Senior Product Manager - SAP Implementation (P2B)

Job Summary:

Defines vision and roadmap for a product or a subset of capabilities within a
product, ensuring alignment with customer needs, business goals, and market
trends. Manages the execution of product priorities; maintains conceptual and
technical integrity of the product capability, and collaborates with
cross-functional teams to maximize product value and impact for the team. Act as
the voice of the customer in planning sessions and related events.

Key Responsibilities:

Define the product vision/priorities aligning with business needs and
representing the voice of the customer. Conducts market research, user
interviews, and data analysis to inform product decisions, define personas and
their pain points ensuring these insights inform product requirements and
solution development. Translates business needs into clearly defined and
prioritized backlog with user stories, defects, enablers and acceptance
criteria. Accepts user stories as done, including validation of the stories
meeting acceptance criteria, has appropriate acceptance tests, and complies with
the Definition of Done (DoD); Support user acceptance testing and ensure
features meet business and quality standards before release. Partners with the
Scrum Master to drive continuous improvement. Assists in ensuring compliance
with InfoSec, legal, and data privacy standards by supporting documentation and
review processes. Participates in synchronization ceremonies, iteration
retrospectives, inspect and adapt workshops and team meetings to stay informed
on cross-team dependencies and initiatives. Oversee and track key team
performance metrics, KPIs and objectives and key results (OKRs) to ensure
alignment with strategic goals. Collaborate with business owner and other
stakeholders as necessary to define product goals, success metrics, and roadmap
priorities. Financially responsible for the product or the product capabilities
- all aspects, planning and managing.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Competencies: User centricity - Relentless dedication to understanding and
prioritizing user needs, using insights from diverse research methods to shape
product strategies that deliver tangible business value, ensuring a deep
alignment with user goals and challenges. Business process fit - Develop, drive
and champion innovative ideas and strive to achieve business fit, optimizing
user journeys, and leveraging continuous research and data on business trends to
adapt and thrive in dynamic environments. Product/Service launch - Lead a launch
plan; collaborate with other teams (e.g., business partners, legal/compliance)
for effective product growth and adoption, tracking user feedback and aligning
stakeholders on a launch strategy. Product/Service vision & roadmap - Develop a
product vision based on business and customer needs, succinctly confirming the
product’s strategy and create a roadmap to illustrate the tactical execution of
the Product Vision Finance- and data-driven decision making - Define success
metrics, instrument products to capture and measure outcomes (incl. financial
transparency) that align to product strategy and business goals. Writes metrics
instrumentation for engineering implementation. Consistently uses data to guide
product decision-making. Product/Service requirements and wireframing -
Incrementally evolve a product through iterative agile processes to achieve fit
for user needs. Create a Product Requirements Document of the product to capture
requirements, work with UI/UX to define wireframes Technical execution -
Collaborate with technology experts and team members to deliver valuable and
feasible solutions, through coordinated release cadences. Write user stories,
lead sprint planning and prioritization, backlog refinement, standup, etc.,
answer product questions, and make tradeoff decisions. May weigh in on
architecture or design tradeoff decisions. Business Risk Management - Manage
risk, engage others (e.g., security, regulatory, privacy, legal) to align on
outcomes / business needs Driving Effective Outcomes - Takes ownership and
initiates action to deliver high-impact results. Plans effectively, navigates
ambiguity, adapts to change, and drives progress through thoughtful
decision-making and execution. Diagnoses, prioritizes and resolves issues with
urgency to drive momentum and progress on objectives. Demonstrates
accountability and follow through to ensure results. Engaging with Impact -
Communicates with clarity and purpose. Builds strong relationships and trust
that accelerates alignment with others to influence action, foster
collaboration, and accelerate outcomes. Values Differences - Recognizing the
value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
Ensuring Customer Success - Embraces a customer-first mindset and takes actions
within their role to drive customer outcomes. Acts with urgency, empathy, and
accountability to understand customer goals, challenges, and context.
Proactively advocates for customer needs, aligns actions and solutions to enable
customer priorities, and delivers support that creates meaningful value,
satisfaction, and trust. Education, Licenses, Certifications: College,
university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology,
Business, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required.
Experience: 2–4 years of experience in product management or a related role.
Experienced in managing a product backlog/release plan and tracking team level
metrics. Proven ability to define product roadmaps and manage backlogs.
Experience in solving problems and delivering outcomes through high-performing,
cross-functional teams. Experience in managing systems and tools to enable user
interactions and collaboration. Experience in leading cross-functional
self-organized project/product teams preferred. Experience in leading a product
development lifecycle using design thinking techniques preferred.

QUALIFICATIONS

Competencies: User centricity - Relentless dedication to understanding and
prioritizing user needs, using insights from diverse research methods to shape
product strategies that deliver tangible business value, ensuring a deep
alignment with user goals and challenges. Business process fit - Develop, drive
and champion innovative ideas and strive to achieve business fit, optimizing
user journeys, and leveraging continuous research and data on business trends to
adapt and thrive in dynamic environments. Product/Service launch - Lead a launch
plan; collaborate with other teams (e.g., business partners, legal/compliance)
for effective product growth and adoption, tracking user feedback and aligning
stakeholders on a launch strategy. Product/Service vision & roadmap - Develop a
product vision based on business and customer needs, succinctly confirming the
product’s strategy and create a roadmap to illustrate the tactical execution of
the Product Vision Finance- and data-driven decision making - Define success
metrics, instrument products to capture and measure outcomes (incl. financial
transparency) that align to product strategy and business goals. Writes metrics
instrumentation for engineering implementation. Consistently uses data to guide
product decision-making. Product/Service requirements and wireframing -
Incrementally evolve a product through iterative agile processes to achieve fit
for user needs. Create a Product Requirements Document of the product to capture
requirements, work with UI/UX to define wireframes Technical execution -
Collaborate with technology experts and team members to deliver valuable and
feasible solutions, through coordinated release cadences. Write user stories,
lead sprint planning and prioritization, backlog refinement, standup, etc.,
answer product questions, and make tradeoff decisions. May weigh in on
architecture or design tradeoff decisions. Business Risk Management - Manage
risk, engage others (e.g., security, regulatory, privacy, legal) to align on
outcomes / business needs Driving Effective Outcomes - Takes ownership and
initiates action to deliver high-impact results. Plans effectively, navigates
ambiguity, adapts to change, and drives progress through thoughtful
decision-making and execution. Diagnoses, prioritizes and resolves issues with
urgency to drive momentum and progress on objectives. Demonstrates
accountability and follow through to ensure results. Engaging with Impact -
Communicates with clarity and purpose. Builds strong relationships and trust
that accelerates alignment with others to influence action, foster
collaboration, and accelerate outcomes. Values Differences - Recognizing the
value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
Ensuring Customer Success - Embraces a customer-first mindset and takes actions
within their role to drive customer outcomes. Acts with urgency, empathy, and
accountability to understand customer goals, challenges, and context.
Proactively advocates for customer needs, aligns actions and solutions to enable
customer priorities, and delivers support that creates meaningful value,
satisfaction, and trust. Education, Licenses, Certifications: College,
university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology,
Business, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required.
Experience: 2–4 years of experience in product management or a related role.
Experienced in managing a product backlog/release plan and tracking team level
metrics. Proven ability to define product roadmaps and manage backlogs.
Experience in solving problems and delivering outcomes through high-performing,
cross-functional teams. Experience in managing systems and tools to enable user
interactions and collaboration. Experience in leading cross-functional
self-organized project/product teams preferred. Experience in leading a product
development lifecycle using design thinking techniques preferred.
Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal
employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex,
color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual
orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status
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