Product Manager

Job Title : Product Manager

Location : Dallas Texas or Remote

Client : IBM

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Product Manager to join our Agile Release Train (ART) team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for defining and delivering desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable solutions that meet customer needs across the entire product lifecycle. This role requires a strategic thinker who can translate customer insights into product vision and work collaboratively across multiple teams to ensure successful product development and delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

Pre-Epic Planning and Readiness:

Engage with Epic Owners, Epic Troika, and ART Leads for backlog and feature scope refinement

Develop detailed acceptance criteria for features

Explore and understand customer needs, developing insights for holistic, customer-centric solutions

Create feature visions and roadmaps aligned with strategy and competitive advantages

Collaborate with Product Owners on feature details and user story writing

Support architectural runway development in partnership with ART Architects

Epic and ART Planning:

Create and communicate compelling strategic visions and roadmaps

Present prioritized features and relevant milestones aligned with business objectives during PI Planning sessions

Collaborate with RTE and impacted application teams to remove risks and impediments

Foster cross-organizational collaboration to break down customer journey outcomes for key initiatives

Participate in RISK ROAM activities for root cause analysis and early mitigation planning

Work with Epic/Business Owners to establish target Business Value ratings on PI Objectives

Post Epic and ART Planning:

Evaluate and accept features on behalf of Epic Owner/business

Ensure product completeness and design "whole solutions" from the customer's perspective

Collaborate with RTE and Release Management to ensure release readiness

Conduct weekly syncs with Product Owners to review progress and identify risks

Establish actual Business Value ratings on PI Objectives with Epic/Business Owners

Identify and manage critical dependencies across features

Act as the single point of contact for feature updates and delivery expectations

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Job Title : Product Manager

Location : Dallas Texas or Remote

Client : IBM

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Product Manager to join our Agile Release Train (ART) team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for defining and delivering desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable solutions that meet customer needs across the entire product lifecycle. This role requires a strategic thinker who can translate customer insights into product vision and work collaboratively across multiple teams to ensure successful product development and delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

Pre-Epic Planning and Readiness:

Engage with Epic Owners, Epic Troika, and ART Leads for backlog and feature scope refinement

Develop detailed acceptance criteria for features

Explore and understand customer needs, developing insights for holistic, customer-centric solutions

Create feature visions and roadmaps aligned with strategy and competitive advantages

Collaborate with Product Owners on feature details and user story writing

Support architectural runway development in partnership with ART Architects

Epic and ART Planning:

Create and communicate compelling strategic visions and roadmaps

Present prioritized features and relevant milestones aligned with business objectives during PI Planning sessions

Collaborate with RTE and impacted application teams to remove risks and impediments

Foster cross-organizational collaboration to break down customer journey outcomes for key initiatives

Participate in RISK ROAM activities for root cause analysis and early mitigation planning

Work with Epic/Business Owners to establish target Business Value ratings on PI Objectives

Post Epic and ART Planning:

Evaluate and accept features on behalf of Epic Owner/business

Ensure product completeness and design "whole solutions" from the customer's perspective

Collaborate with RTE and Release Management to ensure release readiness

Conduct weekly syncs with Product Owners to review progress and identify risks

Establish actual Business Value ratings on PI Objectives with Epic/Business Owners

Identify and manage critical dependencies across features

Act as the single point of contact for feature updates and delivery expectations

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.