Product Manager

Responsible for gathering input from stakeholders, business users, and technology teams to define and prioritize requirements, translating business needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and maintaining the product backlog. It includes assessing business impact and value, aligning with the enterprise value streams, and applying industry-standard product management practices. The role also involves developing product roadmaps, coordinating releases, prioritizing development items, defining user experience flows, and partnering with development teams on application architecture and integration points.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset. You provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles. You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. You build high performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline to maximize impact on the organization and the individual.

You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane's business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage. You deploy a strategic mindset when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future.

Your core values match Gilbane's: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What's in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Gather Input: Work with stakeholders, business users, and technology teams to define and prioritize requirements.

• Translate Needs: Convert business needs into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Maintain Backlog: Manage and update the product backlog to accurately reflect business needs and priorities.

• Apply Concepts: Utilize industry-standard Product Management practices and methodologies.

• Document Requirements: Translate business intent, customer needs, and technical direction into well-documented requirements and product backlog.

• Facilitate Sessions: Organize and lead requirements gathering and refinement sessions, documenting decisions and following up on action items.

• Develop Roadmap: Develop product roadmaps for both the short-term (6-12 months) and long-term (2-3 years) that align with the goals and objectives of stakeholders.

• Coordinate Releases: Plan, execute, and communicate both scheduled and unscheduled releases with all stakeholders.

• Prioritize Development: Prioritize development items based on deadlines, business context, and technical needs.

• Define User Experience: Outline user experience flows and decisions, including success, failure, and error conditions, in collaboration with others.

• Design Architecture: Collaborate with development teams to design application architecture, define integration points, and establish non-functional requirements.

• Provide Expertise: Act as a subject matter expert during development to resolve design issues and provide clarity.

• Bridge Communication: Facilitate conversations between customers and development teams using knowledge of user journeys and technical integration.

• Conduct Acceptance Tests: Perform acceptance tests of working software against acceptance criteria and provide sign-off or feedback as needed.

• Value Stream Alignment: Align processes with value stream analysis to ensure strategic goals are met and workflows are optimized.

• System Operations: Manage system changes, tests, upgrades, support requests, and oversee work plans, budgeting, and project management tasks.

• User Support and Documentation: Research end-user needs, promote education, develop documentation, and serve as the lead contact with the vendor.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with 10+ years of relevant experience (MBA or advanced degree preferred) including managing enterprise-grade business applications

• Construction and/or real estate development industry experience strongly preferred.

• Knowledge of construction-specific platforms

• Effective management and leadership skills; provide clear direction to direct reports.

• Excellent listening, speaking, and writing skills for successful communication with team members and management.

• Demonstrated positive team attitude and ability to interact with diplomacy and tact with internal and external business process partners.

• Ability to align technology plans in support of strategic business objectives.

• Relevant certifications, including Agile methodologies, SAFe, TOGAF, ERP and other industry-standard certifications.

Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
For Providence, RI this ranges from $101,000.00 - $135,000.00 plus benefits and retirement program.

For Boston, MA and Arlington, VA this ranges from $118,000.00 - $160,000.00 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees' education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Note to Recruiters, Placement Agencies, and Similar Organizations: Gilbane does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our jobs alias, website, or to any Gilbane employee. Gilbane will not pay fees to any third party agency or firm and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Gilbane and will be processed accordingly.