Product Manager II (m/w/d)

Job Description

The Product Manager II is responsible for the execution of digital products that enable Ulteig's business. Ulteig defines digital transformation as the deliberate use of digital technologies to modify or create business processes, customer experiences, and enabling organizational culture in response to or anticipation of changes in the market, customer insights, and business needs. This role translates business needs and customer insights into actionable products and clear product requirements, serving as the single point of accountability for maximizing long-term business value.

The Product Manager owns the product lifecycle by defining the strategic "why" and "what" in the roadmap, and partnering with delivery teams to translate priorities into successful outcomes. By collaborating across functions, they drive impactful solutions that advance Ulteig's digital transformation objectives, ensuring measurable outcomes through data-driven decision-making and agile practices. Success in this role is measured by product adoption, business impact, and effective stakeholder collaboration.

What You'll Do

Product Execution & Delivery

• Identify and Frame Problems: Proactively engage with stakeholders and internal users to uncover, define, and articulate the most pressing business challenges and opportunities. Ensure that product efforts are anchored in a deep understanding of the underlying problems, not just proposed solutions. Use research, data analysis, and direct feedback to validate problem statements before moving to solution design.
• Define Product Vision & Roadmap: Own the 6-12 month product roadmap, ensuring alignment with Ulteig's strategic objectives and customer needs.
• Translate Vision into Action: Convert product strategy into clear requirements and actionable plans for business services digital products.
• Build the Business Case: Justify new features and initiatives by linking them to measurable business goals (e.g., "reduce manual data entry by 10 hours/week").
• Validate MVPs and Early Concepts: Define requirements for minimum viable products, prototypes, and pilot solutions, and use stakeholder and user feedback to test concepts before broader investment or rollout.
• Own the Product Backlog: Create, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog, including writing clear user stories and defining acceptance criteria.
• Lead Daily Execution: Serve as the dedicated "go-to" person for the delivery team, answering questions, clarifying requirements, and making rapid prioritization calls.
• Accept Completed Work: Review and accept completed user stories, ensuring they meet acceptance criteria and deliver intended value.
• Manage Releases: Coordinate with the team and stakeholders to plan and communicate product releases.
• Develop and Maintain Key Artifacts: Maintain product requirement documents, customer journey maps, voice of the customer analysis, product analytics, and business impact dashboards.

Leadership & Development

• Storytelling: Crafting compelling narratives that align diverse teams (business services, engineering, sales, and design) behind a single product vision.
• Relationship Management: Navigating internal politics and diverse team dynamics to build trust and drive alignment across competing interests.
• Leading Through Ambiguity: Support product team morale and focus when strategies change rapidly due to new information or market disruption.
• High emotional intelligence:

Operational Excellence

• Support Continuous Improvement: Champion technology adoption and process improvements within assigned product areas.
• Drive Product Adoption: Partner with stakeholders to support adoption of new products, processes, and ways of working through change planning, communication, and adoption activities.
• Monitor Product Performance: Use dashboards to track ROI, adoption, and business impact.
• Define & Track Success: Establish and monitor KPIs and metrics that define success for your product.
• Incorporate Market and Competitive Insights: Monitor industry trends, competitive offerings, and market signals to inform product strategy, prioritization, and decision-making.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Manage Stakeholder Expectations: Act as the primary point of contact for your product, managing stakeholder expectations and communicating product vision and roadmap to business stakeholders.
• Support Progress Communications: Partner with the delivery lead to support communication of delivery progress, key updates, and outcomes to stakeholders.
• Conduct 'Customer' Research: Regularly meet with users and stakeholders to understand workflows, pain points, and needs.
• Engage Cross-Functional Partners: Collaborate with business services teams and other partners to gather requirements, resolve issues, and drive alignment.
• Drive Commercialization and Launch Readiness: Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to drive go-to-market readiness, launch planning, and internal adoption activities that support successful product releases.
• Drive Enablement and Client Engagement: Partner with stakeholders to develop product messaging, support demos and presentations, and provide product input for proposals and other commercialization activities as needed.
• Represent Product Value Clearly: Communicate product value propositions clearly and professionally to internal and external stakeholders to reinforce client benefits and support product adoption.

Team Contribution & Growth

• Contribute to Team Culture: Foster innovation, collaboration, and accountability within the product team.
• Continuous Learning: Actively seek and act on feedback, participate in ongoing learning, and work toward shared team goals.

Disclaimer: Additional duties may include tasks beyond what is listed, such as special projects, assisting colleagues, or new initiatives. A willingness to adapt to changing priorities and support team efforts enhances collaboration and growth opportunities.

What We Expect From You

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in digital transformation, product management, program management, project management, or agile practice management
• Proven success managing complex products or programs in a matrix organization.
• Strong strategic thinking, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform (specifically, Power Apps) is preferred.
• Knowledge of data structures (AI architecture, SQL, API understanding, and data pipelines) is preferred.

As you consider applying for a position at Ulteig, we encourage you to think outside the box - because we do! You might not meet 100% of the skills listed in a description, but we are committed to hiring people with exceptional talent, ability and potential, and then creating an environment where they can become the best versions of themselves. We don't want to miss out on the possibility of speaking with the next outstanding Ulteig team member, so please apply if you think this role is a great match for your unique skills and strengths. And, yes, relevant military experience is absolutely considered for transitioning service members.

What You Can Expect from Ulteig

Ulteig is a purpose driven organization that has built a culture focused on people - both our clients and our employees -for over 80 years. Working at Ulteig is more than a job, opening opportunities to make an impact by creating and solving for a sustainable future. We recognize our success relies heavily on the dedication and focus of our workforce; this is why we make investing in our employees a top priority. We prioritize flexibility and staying connected to meet your needs and help you achieve your goals. We value your unique perspective, respect your individuality and celebrate your contributions. At Ulteig, we take our own success and the success of our clients personally.

We offer our team members:

• Flexible Workplace
• Employee Ownership
• Competitive Pay
• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Collaborative Environment
• Innovative Culture

Our vision is to be the most trusted partners transforming our world's critical infrastructure. Ulteig connects people and resources to develop compelling, integrated solutions across multiple Lifeline Sectors??, including Power, Renewables, Transportation and Water. Ulteig is a trusted partner in engineering North America's essential infrastructure and leverages its expertise with a wide range of public and private clients.

At Ulteig, we care deeply about our team, listening to their needs and ensuring they have the tools necessary to be productive whether they choose to work remotely, hybrid or in office. Regardless of where you work, you are empowered to build a workday that best suits your strengths. We strive to ensure a balance and separation between home and work life. We support a flexible working schedule so employees are able to focus on what's important to them.

If you would like to be a part of a company that empowers their employees, apply today!

Ulteig is a Drug Free Workplace

ACHIEVE | GROW | COLLABORATE

Additional Opportunity Details:

Target Base Compensation Range for this role is $111,200 - $150,400

Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your job specific skills, education, training, job location, number of years of experience related to this role and comparison to other employees already in this role

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 60 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: to protect the interests of all parties, Ulteig Engineers, Inc., will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Ulteig. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Ulteig property. Ulteig is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.