Product Manager (Product Data Transformation)

About the role

A leading consumer products organization is seeking a Product Manager to support a strategic Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Product Data Transformation initiative. This highly visible role will help modernize product information management processes, improve data quality, and establish scalable product hierarchy structures that support future digital and AI-enabled business capabilities. This position is ideal for candidates with experience who enjoy working in fast-paced, evolving organizations where they can help create structure, drive transformation, and deliver meaningful business outcomes. The role is a Contract to Hire position based out of Seattle, WA, with a hybrid workplace arrangement.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities and challenges related to product lifecycle and product data management.
• Translate business objectives into prioritized product requirements and initiatives.
• Support development and maintenance of product roadmaps aligned with organizational goals.
• Evaluate business value, dependencies, and risks to inform prioritization decisions.
• Ensure initiatives support both immediate needs and long-term business objectives.
• Facilitate discovery sessions with cross-functional business and technology teams.
• Gather, document, and prioritize business requirements, workflows, use cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Analyze current-state processes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Create clear and actionable documentation to support implementation efforts.
• Partner with stakeholders to define business value and success metrics.
• Support initiatives focused on product data governance, auditing, cleanup, and restructuring.
• Improve data quality, consistency, and usability across product information systems.
• Help define and implement new product hierarchy structures, taxonomies, and data standards.
• Assess current field utilization and identify opportunities to retire outdated attributes.
• Contribute to future-state product information capabilities that enhance product development and commercialization.