Product Manager Senior.info Tech - Strategic Engagement

Job Description

Leads the strategic direction, execution, and continuous evolution of digital product portfolios that deliver measurable value across the County. Drives County-wide product strategy, aligns multiple product teams, and ensures that solutions meet long‑term operational, policy, and user goals. Champions cross‑functional collaboration, design thinking, innovation, and equitable service delivery, while mentoring product leaders and influencing enterprise decisions. Management Scope:
Manages exempt staff.

• Defines and oversees a County‑wide digital product vision aligned with strategic goals and public service outcomes.
• Guides product teams in delivering high‑impact, scalable, and sustainable solutions across multiple domains.
• Ensures delivery aligns with enterprise architecture, operational priorities, and equity frameworks.
• Leads enterprise planning for major platform enhancements, migrations, and user experience initiatives.
• Establishes long‑term product success metrics and ensures teams are equipped to meet them.
• Anticipates service delivery risks, roadblocks, and systemic challenges; leads mitigation efforts.
• Partners with operational leaders to ensure solutions are supportable, maintainable, and resilient.
• Serves as a champion for innovation and technology adoption across County departments.
• Leads product portfolio planning, resource alignment, and delivery governance at the enterprise level.
• Establishes cross‑team product management standards, playbooks, and delivery frameworks.
• Creates transparency through dashboards, KPIs, OKRs, and executive‑level reporting.
• Partners with budget, procurement, and compliance teams to ensure delivery efficiency and accountability.
• Drives prioritization processes that align funding, staffing, and delivery timelines.
• Optimizes cross‑platform coordination and integration across multiple departments or systems.
• Identifies delivery bottlenecks and leads organization‑wide improvement initiatives.
• Aligns product operations with cybersecurity, legal, accessibility, and records compliance.
• Collaborates with enterprise architects and technical leaders to shape platform vision and ecosystem strategies.
• Influences long‑term architectural planning and technology investment decisions.
• Ensures products align with County‑wide modernization, interoperability, and digital transformation efforts.
• Guides development of platform roadmaps, data integration strategies, and shared components.
• Participates in innovation planning, proof‑of‑concept pilots, and solution evaluations.
• Promotes scalable, reusable, and modular design across the product ecosystem.
• Aligns product decisions with policies around privacy, open data, and civic transparency.
• Advocates for inclusive, user‑centered design across public‑facing and internal platforms.
• Leads County‑wide product performance and health assessments.
• Institutionalizes continuous improvement practices across all product teams.
• Defines enterprise benchmarks for quality, usability, and accessibility.
• Promotes data‑informed iteration, rapid learning, and experimentation at scale.
• Drives resolution of long‑standing technical debt, service gaps, or operational constraints.
• Guides post‑implementation reviews and ensures lessons learned translate into action.
• Supports development and use of product maturity assessments.
• Champions a culture of accountability, transparency, and iterative improvement.
• Leads a matrix team of Product Managers, Lead Product Owners, and other digital leaders.
• Provides executive‑level coaching, mentorship, and leadership development.
• Defines workforce planning strategies to meet evolving technology and service delivery needs.
• Supports recruitment, succession planning, and skill‑building across product teams.
• Fosters a collaborative, user‑centered product culture across the organization.
• Oversees team performance management, feedback, and recognition processes.
• Leads internal product community development and knowledge‑sharing initiatives.
• Acts as a trusted advisor to County executives, department directors, and external partners.
• Aligns product portfolios with County‑wide policy, funding, and community priorities.
• Builds and…