Product Manager - Senior

Cummins•Columbus, IN

About The Position

Defines the vision and roadmap for a product or a subset of product capabilities, aligning them with customer needs, business goals, and market trends. Manages product priorities and maintains the conceptual and technical integrity of product capabilities while collaborating with cross-functional teams to maximize product value and impact. Acts as the voice of the customer in planning sessions and related events. The role includes defining product priorities, conducting research and analyzing data to inform decisions, translating business needs into a prioritized backlog, and validating completed user stories against acceptance criteria and the Definition of Done. The Product Manager supports user acceptance testing, continuous improvement, compliance reviews, cross-team coordination, and tracking performance metrics, KPIs, and OKRs. The role is financially responsible for the product or its capabilities, including planning and management. The Product Manager develops product requirements and roadmaps, helps plan launches, defines success metrics and instrumentation, collaborates with UI/UX and technology teams, and makes product tradeoff decisions. They manage business risks by engaging security, regulatory, privacy, and legal stakeholders, while fostering customer success and effective cross-functional delivery.

Requirements

College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related subject, or relevant equivalent experience.
2–4 years of experience in product management or a related role.
Experience managing a product backlog or release plan and tracking team-level metrics.
Proven ability to define product roadmaps and manage backlogs.
Experience solving problems and delivering outcomes through high-performing, cross-functional teams.
Experience managing systems and tools that enable user interactions and collaboration.
Relentless focus on understanding and prioritizing user needs using research and insights.
Ability to define product success metrics and use data to inform decisions.
Ability to communicate clearly, build stakeholder relationships, and collaborate across teams.
Ability to manage risks and engage relevant security, regulatory, privacy, and legal stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading cross-functional, self-organized project or product teams.
Experience leading a product development lifecycle using design thinking techniques.

Responsibilities

Define product vision and priorities in alignment with business needs and customer perspectives.
Conduct market research, user interviews, and data analysis; define user personas and pain points and apply those insights to requirements and solution development.
Translate business needs into a prioritized backlog of user stories, defects, enablers, and acceptance criteria.
Validate completed user stories against acceptance criteria, appropriate acceptance tests, and the Definition of Done.
Support user acceptance testing and ensure features meet business and quality standards before release.
Partner with the Scrum Master to drive continuous improvement.
Support documentation and review processes related to InfoSec, legal, and data privacy compliance.
Participate in synchronization ceremonies, iteration retrospectives, inspect-and-adapt workshops, and team meetings to stay informed about dependencies and initiatives.
Track team performance metrics, KPIs, and OKRs to support alignment with strategic goals.
Collaborate with business owners and stakeholders to define product goals, success metrics, and roadmap priorities.
Plan and manage the product’s finances and product-capability finances.
Develop product launch plans and coordinate with business partners and legal or compliance teams; track user feedback and align stakeholders on launch strategy.
Define success metrics and product instrumentation, including financial transparency, for engineering implementation; use data to guide decisions.
Create product requirements documentation and collaborate with UI/UX on wireframes.
Write user stories and lead sprint planning, prioritization, backlog refinement, standups, and product-related decision-making.
Collaborate with technology experts and team members on feasible solutions and coordinated release cadences; make product tradeoff decisions and may contribute to architecture or design tradeoffs.
Manage business risks and engage security, regulatory, privacy, and legal stakeholders to align on outcomes and business needs.
Take ownership of high-impact outcomes, navigate ambiguity and change, prioritize and resolve issues, and follow through on objectives.
Communicate clearly, build trust and collaboration, value differing perspectives, and advocate for customer needs and outcomes.