials, FAQs, etc. as required to support launch
• Project Management Results: Define both long strategy and short term plans to achieve the product vision and deliver business results; Manages the coordination of activities into a single product release with consideration of schedule, risk management, escalation of issues, balances tradeoffs, etc.
• Communications: Both facilitate and develop content for meetings up to the VP level landing the appropriate message for the audience

Requirements

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science, Math or related field
• MS or MBA preferred
• 7-10+ years of progressive roles in product management
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain, inventory management or industrial supply distribution
• Solid proven track record of driving multiple initiatives simultaneously; preferably within a large organization
• Experience with building, managing, growing and developing a product management team
• Demonstrated expertise within industrial distribution
• A track record of successfully managing products through entire life cycle from inception to launch
• A track record of delivering business results and managing a product or product line P&L
• Understand and be able to articulate business needs, conduct on-going business research, leverage internal knowledge and expertise, and prioritize functional requirements

Preferred

• Strong change leadership including the ability to coach and consult leaders on the steps necessary to lead change
• Demonstrated ability to design complex solutions to create advantaged software
• General manager mentality, entrepreneurial drive, and proven ability to influence others
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; excellent interpersonal skills
• Continuous improvement and innovation mindset that results in the understanding of emerging technologies and how they might apply within the organization, as well as driving creativity, acting with agility and thinking outside current boundaries
• Superior process design skills and operational orientation
• Strong ability to lead cross-functional teams and navigate a matrixed organization
• Proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop project business cases
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Thrives under pressure and working to aggressive timelines
• Insatiable will to get stuff done

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

By clicking "Apply Today" you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.