Product Manager

Role Summary

The Product Manager is accountable for defining, owning, and governing the end‑to‑end solution scope that spans one or more Application Team. This role represents the voice of the business and customer across the solution, translating strategic objectives and portfolio themes into executable Portfolio and Program Epics, and ensuring alignment across Product Management, Architecture, and Delivery.

The Product Manager is the primary content authority for the Solution Backlog, operating in continuous refinement to balance business value, capacity, dependencies, and financial guardrails. This role partners closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects, Program Managers, and business stakeholders to enable predictable, high‑value delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

Solution & Portfolio Ownership

• Represent overall business and customer needs across one or more delivery teams.
• Define and manage solution scope, ensuring alignment to portfolio strategy and approved funding.
• Serve as the primary owner of Portfolio and Program Epics.
• Ensure traceability between business objectives, epics, features, and acceptance criteria.

Backlog & Epic Management

• Own and manage the Solution Backlog, including intake, prioritization, and ongoing refinement.
• Decompose Strategic Themes into Portfolio Epics, and further into Program Epics as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain epic acceptance criteria, MVP definitions, and success measures.
• Monitor and manage scope changes through formal scope and financial change management.

Business Partnership & Value Delivery

• Partner with Experience Owners, Business Product Managers, and stakeholders to:
• Define business outcomes and value hypotheses
• Develop lean business cases and epic justifications
• Act as a primary liaison between business and IT, ensuring clarity of intent and prioritization.
• Facilitate epic kickoffs and refinement sessions to clarify scope and dependencies.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Solution and System Architects to ensure solutions remain aligned as scope evolves.
• Partner with Quality Engineering to define end‑to‑end test strategies and ensure business acceptance testing (BAT) readiness.
• Work closely with Delivery Managers to support large‑solution planning, dependency management, and delivery readiness (without owning execution).

Governance & Continuous Refinement

• Maintain continuous refinement of solution scope, recognizing that epics move through varying states of maturity.
• Identify cross‑team impacts, risks, and dependencies; ensure they are visible and addressed.
• Support portfolio planning, prioritization discussions, and PI readiness activities.

Key Skills & Qualifications

• Strong experience in SAFe / Agile at scale environments
• Expertise in portfolio and solution‑level backlog management
• Proven ability to translate strategy into executable epics and features
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills
• Financial and capacity awareness at the portfolio level
• Ability to operate with ambiguity and evolve scope through refinement

EEO Statement:

Brooksource is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

Pay Disclaimer:

The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.