Product Manager

Aquent, a leading talent solutions partner, is thrilled to support a premier entertainment and technology company in their search for an exceptional Product Manager. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic team and make a tangible impact on critical operational technology initiatives. You will play a pivotal role in driving the successful execution of in-flight projects, directly influencing the efficiency and effectiveness of enterprise systems that support a global workforce. Your expertise will ensure that essential technology solutions are delivered with clarity, precision, and a focus on immediate value, directly contributing to seamless operations and an unparalleled experience for employees.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and hands-on Product Manager to join our client's team on an 18-month assignment. This role is centered on near-term execution, focusing on bringing active technology initiatives to successful completion. You will be instrumental in transforming complex project requirements into actionable plans, ensuring alignment between engineering and business stakeholders, and driving the delivery of impactful solutions. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess strong product judgment, and are adept at navigating projects mid-stream to create clarity and momentum, this is the perfect opportunity for you to shine.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain delivery-ready backlogs for assigned initiatives, enhancements, and project work.
• Prioritize work with stakeholders based on business value, operational impact, delivery timing, and project objectives.
• Partner effectively with engineering teams to refine user stories, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and delivery expectations.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning inputs, product readiness, release planning, and implementation support.
• Make timely product decisions, manage scope tradeoffs, and escalate risks or blockers as needed.
• Support testing, user validation, deployment readiness, stakeholder communications, and post-launch stabilization.
• Leverage AI tools where appropriate to improve story quality, documentation, meeting follow-up, testing support, and delivery efficiency.

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years of Product Management experience supporting enterprise technology or operational business systems.
• Proven experience managing Agile backlogs and working directly with software engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience delivering project-based work, operational improvements, integrations, workflow capabilities, or platform enhancements.
• Execution-oriented mindset, comfortable joining projects mid-stream and quickly establishing clarity.
• Strong product judgment with the ability to prioritize based on business value, operational need, delivery timelines, and dependencies.
• Confident facilitation skills to align stakeholders, resolve ambiguity, and keep work progressing.

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with complex operational environments, workforce management, HR, labor, or scheduling.
• Experience using AI-enabled tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar platforms to support backlog refinement, user story creation, acceptance criteria, documentation, testing support, and stakeholder communications.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Jira, Flowable, or similar delivery and workflow tools.

Measures of Success

• Backlogs remain clear, prioritized, and consistently ready for engineering execution.
• Product decisions are made quickly and effectively, always aligned to delivery objectives.
• Stakeholders consistently understand scope, priorities, risks, and implementation readiness.
• Project and expense work progresses smoothly through development, testing, deployment, and stabilization with reduced ambiguity.