Product Manager - Food Traceability Level 2 at Kforce Inc.

Cincinnati, OH 45202

About the Job

Kforce has a client in Cincinnati, OH that is seeking a Product Manager - Food Traceability Level 2 to join their team on a 6-month contract. This is a new project. All legacy (20-30 of them) systems need to be updated by 2025. The risk is that the legacy systems might have issues 31 different ways, so this person will go out to the plants and find out how they trace now (excel spreadsheet, data base, etc.) This person needs understanding of the law, might work with legal, will work with food safety team. Responsibilities:

Own and drive a product from vision, through design, to requirements, and finally delivery
Facilitate within a larger cross-functional team to solve business problems
Work with significant autonomy and freedom, requiring little oversight
This autonomy, however, will be within a broader strategy set by a Senior Product Manager and/or Group Product Manager
Demonstrate the company s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety
Identify product requirements and future enhancements through collaborative engagements to support product strategies
Create, maintain and communicate product catalog roadmaps, including near-term delivery and 1-2 year product evolution, to engage stakeholders across the organization in aligning and supporting company and business unit strategies
Create highly collaborative cross-functional partnerships across the matrix organization
Identify, measure and improve key product catalog metrics to enhance the customer/user experience, and create a compelling, relevant product vision using web metrics, customer/user loyalty/insights, customer/user feedback/research and internal operational metrics

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, Marketing, Management or equivalent practical experience
3+ years of software development, product management or business analyst experience in an technology business with demonstrated success in sales and / or customer use through the delivery of new/evolving products
3+ years of experience bringing customer-facing technology products to market
Excellent oral/written communication skills and extreme attention-to-detail
Ability to identify metrics/key performance measures and use data to drive decisions that enhance the customer & user experience
Proficient Microsoft Office skills
Demonstrated leadership experience in product management

Desired:

Any experience with iterative product development (Agile)
Any product management experience with a multi-channel retailer
Any experience using Atlassian products groomed backlog and providing 1-N prioritization for backlog
Able to set criteria for Minimum Viable Product to increase the speed/frequency with which enhancements and new capabilities are delivered
Able to travel to work locations to attend company meetings
Able to travel to interview/observe the users and/or customers
Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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