Infrastructure Product Manager

About the role

Our client seeks an Infrastructure Product Manager to support their Platform Transformation and lead the delivery. This is a hybrid-work opportunity in Dearborn, MI.

Responsibilities

• End to end project lifecycle management which includes establishing / maintaining detailed timing plans, execution, tracking progress, issue / risk resolution, cross-functional dependency management, stakeholder management, and status reporting
• Collaborate with Platforms teams to prioritize features for the next planning interval (PI) planning cycle
• Facilitate communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery
• Drive mitigation of cross-team impediments
• Engage in Demand Planning and Customer Research
• Interface with external teams, manage requirement gathering, and collaborate with tech leads as needed
• Own the Customer value aspects of the roadmap, aligning the roadmap with the portfolio vision
• Facilitate PI Planning and report on status
• Understand, visualize, and manage upstream/downstream dependencies
• Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity
• Support the Service to Platform Transformation, which may include leadership training sessions and product coaching

Required Skills

• Product Management, Portfolio Management, Program Management
• 8 years in IT; 3 years in Program Management
• Expert in Project Management
• 8+ years of progressive work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines/technologies/processes as a Release Train Engineer, Product Manager, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar
• 5+ years of project management experience managing large scale, complex IT projects (both software development and infrastructure implementations) from end to end
• Efficient usage of Jira and Microsoft 365
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project-related information to clients, vendors, senior management, and staff
• Experience working with global teams in a technology environment
• Experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner of Infrastructure Technology Products, including Network, Platform Engineering, Google Cloud, Monitoring, Container as a Service, or Security Products (SIEM, SOAR, IAM, XDR, etc.)
• Broad range of execution management and leadership skills required
• Proven ability to balance concurrent assignments
• Strong knowledge and experience in software development and IT infrastructure implementations in an Agile environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree

Pay

4 days in the office