Product Manager II

RESPONSIBILITIES:
A client with Kforce is seeking a Product Manager II to join their team. This is a hybrid opportunity in Mountain View, CA.

Overview:
This role is pivotal to developing and enhancing internal tools that support product configuration, pricing, and promotions, which are critical to clients go-to-market (GTM) strategy. The ideal candidate brings a strong product mindset, business systems expertise, and excellent cross-functional collaboration skills to deliver foundational capabilities for scalable and efficient GTM execution. The ideal candidate is comfortable collaborating with globally distributed teams and thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Essential Functions:
Strategic Impact:
* Lead monetization initiatives in alignment with the company's Big Bets and long-term goals
* Enhance platform capabilities to accelerate go-to-market (GTM) readiness by simplifying existing workflows through low-code tools and Generative AI, enabling greater speed, flexibility, and automation in execution

Platform Development
Improve and maintain product and pricing platform functionalities such as:
* Price change simplification
* Product bundling innovations
* Platform consolidation efforts

* Identify and drive opportunities for system optimization, scalability, and innovation

Execution & Operations:
* Manage product lifecycle from concept through launch, with a high standard for quality, usability, and business impact
* Oversee and support testing, user readiness, documentation, and training sessions
* Monitor day-to-day usage and serve as Product SME, addressing issues to unblock users and dev teams promptly

Cross-Functional Leadership:
* Act as a liaison between geographically distributed teams, including platform, business, and operations stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and smooth coordination across time zones

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or a related field
* 5+ years in Product Management
* Proven ability to collaborate effectively with global teams across different time zones, maintaining strong alignment and timely execution
* Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities
* Exceptional communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills
* Ability to nurture various projects in parallel, in different stages of maturity and velocity
* Strong ability to think through unifying elements and common denominators; dream up user workflows ands interfaces; Translate it into engineering-ready user stories; And work with product designers to create self-serve products
* Demonstrated customer empathy and experience with user-centric design

Preferred Tools & Domain Experience:
* Background in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), commerce systems, or product catalog tools

Familiarity with tools such as:
* Figma, Jira, Google Workspace, Smartsheet, ProductPlan, LeanIX (or equivalents)

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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