Sr. Product Manager - Digital Solutions

Continental - Fort Mill, SC

Full-time - Mid Level

Fort Mill, SC

10,001+ employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Sr. Product Manager - Digital Solutions at Continental is responsible for leading the direction and management of parts of the digital solutions portfolio. This role requires a visionary leader with a strong background in managing complex projects, product strategy, and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will understand customer needs and market trends, driving innovative solutions from concept to market launch.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple high-complexity projects, managing major parts of the value stream, portfolio, or multiple Epics
• Lead the design and structuring of new business areas, products, and features
• Drive and coordinate key aspects of the digital solutions strategy, product portfolio, and roadmap
• Ensure seamless integration of products within the overall digital solutions portfolio, aligning with other product managers for cohesive user experience and technical synergy
• Manage Product Increment (PI) planning, ensuring readiness and prioritization of epics and features
• Generate insights through user interviews, data analysis, and market trends in collaboration with UX teams
• Translate user needs into actionable insights and present them to stakeholders for alignment
• Conduct market research and experiments to validate hypotheses and refine product concepts
• Define value propositions, user journeys, and business models, ensuring alignment with market needs
• Develop and manage product roadmaps, ensuring clarity on validation needs and stakeholder understanding
• Lead the conceptualization of features, epics, and products, creating and communicating a clear product vision and strategy
• Ensure agile principles guide the product development process, focusing on iterative delivery and continuous improvement
• Validate and adapt solutions throughout development, maintaining stakeholder alignment on priorities
• Oversee the go-to-market (GTM) process, ensuring all stakeholders are prepared for product launch
• Support post-launch product performance by enabling customer support, sales, and marketing teams
• Measure and validate the success of products from both customer and business perspectives and initiate further improvements

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Technology, Engineer or similar
• 5+ years experience as Product Manager, Product Owner, Business Developer or as HW/SW Engineer / Architect in the area of digital products / services or comparable, relevant experience
• 3+ years of experience in project management in agile project environments
• Think and act customer-centered
• Application knowledge of Office 365 and Jira
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time (local and international)
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required.

Nice-to-haves

• Masters Degree in Business, Technology, Engineer or similar
• 7+ years experience as Product Manager, Product Owner, Business Developer or as HW/SW Engineer / Architect in the area of digital products / services or comparable, relevant experience
• Experience in working in diverse teams on a global level and in a matrix organization
• Profound knowledge and understanding of digital services and technologies
• 5+ years experience in digital solutions
• Mentoring experience

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Tuition & Employee Discounts
• Annual Bonus
• Employer 401(k) Match