Product Manager III

Product Manager III

Adaptive Solutions Group is a premier provider of information technology personnel. We provide a variety of technical professionals for contract, contract-to-hire, and direct placement positions with companies throughout the St. Louis and Kansas City areas.

• Develop and communicate product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a product or product portfolio
• Conduct analysis to identify opportunities, risks, and areas for product enhancement
• Define and prioritize product features and requirements based on user feedback, business goals, and strategic objectives
• Partner with business stakeholders, architects, product owners, and delivery teams to align product direction and maximize value delivery
• Create and maintain product roadmaps that balance short-term priorities with long-term strategy
• Evaluate work during pre-implementation stages to ensure alignment to product vision and minimum viable product goals
• Work closely with engineering and technical teams to deliver high-quality product outcomes
• Define detailed product specifications and support backlog prioritization in collaboration with product owners and delivery teams
• Build strong relationships with technical teams and stakeholders to encourage collaboration, feedback, and continuous improvement
• Identify risks, dependencies, and roadblocks early and help coordinate actions to keep delivery on track
• Create user-focused artifacts such as personas, visualizations, or interaction concepts to support better product decisions
• Present roadmap updates, progress, and strategic recommendations to leadership and stakeholders
• Serve as a key point of contact for stakeholders and facilitate cross-functional alignment across business and technology teams
• Manage the product lifecycle from ideation through delivery and release support
• Define and monitor KPIs and product performance metrics to measure success and inform decision-making
• Analyze trends, feedback, and operational data to recommend enhancements and future roadmap priorities
• Support continuous improvement by identifying process enhancements, encouraging innovation, and applying product best practices
• Partner with technical, infrastructure, compliance, security, and data teams to understand and prioritize non-functional requirements and risk considerations

• 5+ years of experience in Product Management or a related field
• Strong experience developing product strategy, roadmaps, and feature prioritization
• Strong technical aptitude with the ability to understand complex systems and translate user and business needs into clear product direction
• Experience communicating effectively with executive leadership and senior stakeholders
• Experience working with cloud-based environments, with strong preference for Azure knowledge
• Broad technical understanding across areas such as Dev Sec Ops , AI, system integrations, and enterprise technology landscapes
• Experience working with vendors and external partners
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong systems thinking and ability to identify issues, dependencies, and opportunities across products or processes
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to navigate tradeoff discussions and push back when needed
• User-centric mindset with strong business acumen
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Motivated, self-directed, results-oriented, and customer-focused

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Certification or education in Product Management such as SAFe, CSPO, CPM, or similar
• Working knowledge of product and software development life cycles, including Agile, waterfall, or iterative delivery methods
• SAFe experience preferred
• Experience in insurance, financial services, or other complex regulated environments
• Experience supporting enterprise product teams with deep technical and stakeholder complexity

Adaptive Solutions Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k), paid vacation, and holidays.