Product Manager, Digital Experience Platforms

Job Title: Product Manager, Digital Experience Platforms

Area:
Information Technology

Reports to: Lead Architect

Classification: Exempt

Location: Evanston, IL

This position is designated as Hybrid - Fully Flexible and expected to work from our world headquarters office once per month to several times a week. The specific days in the office are determined by managers based on business requirements. Rotary is under the jurisdiction of Illinois employment laws; we require all employees to live within reasonable daily commuting distance to Evanston.

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The Product Manager position is responsible for managing and maximizing the value of our digital experience platform (DXP) umbrella, specifically focusing on our modern composable stack:
Sitecore AI, Vercel, and RotaryUI. RotaryUI is our shared React component library.

Sitting uniquely within the IT Architecture team, this role reports to the Lead Architect and works closely with Business Owners, Architects, UX Design, and Development teams to manage the product backlog, understand competing priorities, and provide all necessary details for the development team to achieve their goals effectively and efficiently.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• 7+ years of professional experience as a product manager or technical product lead, ideally with experience managing multiple product lines or platform teams
• Familiarity with the product management lifecycle and modern web architectures (Headless CMS, APIs, Microservices, and Edge deployment)
• Experience managing Enterprise CMS/DXP platforms and/or frontend platform products (Sitecore highly preferred; experience with design systems or component libraries is a plus)
• Strong analytical and project management skills, with proven experience actively managing a board in an Agile/Scrum/Kanban environment
• Experience building consensus across groups with different priorities and leading diverse cross‑functional teams
• Bonus:
  Certifications (CSPO, CSM) or direct experience with Sitecore AI, Sitecore Search, or Vercel/Next.js ecosystems

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts to business stakeholders and vice versa
• Team‑oriented with a proven ability to build consensus across groups with different priorities (e.g., balancing Business Owner feature requests with Architecture's technical requirements)
• Tackling problems with creativity and a positive attitude
• Possessing strong analytical and decision‑making skills to evaluate technical trade‑offs
• Flexible and adaptable to change in a fast‑paced, evolving technology landscape

• Managing the product vision, strategy, and roadmap across both the DXP platform (Sitecore AI and Vercel) and Enterprise Web Services (RotaryUI component library and shared frontend infrastructure)
• Owning, grooming, and maintaining product backlogs across both DXP and EWS by translating high‑level business goals and internal platform needs into actionable Epics, Technical User Stories, and clear Acceptance Criteria
• Facilitating daily Agile team…