Senior Product Manager

Product Manager - Senior

Location: Framingham, MA

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 4 months (with potential to extend and/or convert to permanent)
• Pay Rate: $70.00 $80.00 / Hour (USD)
• Travel Requirements: Local candidates only; required to go into the office once every month
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

The mission of the Global Site Solutions Organization is to drive holistic technology strategy to enable the entire end-to-end lifecycle of a client site. This organization is embarking on a multi-year journey to modernize and enhance over 60 applications to support the Real Estate, Store Planning, Property Development, and Workplace Services value stream to deliver more value for global business partners.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager to join the Global Sites Solution Organization who will be responsible for defining and supporting the building of desirable, feasible, viable, and sustainable products that meet customer needs over the product-market lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have a consistent track record in driving value as a voice-of-the-customer, experience leading and developing successful products from conceptualization to launch, and the ability to lead cross-functionality to deliver high-quality products that meet customer needs.

This role collaborates with a wide range of people to identify and define customer needs, understand the Solution Context, and develop the Program Vision, Roadmap, and Features required to meet these needs, including assurance that business needs cascade down to team level. Owns the feature product backlog and serves as the ultimate product authority approving PI/TI and Iteration objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring the Workplace Services value stream has feasible and sustainable products & solutions.
• Accountable for crafting and delivering the Product roadmap, partnering with Business Stakeholders, Architecture, and Engineering teams to ensure alignment to Business Strategies, Technical Roadmaps, and Architectural standards.
• Evolve lean and agile processes and operationalize product management workflows while leaving room for flexibility and team-specific ways of working.
• Practice consultative partnership to analyze customer feedback to identify opportunities and prioritize product features. Partner with companion teams for delivery of enterprise-connected solutions. Collaboratively build a well-articulated global product vision, domain strategy, and long-range roadmap for the portfolio.
• Generate business value, work with the portfolio layer, including experience in working with POs to ensure that work cascades to the team.
• Accountability for the end-to-end delivery of Epics, Features, Stories and/or Programs to achieve business outcomes. Tracking the success of products and identifying areas for improvement.
• Create strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning at the portfolio/program level. Identifies and solves issues.
• Responsible for decisions that directly impact project timelines and budgets.
• Manage demand versus capacity gaps and resource contention issues.
• Train a team of skilled and engaged product owners at various levels of seniority.
• Mentor team ability to provide training and guidance to product team (responsibility if converted to an Associate).

Required Skills

• Extensive experience in intake, prioritization, roadmap, negotiations, and stakeholder management experience.
• Hands-on experience leading steering committees and executive leadership presentations.
• Hands-on experience participating in and leading SAFe events, such as sprint planning, release planning, and PI planning.
• Strong agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks.
• SAFe Certification and operating experience.
• Consultative partnership with customers, with the ability to translate functional needs into requirements that drive value.
• Working in a highly collaborative, matrix environment, with measurable business impact. Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and mentorship skills.
• Multiple domain expertise.
• Third-party and SAAS applications.
• JIRA and Confluence.

Preferred Skills

• Kanban preferred.
• Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM).
• Cloud experience (Azure, AWS).

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent in IT OR business with functional work experience.

Required Experience

• 8 plus years of product management experience.
• 15 plus years of overall product experience or a related position.
• 5 plus years' experience working on a large-scale global implementation.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

Important Notes

• Local candidates only; will need to go into the office once every month.
• Interview process: 3 4 rounds (client is seeking a candidate they can convert to permanent).
• Contract-to-hire position; this role is replacing an Associate who moved to another group.

About the Client

This Fortune 100 retail organization is the world's leading off-price apparel and home fashions company, operating more than 5,200 stores across ten countries under iconic retail brands. The company delivers quality, brand-name, and designer merchandise at prices typically 20 to 60 percent below full-price retail, creating one of the most distinctive value propositions in global retail. The organization's scale and global footprint create meaningful career pathways for professionals in merchandising, operations, supply chain, corporate finance, marketing, and technology including senior product managers, engineers, and enterprise IT specialists who thrive in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-09900

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