Associate Product Manager (Loveland, CO)
About The Position
The Associate Product Manager manages and delivers a portfolio of initiatives supporting Antech’s strategic objectives. The role works closely with Product Management, the Portfolio Strategy Team, Technical Leads, the PMO, and other stakeholders to prioritize projects, manage backlogs, and deliver high-quality solutions on time. It is a dynamic role that adapts to business needs by leading strategic projects and supporting the Technical Product Management team. The position involves managing innovation and on-market support projects from ideation through execution, translating stakeholder needs into requirements, coordinating cross-functional delivery, and using customer feedback and data to improve outcomes. The Associate Product Manager also supports governance and stage-gate processes and communicates project status to senior executives. The position is based in a typical office environment and requires up to 20% domestic and international travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience required.
- Typically, 1–2 years of experience in technical program management or product management.
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools.
- Strong strategic, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience creating executive communications.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 20%.
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple innovation and on-market support projects, ensuring alignment with company strategy and objectives.
- Define and refine project scopes, user stories, and backlog items.
- Analyze stakeholder needs and translate them into actionable requirements.
- Set goals, monitor project progress, and resolve execution issues.
- Collaborate with executive leadership, commercial teams, engineering, PMO, Technical Leads, Product Managers, and other stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes.
- Manage expectations and negotiate priorities with internal and external stakeholders.
- Work with PMO, Technical Leads, and Product Managers on governance, prioritization, and milestone accountability.
- Participate in stand-ups, refinement sessions, demos, and usability testing.
- Gather and incorporate voice-of-customer feedback to improve projects.
- Maintain awareness of relevant emerging technologies and industry trends.
- Manage and prioritize project backlogs as requirements and business needs change.
- Monitor project progress and ensure alignment with architectural principles, scalability, security, and customer experience goals.
- Use data and analytics to inform decisions and continuous improvement.
- Define and track KPIs for project success and team performance, and use data-driven insights to optimize delivery and prioritize initiatives.
- Evaluate project outcomes, user feedback, and market trends to identify innovation opportunities.
- Support activation and enforcement of RACI and stage-gate processes across TPM, TL, and PMO.
- Facilitate communication and alignment across functions.
- Support the TPM leadership team in communicating projects to senior executives.
Benefits
- Paid time off and holidays
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Company-paid basic life insurance and supplemental life insurance
- Company-paid short- and long-term disability
- Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) with company match
- Tuition and continuing education reimbursement
- Life Assistance Program
- Pet care discounts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
