Product Manager

Description

The Product Manager will be responsible for leading and managing one or more products within the CAO IT Function. This role is accountable for driving product vision, aligning business objectives with technology capabilities, and ensuring successful product outcomes. The ideal candidate will collaborate across agile teams, stakeholders, and business leaders, using Lean Agile methodologies to maximize the value delivered to customers. The Product Manager plays a key role in shaping the product backlog, defining product goals, driving business agility, and ensuring delivery of high-quality, innovative solutions aligned with Cummins’ strategic priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Own product financials and ensure product investments deliver measurable value throughout the product lifecycle.
• Shape the power-cell vision and roadmap, leading delivery teams to implement impactful business solutions.
• Serve as the voice of the customer by engaging in user research and transforming customer needs into actionable stories.
• Define and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring a balanced approach between business value and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate with the Senior Product Manager to establish business value, support messaging and communication strategies, and promote stakeholder alignment.
• Drive Agile ceremonies such as Program Increment planning, sprint planning, and demos.
• Define OKRs and KPIs for the power-cell and ensure delivery aligns with strategic goals.
• Lead behavior-driven development (BDD) practices to reduce rework and improve delivery flow.
• Guide cross-functional teams during user acceptance testing and release planning.
• Partner with InfoSec and Legal to ensure products meet security, compliance, and data privacy requirements.
• Manage cross-power-cell coordination and synchronization for seamless product delivery.
• Ability to lead, guide, and develop efficient, effective and scalable technology solution needs for the product
  
  

Responsibilities

Skills and Experience Needed

Technical & Business Expertise

• Demonstrated experience with Agile methodologies and Lean Product Management.
• Solid understanding of customer journeys, customer experience design, and digital product delivery.
• Experience with backlog management, user story elaboration, and defining acceptance criteria.
• Familiarity with portfolio management, budgeting, and economic decision-making models such as WSJF.
• Experience managing compliance and data privacy within IT products.
  
  

Leadership & Strategy

• Strong vision and leadership with the ability to inspire and align cross-functional teams.
• Strategic thinking with proven problem-solving skills and decision-making capability.
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and tactical levels to connect high-level objectives with team execution.
  
  

Communication & Collaboration

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage stakeholders and advocate for product vision.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence without authority in a matrixed environment.
• Fosters collaboration and continuously improves through feedback loops and iteration.
  
  

Competencies

• Balances stakeholders – Anticipates and balances needs of multiple stakeholders effectively.
• Business insight – Applies market knowledge to advance business goals.
• Customer focus – Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions.
• Global perspective – Considers global implications and opportunities when solving problems.
• Manages conflict – Navigates complex interpersonal situations with professionalism.
• Agile systems thinking – Understands systems as interconnected entities; aligns with economic outcomes.
• Lean Portfolio Management – Applies Lean principles in investment and resource planning.
• Values differences – Recognizes and leverages diverse perspectives for innovative solutions.
• Planning and Managing Ceremonies – Leads ceremonies that maintain cadence and support team agility.
• Program Backlog Management – Prioritizes using WSJF and maintains just-in-time elaboration for backlog items.
  
  

Experience Requirements

• 10+ years of combined experience in IT, product management, or business analysis roles.
  
  

Qualifications

Qualifications

Education, Licenses, Certifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field required.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification preferred.
• Additional certifications in Agile, Scrum, or Lean Product Management are a plus.