<p>Kforce has a client in Aurora, CO that is seeking a Product Manager.</p> <p>Summary: The Product Manager owns product strategy, roadmap, and outcomes for a defined product or value stream. Operating within the direction set by the Principal Product Manager, this role ensures the team is solving the right problems while enabling Product Owners and Engineering teams to deliver high-impact solutions effectively.</p> <p>Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Define and own product strategy aligned to company goals and product vision </li><li>Translate strategy into an outcome-driven roadmap and measurable success metrics </li><li>Lead continuous product discovery and customer validation to reduce delivery risk </li><li>Own initiative-level prioritization based on value, impact, effort, and risk </li><li>Partner with stakeholders and executives to ensure alignment and resolve dependencies </li><li>Lead, coach, and develop Product Owners to ensure consistent execution standards and strong backlog quality </li><li>Partner closely with Engineering and Product Owners to ensure delivery aligns to strategy and intended outcomes </li></ul> <p>What Success Looks Like:</p> <ul> <li>A clear, outcome-driven roadmap tied to measurable business impact </li><li>Strong discovery practices that inform prioritization </li><li>High-performing Product Owners with execution-ready backlogs </li><li>Smooth delivery with strong alignment between strategy and execution* Ability to define product strategy, translate it into an outcome-driven roadmap, and measure success using OKRs and KPIs </li><li>Strong experience leading discovery, gathering stakeholder and customer feedback, and validating ideas before development </li><li>Proven ability to own initiative-level prioritization, balancing value, impact, effort, risk, and changing insights </li><li>Strong stakeholder management skills, including executive communication, alignment, and cross-team dependency resolution </li><li>Experience managing and developing Product Owners, including coaching on backlog quality, story writing, and Agile execution </li><li>Comfort partnering with Engineering and Product Owners to ensure alignment between strategy, execution, and delivered outcomes in Agile environments </li></ul>