Product Manager

UL Solutions • Northbrook, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Project Manager to play a critical role in our Service Delivery Transformation initiative, specifically within the Digitalization Workstream. This position will lead the documentation of business requirements for the implementation of a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system, ensuring that solutions align with operational needs and transformation objectives. Use the previously established product vision in concert with deep market understanding to inform the product strategy Evaluate market needs against UL’s and competitors’ unique abilities to address them Support and contribute to a go-to-market strategy, describing how value will be delivered to the customer/user, how the product is differentiated from the competition, and what the business model should be Prioritize product functions and features into a product roadmap Monitor a set of product goals, outcomes and corresponding metrics to continually evaluate against Evangelize and communicate the product vision, strategy and goals internally across the organization, as well as externally with client users Actively model and promote a set of desired behaviors aligned with UL’s WoW Take ownership of own career and professional development by documenting and communicating career aspirations and any associated development needs to their manager Support career development needs of direct reports, by clearly defining expectations for their current role, actively soliciting their career aspirations and helping close any gaps Support an efficient cross-functional matrix structure to enable effective product development lifecycle Execute a robust set of processes to power all parts of the product development lifecycle from research/discovery to release management and product support Leverage a standard set of product management tools to be used across the product organization at each of the stages of the lifecycle

Requirements

• Facilitation skills – ability to lead small to medium groups of internal and external stakeholders towards desired outcomes in order to meet business objectives
• Interview skills – ability to conduct discovery sessions with clients. prospects and stakeholders in order to diagnose business opportunities, elicit requirements and conduct other types of research
• Strong communication and presentation (PowerPoint) skills
• Product management tools – product design (e.g. Invision, Zeplin), development task management (e.g. Jira, Azure DevOps), documentation and knowledge (e.g. Confluence, SharePoint), collaboration (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Slack), roadmap and portfolio management (e.g. Aha!, Daptiv)
• University Degree (Equivalent to Bachelor's degree) in Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline
• 5 years or more of related discipline experience or demonstrated competency

Nice To Haves

• Formal training and/or certification in Product Management is a plus
• Working with remote teams is highly preferred
• Project management certification is a plus

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with process owners and functional subject matter experts to elicit and document comprehensive business requirements for the implementation of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.
• Translate operational workflows into clear, actionable requirements for technical teams.
• Leverage in-depth PLM knowledge to propose optimal solution configurations that address business needs, ensuring alignment between system capabilities and operational requirements.
• Maintain requirements traceability and manage scope changes.
• Ensure that requirements gathering and solution design reflect the needs and priorities of all impacted functions.
• Facilitate communication between business units and IT/technical teams.
• Support user acceptance testing and validate delivered functionality.
• Support training and change management for business users.
• Provide feedback on system usability and process improvements.
• Understand core PLM processes (BOM management, change control, configuration management).
• Ensure requirements reflect best practices and business priorities.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 20% of the base salary.
• This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country.
• We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees