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Sr. Product Manager

12+ months Contract

Chicago, IL (hybrid)

The Sr. Product Manager creates and drives the product strategy, vision, and roadmap of future supply chain initiatives. We are looking for an exceptional product manager to help guide and chart a course for the new Pilot Records system.

The Sr. Product Manager is customer focused and technology savvy.

The role will solve complex, cutting-edge problems and lead a team that gets things done. The Sr. Product Manager will assume end-to-end accountability for a technical product with a high degree of ownership over critical features and the customer experience.

This role is inherently cross-functional and will work closely with business partners, UX design, operations, IT, and executive teams to envision, develop and launch innovative products.

The Sr. Product Manager is both creative and highly analytical, able to work extremely effectively in a matrix organization, adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into products and applications that customers love. Build an end to end understanding of the current Pilot Records ecosystem. Be a passionate advocate for the customer.

Be a subject matter expert on competitors, products and industry needs. Provide strong thought leadership and influence key stakeholders towards company goals.

Understand and articulate business needs, conduct on-going business research, leverage internal knowledge and expertise, and prioritize functional requirements.

Conceptualize the needs of the business and build the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and requirements; as well as ensure we sustain, build adoption, focus on project management results, and communicate effectively:

Required Experience:

+ BS/BA degree in computer science, engineering, science, math or related field. MS or MBA preferred.

+ 7-10+ years of progressive roles in product management.

+ 5+ years of experience in supply chain, inventory management or industrial supply distribution.

+ Solid proven track record of driving multiple initiatives simultaneously; preferably within a large organization.

+ Experience with building, managing, growing and developing a product management team.

+ Demonstrated expertise within industrial distribution.

+ A track record of successfully managing products through entire life cycle from inception to launch.

+ A track record of delivering business results and managing a product or product line P&L.

Competencies:

+ Strong change leadership including the ability to coach and consult leaders on the steps necessary to lead change.

+ Demonstrated ability to design complex solutions to create advantaged software.

+ General manager mentality, entrepreneurial drive, and proven ability to influence others.

+ Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; excellent interpersonal skills.

+ Continuous improvement and innovation mindset that results in the understanding of emerging technologies and how they might apply within the organization, as well as driving creativity, acting with agility and thinking outside current boundaries.

+ Superior process design skills and operational orientation.

+ Strong ability to lead cross-functional teams and navigate a matrixed organization.

+ Proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop project business cases.

+ Comfort with ambiguity.

+ Thrives under pressure and working to aggressive timelines.

+ Insatiable will to get stuff done.

About US Tech Solutions:

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