Homeoffice Manager, Product Practice bei Think Company

Description

Job Type
Full-time

Remote

Description

Think Company operates in the United States as a remote-first company, with potential for as-needed travel associated to client needs. As such, please consider this a remote (work from home) position. Please note that Thinkers are expected to operate within Eastern Standard Time Zone business hours.

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Annual Base Salary: $90,000-$139,310

Think Company is seeking a Manager for our Product discipline to support our growing team—come and think with us!

At Think Company, our Product discipline is central to how we guide product vision, strategy, and execution in collaboration with our clients. The ideal candidate is a strong people leader, passionate about cultivating talent, coaching and mentoring a team, possesses the expertise to build out the Product discipline, and provide strategic support to client-facing teams, ensuring excellence and providing guidance. 

Key Responsibilities

• People Leadership & Development
  • Live our Core Values and encourage others to do the same
  • Manage, coach, and mentor a team of up to 10 Product Owners and Product Managers, supporting their career growth, skill development, and performance.
  • Conduct regular performance management duties: performance reviews, career pathing, goal setting, and performance improvement issue escalation.
  • Provide resources to continuously support team knowledge building and development.
  • Foster community, belonging, and collaboration across the Product discipline and PMO.
  • Participate in departmental recruiting, hiring, and onboarding activities.
  • Work with other PMO leadership and project team leaders to ensure projects are appropriately staffed to leverage our team’s bandwidth and skillset.

• Discipline & Practice Leadership
  • Ensure consistent excellence across our engagements.
  • Define and evolve the standards, practices, and frameworks for the Product discipline.
  • Nurture and elevate the Product client offering, building repeatable approaches, playbooks, and templates, and advocating for the value of Product roles within business development activities.
  • Ensure alignment with industry best practices while introducing innovative methods for continued client value.
  • Where appropriate, encourage adoption of AI-enabled approaches to improve efficiency, quality, and insights within the Product discipline.
  • Collaborate with the department Director and other leadership team members to maintain and improve departmental performance and product delivery.

• Advisory & Strategic Contribution
  • Serve as a senior-level advisor to project teams and to clients, providing meaningful guidance and mentorship on deliverables and helping to navigate challenges.
  • Identify project pain paints; advise and work with the team to identify solutions
  • Contribute to internal strategic initiatives within the PMO and across wider company leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Senior Product Owner or Product Manager in a consultancy or similar client services environment, with hands-on experience managing shipped products or leading GTM strategies
• Proven people management experience leading a team of direct reports, including mentoring and coaching, in a patient and empathetic way.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with direct reports, as well as others throughout the organization
• Prior experience mentoring, building skills, and identifying desired career paths
• Experience establishing or scaling a discipline or practice within a consultancy
• Strong knowledge of modern Agile methodologies, frameworks, and tools
• Knowledge of data strategy and analysis
• Able to actively consult on challenging projects as needed, as well as assist direct reports with problem-solving, strategic thinking, and backlog/roadmap reviews
• Comfortable working with cross-disciplinary teams and with organizations of various sizes
• Ability to act as a trusted advisor to clients at the executive and senior stakeholder level
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to problem-solve strategically, make sound decisions, and provide guidance on complex challenges
• CSPO, CPM, or equivalent product management/ownership certification.

Why Think Company?

Think Company is a design and technology consultancy that believes in combining rigor with creativity. Our teams are collaborative, curious, and committed to helping clients solve meaningful problems. As part of our PMO and Product disciplines, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of how we deliver value, mentor a talented team, and influence how the Product discipline evolves at Think Company.