Associate Product Manager

Trans Core (TRN), a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is seeking a motivated and analytical Associate Product Manager for the Marketing team. This entry-level position is based in our Atlanta, GA office.
About Trans Core  Trans Core is reinventing how people, goods, and cities move, operating at the intersection of transportation infrastructure, cloud, data, AI, and digital commerce. We are building the next-generation mobility platform that enables seamless movement, frictionless payments, and intelligent transportation experiences for agencies, operators, businesses, and consumers. Our platforms support mission-critical mobility systems used by governments and transportation operators around the world and are enabling new business models for connected mobility, transportation payments, digital identity, and mobility services.

Position Summary The Associate Product Manager (APM) is an early-career role designed for recent graduates and emerging professionals who are passionate about technology, business, engineering, transportation, and digital product development. As an APM, you will work alongside Product Managers, Engineers, Architects, Designers, Customer Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success teams to help define, build, launch, and improve innovative mobility solutions.

This role provides exposure to the full product lifecycle, from customer discovery and market research through requirements definition, product delivery, launch, adoption, and continuous improvement.  The ideal candidate combines analytical thinking, curiosity, business acumen, and strong communication skills with a desire to learn how world-class technology products are developed and commercialized.  Career Development Opportunity   The Associate Product Manager program is designed to develop the next generation of Product Management leaders within Smart Mobility.

Through mentorship, structured development, and cross-functional exposure, APMs gain experience across product strategy, customer discovery, analytics, engineering collaboration, commercialization, and market execution.  Successful APMs will have a defined career path toward Product Manager, Senior Product Manager, and broader product leadership opportunities. What You'll Do Product Discovery & Market Research Conduct market, customer, and competitive research across transportation, mobility, payments, SaaS, and technology markets.

Analyze customer needs, user behaviors, industry trends, and emerging technologies.

Assist with customer interviews, product discovery activities, and voice-of-customer initiatives.

Support development of market segments, personas, job-to-be-done analyses, and ideal customer profiles.

Gather and synthesize feedback from customers, sales teams, customer operations, and industry partners.

Product Strategy & Planning Support Product Managers in defining product vision, roadmap priorities, and business cases.

Help identify market opportunities and customer problems worth solving.

Assist in evaluating new products, features, partnerships, and growth opportunities.

Conduct competitive benchmarking and product differentiation assessments.

Contribute to roadmap planning and portfolio prioritization discussions.

Product Requirements & Delivery Translate business and customer needs into user stories and functional requirements.

Assist in developing acceptance criteria, workflows, and use cases.

Support backlog management, sprint planning, and agile development activities.

Participate in feature reviews, testing activities, and release readiness efforts.

Track product enhancements and coordinate follow-through across teams.

Analytics & Data-Driven Decision Making Analyze product performance, adoption trends, customer behavior, and…