Product Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and manage the product backlog, ensuring it aligns with business objectives and delivers customer value.

• Define product features, encompassing scope, requirements, and expected outcomes.

• Balance the development of new features with enhancements to performance, architecture, quality improvements, and defect resolution.

• Prioritize backlog items based on customer impact, performance requirements, technical debt, and quality factors.

• Collaborate with engineering and quality assurance teams to estimate effort and evaluate delivery feasibility.

• Assess delivery velocity and team capacity to facilitate realistic planning and commitments.

• Develop, maintain, and communicate delivery timelines for features, technical upgrades, and defect resolution.

• Convert delivery timelines into actionable sprint plans.

• Modify sprint plans and roadmaps as work progresses or priorities change.

• Clearly communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs to leadership, sales, and operations teams.

• Prepare presentations suitable for executives that outline product strategies, options, dependencies, and recommendations.

• Offer clear alternatives with advantages and disadvantages when trade-off decisions are necessary.

• Act as a strong advocate for customers by integrating feedback and use cases.

• Facilitate productive cross-functional discussions and resolve conflicting priorities.

• Maintain professional and effective communication with all stakeholder groups.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• Proven experience in managing product backlogs, setting priorities, and delivering via sprint methodology.

• Strong collaboration skills, particularly with engineering, quality, and cross-functional teams.

• Ability to convert business requirements into clear product specifications.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

• Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities.

• Over 5 years of experience in agile development environments (preferred).

• Experience or expertise with software or technical products in the Wastewater industry (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits.

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching.

• Paid time off (PTO).

• Performance-based bonus program.