Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ANS is a multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm focused on innovative, data-driven engineering solutions. The Senior Product Manager will lead the strategy, development, and execution of a software platform for streamlining commercial-grade sustainable energy projects, managing the agile backlog and product lifecycle while collaborating with technical and business stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- **Product Strategy:** Working with the VP of Product (and occasionally the CTO) you will define and articulate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap and make sure it is aligned with broader business goals
- **Agile Backlog:** You will create, prioritize, and manage the product backlog, ensuring user stories are clear and actionable, with excellent acceptance criteria, and aligned with sprint goals
- **Collaboration:** You will engage with internal stakeholders (engineering) to gather insights, define user stories, and ensure alignment. You will also work closely with the software engineering team which includes developers, QE, DevOps, and UX and build stakeholder relationships to ensure products built are exactly what is needed to reduce engineering toil, increase quality and market share
- **Agile PO:** Act as the Product owner in all agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, estimation, demos, retros, and daily stand-ups. Foster a culture of kaizen and always look to help the team unblock any issues that arise
- **Management of Change:** You will act as primary influencer and change agent with internal stakeholders from products Alpha stage deployment to General Availability, GA. Positive influence builder, capable of relating cross-functional stakeholders to the global business and affecting product excitement toward adoption
- **Data:** Leverage data and KPIs to drive improvements and product decisions
- **Innovation:** This role will keep abreast of new technologies and be an “AI Forward” thinker, not afraid to pilot new concepts, especially as it relates to agentic and generative AI. An Out-of-the-Box thinker comfortable prototyping new ideas and sharing those ideas with the development team
Skills
- 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager/Product Owner in an agile software environment
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university
- Proven track record of managing the full product lifecycle, from ideation to launch and ongoing feature releases
- Strong agile acumen, ideally in a Scrum environment. Familiar with software development and technical concepts and can build respect quickly with a strong and collaborative technical team
- Proficient in the use of agile product management tools such as Jira
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data driven mindset
- Excellent communication skills, high emotional intelligence, and an innate ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders (technical and non-technical alike)
- Curious, lifelong learner who is also an “AI Forward” thinker. Not afraid to embrace new (and potentially disruptive technologies) to help drive gains in speed, quality, and/or efficiency
- Master's degree would be nice to have
Benefits
- A supportive, dynamic, and innovative team culture.
- Opportunities to work on industry changing projects and showcase your skills.
- A chance to directly shape the voice and vision of one of the industry’s fastest-growing firms.
- Remote work arrangement.
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