Principal Product Manager

Bentley Systemsorporated • Philadelphia, PA

20h • Hybrid

About The Position

Bentley is creating an open platform for the built and natural environment, enabling software developers to build digital twin experiences using open source and open standards. This Principal Product Manager will work on Bentley’s Platform team as a liaison and advocate for Bentley Infrastructure Cloud (BIC), building collaborative relationships based on authenticity, trust, and mutual success. The role connects Platform’s broad-use, low-level APIs with Bentley Infrastructure Cloud as the data platform for designing, building, and operating infrastructure.

The position combines product management with technical business development. It partners closely with Infrastructure Cloud and Platform product and engineering teams to understand needs and constraints, translate domain requirements into actionable Platform product requirements, and align stakeholders around decisions that benefit Bentley and its customers. The role also manages Platform products and services aligned with Infrastructure Cloud and promotes openness, collaboration, authenticity, and transparency. It is hybrid or office-based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with three days per week in the office, and involves frequent travel and time-zone management as part of a global team.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of product management or business development experience.
• A strong track record of driving significant, sustained customer or partner success.
• Credibility with a world-class engineering team and the ability to understand the business impact of technology.
• Ability to prioritize and create impact while testing priorities against customer needs, strategy, and objectives.
• Ability to lead through influence and guide stakeholders toward shared outcomes without relying on organizational hierarchy or positional power.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership and engineers.
• Willingness to travel frequently and manage time zones as part of a global team.
• Ability to sit or stand at will while working at a computer.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on highly technical software projects, preferably in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry or similar domains.

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison and advocate for Bentley Infrastructure Cloud within Bentley’s Platform team.
• Bridge Platform and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud by bringing Product Management and Engineering experts together to address customer needs.
• Translate Infrastructure Cloud’s domain-specific requirements, objectives, needs, motivations, and constraints into actionable Platform product requirements.
• Evaluate how capabilities should be divided between Platform and first-party products, considering potential for broad third-party adoption and fit within Bentley’s technology stack.
• Facilitate alignment among stakeholders and help them reach well-supported decisions that benefit Bentley and its customers.
• Manage Platform products and services that closely align with Infrastructure Cloud.
• Promote openness, collaboration, authenticity, and transparency.
• Manage frequent travel and time zones as part of a global team.

Benefits

• Attractive salary and benefits package.
• Bentley Impact Day: a day off from work to volunteer with an organization of your choice.
• Colleague recognition award programs and the Bentley Achievers platform.
• Global initiatives and resource groups supporting inclusion, belonging, and colleague wellbeing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed