Product Manager
SHI International Corp. · Austin, TX · Yesterday
Marketing$135k–$165k/yrFull-time
About the role
The Product Manager is responsible for developing and executing product strategies and roadmaps that align with SHI's vision and business goals, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery and customer satisfaction. This role involves conducting market research, gathering product requirements, leading beta programs, monitoring product performance, and supporting go-to-market strategies, while staying informed of industry trends and providing training and demonstrations for product capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead stakeholder discussions for intake, discovery, problem definition, scope alignment, and prioritization.
- Define and document business problems, desired outcomes, success metrics, value drivers, assumptions, dependencies, and scope boundaries.
- Evaluate and qualify incoming transformation requests for business alignment, readiness, expected value, feasibility inputs, and cross-functional impact.
- Create execution-ready demand packages that enable Program Management, Architecture, Solution teams, and delivery partners to proceed with clear context.
- Partner with Architecture and Solution teams to provide business context for rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimates and technical solutioning.
- Facilitate trade-off discussions based on business value, risk, urgency, readiness, and strategic alignment.
- Prepare recommendations, business cases, and decision-ready materials for prioritization forums.
- Maintain visibility into assigned demand items, discovery status, risks, decisions, dependencies, and value realization inputs.
- Collaborate with Program Managers and Project Managers to ensure a seamless handoff from discovery into planning and delivery governance.
- Drive continuous improvement of product discovery processes, intake standards, templates, and business-facing communication within the Transformation Office.
- Support adoption and change readiness by clarifying stakeholder impacts, business outcomes, and success measures.
Qualifications
- Completed Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5–8 years of experience in product management, business product ownership, business analysis, consulting, transformation, or technology-enabled change.
- Ability to lead business discovery by defining the business problem, desired outcomes, success metrics, and scope boundaries that drive prioritization and demand packaging.
- Strong understanding of product management principles including intake governance, discovery frameworks, and value-driven prioritization across the demand lifecycle.
- Ability to independently gather, structure, and translate complex business requirements, assumptions, dependencies, and success criteria into execution-ready demand packages.
- Proficiency in utilizing Atlassian tools such as Jira Product Discovery, Jira, and Confluence, or similar product management platforms to manage intake, track discovery progress, and maintain backlog quality.
- Experience conducting market research, performing competitive analysis, and gathering customer feedback to inform product discovery, business cases, and transformation strategy.
Skills
- Business Acumen
- Communication
- Follow-Through
- Organization
- Detail-Oriented
- Data Analysis
- Problem-Solving
- Multi-Tasking
- Strategic Thinking
- Willingness to Learn
- Time Management
Other Requirements
- Ability to travel to SHI, Partner, and Customer Events
- Ability to travel 25%
- Preferred Experience supporting enterprise transformation, operating model change, business process optimization, or digital modernization initiatives.
- Experience with CRM, ERP, Planview, ServiceNow, Workday, WMS, Palantir, or similar enterprise platforms.
- Proficiency with prioritization frameworks such as RICE, MoSCoW, value-versus-effort matrices, or weighted scoring models.
- Experience with data-driven decision-making, KPI analysis, dashboards, or A/B testing methodologies.
- Knowledge of design thinking, service design, or human-centered design principles.
- Experience with business process optimization, process mapping, or operating model design.
- Financial and business acumen, including business case development, ROI analysis, and unit economics.
- Familiarity with AI, cloud technologies, and modern digital transformation tools and their impact on business outcomes.
- Experience facilitating workshops, design sprints, or cross-functional discovery sessions.
- Experience working in matrixed, cross-functional, or global environments.
- Experience with Jira Product Discovery or similar product discovery and backlog management tools.
- Experience with sales processes, marketing processes, or go-to-market transformation initiatives.