Associate Director- Product Management

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- Product Management role at Publicis Sapient.

We are seeking an Associate Director – Product Management with a strong understanding of the downstream and midstream energy business, including refining, petrochemicals, logistics, trading, and distribution value chains. Exposure to the upstream segment is a plus but not a core requirement. You act as your clients’ trusted advisor in leading the overall vision, strategy, roadmap, and prioritization for a specific digital product, or products, within an engagement.

You will collaborate with clients undertaking major Digital Business Transformation (DBT) engagements to understand their business, end‑customer needs, and then constantly deliver value with fast increment cycles.

• Deeply rooted in Agile, Lean, and continuous delivery principles that maximize flow of value with a passion to extend this understanding throughout the organization.
• Demonstrated success creating digital products vision, strategy, experience, and enterprise solutions and services - from ideation to launch, including engineering and operational quality.
• Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team on customer-focused products and services.
• Proven ability in collaborating and leading Program Increment (PI) cycles.
• Significant industry knowledge and expertise within industry.
• Proven ability to prioritize multiple demands and obtain buy‑in from stakeholders.
• Practice in workshop facilitation to cultivate the ideation.
• Ability to define financials, ROI, KPIs, and forecasts, with success leveraging data to make decisions about product feature increments.
• Proven track record of working with senior client stakeholder and diverse teams as a servant leader and steward of economic and customer value.
• Mastery in leading change and inspire others to change behaviors.
• Influencer in continuous learning and innovation.

• The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication skills and can engage senior stakeholders effectively.
• Handling escalations and guiding the team to enhance their client communication will be crucial aspects of this role.
• The individual should have a growth mindset and demonstrate the potential to be groomed into a Client Partner role in the long term.
• The person should be based in Houston and be willing to work from the client’s office for four days a week. Seniority-wise, we are looking at a senior manager candidate.
• Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager designation.
• Certified Agile Product Manager designation.

• Flexible vacation policy; time is not limited, allocated, or accrued.
• 16 paid holidays throughout the year.
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Corporate gift matching program.

Pay Range: $140,000-$210,000. The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.

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Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start‑up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem‑solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Product Management and Marketing

Business Consulting and Services