Senior Product Manager - Power Platform & Copilot Studio

The Senior Product Manager is responsible for shaping the product vision, strategy and roadmap for products s role requires a deep understanding of business needs and strategy, competitive landscape, and data and technology trends to drive product and business success. The ideal candidate will be an indispensable business partner, ensuring alignment of product priorities and managing the entire lifecycle of product delivery from concept to release, and through adoption activities when needed, and retirement when relevant.

As a Senior Product Manager in Data & Analytics, you will specialize in one of our data products areas:

• Customer Products
• Internal Sales, Marketing & Service Products
• Operational Excellence Products
• Vendor Support Products
• Financial Ops Products
• Enablement via Power Platform & Copilot Studio

This role will be Hybrid (2-days a week in office), and it is required that you are located within 50 miles of our Corporate Offices in either Mendota Heights, MN or Loveland, CO. In-person attendance is expected to foster collaboration, innovation, and team connection.

• Develop and drive a product roadmap and release strategy aligned to business goals in partnership with senior leadership, business process owners, subject matter experts, product teams, and architects. Engage key stakeholders to gather product feedback and insights to determine how new items impact the existing roadmap.
• Adopt a continuous learning approach to understand business strategy and objectives, including needs and pain points. Partner with stakeholders to create and measure product objectives & key results (OKRs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) for product and feature release; monitor product performance and adoption, and gather feedback to identify areas of improvement.
• Define and communicate the product vision and strategy in terms of business outcomes. Create effective product positioning, messaging, and enablement materials.
• Advocate for the voice of the customer. Build a deep understanding of customer needs and business objectives, and combine with product knowledge to make recommendations.
• Serve as the key business partner for stakeholders regarding product requirements, implementation, and support to ensure product satisfaction and manage escalations. Keep stakeholders informed of product releases and operational readiness. Promote user adoption and satisfaction through effective change management and support plans, including communications, training, knowledge articles, data preparation, etc.
• Manage the product lifecycle from concept to release; ensure timely and successful delivery of product milestones. Ensure the balance of user needs, but also ensuring that the product aligns with business goals, including considerations of profitability, scalability, and industry fit. Manage the end-of-life process for older product versions, including communication with business and migration planning.
• Mentor team members to mature overall product function and build business understanding; foster a culture that values rapid delivery of high value, continuous delivery and feedback, encourages experimentation, and is always focused on the employees and their needed outcomes.
• Conduct market and competitive research, and maintain current knowledge of industry trends and technological advancements, to provide best-practice recommendations and identify opportunities for product improvement and innovation.
• Comply with Company and department policies and standards; performs other duties as assigned.

• Use the latest knowledge of ERP and other related solutions, best practices, technological advancements, and roadmaps to influence process improvements and product strategies.
• Data & Analytics:
  Product Manager for Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power BI. May include Copilot Studio. Other personal productivity enabling technologies.

• Participate or lead customer or vendor meetings.
• May participate in sprint planning, story reviews and stand-ups to drive continuous improvements in the development process.

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