Product Manager
Remote contract opportunity

This is a Product Manager position—not a Project Manager position. This role is responsible for determining what products should be built, why they should be built, who they should serve, and how they create measurable business value. It is not responsible for managing project schedules, tracking tasks, coordinating delivery timelines, or serving as a traditional Project Manager. You will work closely with customers, engineering, UX/UI, sales, marketing, customer success, and executive leadership to identify market opportunities, define product strategy, validate customer needs, and deliver software solutions that solve meaningful business problems. We are looking for someone who is passionate about customer discovery, product strategy, and building products customers love. You should be equally comfortable interviewing users, analyzing market trends, collaborating with engineering, presenting to executives, and making data-informed product decisions. The ideal candidate has proven experience taking products from 0-1 and scaling them from 1-N, transforming ideas into successful software products through customer discovery, market validation, product strategy, experimentation, and cross-functional leadership. While you do not need to be an engineer, you should possess the technical fluency necessary to collaborate effectively with engineering teams, understand modern software platforms, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and make informed product decisions.

About the Role
We believe the future of Product Management is AI-first—not AI-assisted. Engineering teams own architecture, technical design, and implementation. You own the product. You define the vision. You identify customer problems worth solving. You validate ideas before they’re built. You determine product priorities. You develop and communicate the roadmap. You align stakeholders around a shared product vision. You measure success through customer outcomes – not project completion. We build, validate, learn, and iterate continuously. AI is embedded throughout product discovery, customer research, planning, documentation, engineering collaboration, and product management. Success is measured by:

Customer adoption
Customer satisfaction
Business outcomes
Product growth
Working software —not project plans, meetings, or task completion.

If you enjoy solving complex customer problems, influencing product direction, and building innovative software products, we'd love to talk. If you prefer managing schedules, coordinating project plans, or focusing primarily on Agile ceremonies, this role is probably not the right fit.

What You'll Own
Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with company objectives
Own the complete product lifecycle from discovery through launch and continuous product evolution
Lead customer discovery, user research, and market analysis to identify opportunities and validate product ideas
Translate customer insights into product strategy, MVPs, and prioritized product investments
Gather, prioritize, and refine product requirements based on customer needs, market trends, business objectives, and technical feasibility
Create and maintain product roadmaps, feature priorities, and product backlogs




Write clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements that enable successful engineering delivery
Partner closely with Engineering, UX/UI, QA, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and executive leadership throughout the product lifecycle
Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, product reviews, and release planning to ensure engineering teams are delivering the highest-value product initiatives
Define product success metrics and use customer feedback, KPIs, analytics, and business performance to guide product decisions
Work with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Support to ensure successful product launches, customer adoption, and ongoing product success
Monitor competitive products, industry trends, emerging technologies, and AI advancements to identify future opportunities
Balance customer needs, business priorities, and technical constraints when making product decisions
Communicate product strategy, roadmap progress, business value, and product outcomes to executive leadership and stakeholders
Use AI as a core productivity and decision‑making accelerator across research, planning, documentation, prioritization, and communication
Help establish and continuously improve AI‑first Product Management practices across the organization

What AI‑First Means Here You
Use AI to accelerate customer research and product discovery
Leverage AI to summarize customer interviews and identify trends
Use AI to evaluate product opportunities and generate insights
Improve documentation, planning, prioritization, and communication using AI
Automate repetitive product management workflows
Think in scalable systems and repeatable processes
Continuously improve how products are discovered, built, and managed AI is part of your everyday workflow—not something you occasionally experiment with.

What This Role Is NOT
Creating project plans
Managing project schedules or timelines
Tracking tasks and milestones
Resource allocation
Budget tracking
Status reporting
Managing project risks
Coordinating delivery logistics
Running Agile ceremonies as a Scrum Master
Managing engineering execution Those responsibilities belong to Project Managers, Delivery Managers, Scrum Masters, and Engineering Managers.

Success Criteria
Identify meaningful customer problems
Validate market opportunities
Develop winning product strategies
Build compelling product roadmaps
Increase product adoption
Deliver measurable customer and business value

Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
7+ years of Product Management experience delivering enterprise SaaS or software products
Demonstrated success taking products from 0?1, including discovery, validation, MVP definition, launch, and product growth




Experience managing products throughout the complete product lifecycle
Proven experience developing product strategy and managing long‑term product roadmaps
Demonstrated ability to translate customer needs into product requirements and strategic product decisions
Strong customer discovery, user research, stakeholder interview, and market research experience
Experience performing competitive analysis and identifying market opportunities
Strong understanding of Agile product development methodologies
Experience partnering closely with Engineering, UX/UI, QA, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and executive leadership
Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem‑solving skills
Experience using product metrics, KPIs, analytics, and customer insights to guide decisions
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
Proven ability to influence cross‑functional teams without direct authority
Ability to prioritize multiple product initiatives while maintaining strategic focus in a fast‑paced environment
Experience using AI‑powered productivity tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms

Preferred Qualifications
Experience building enterprise SaaS platforms
Experience launching AI‑enabled software products
Healthcare technology or other regulated industry experience
Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Productboard, or similar Product Management tools
Familiarity with UX research, customer journey mapping, and design thinking
Experience creating business cases and evaluating product investments
Product Management certification (Pragmatic, AIPMM, or equivalent) preferred
MBA or equivalent business experience is a plus
Experience working with distributed, cross‑functional teams

Competencies
Strategic thinker with robust business acumen
Customer‑first mindset
Product visionary with a bias toward action
Strong product discovery and problem‑solving skills
Data‑driven decision maker
Excellent prioritization and decision‑making abilities
Exceptional communication and influence
Collaborative leadership style
Comfortable operating in ambiguity while creating clarity for others
Ownership mentality with strong accountability
AI‑first mindset with a passion for continuous innovation

Culture Fit
Think like an owner
Love solving customer problems
Balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution
Prefer outcomes over process
Move quickly and iterate often
Make decisions using customer insights and data
Embrace AI as part of your everyday workflow
Adapt quickly as priorities evolve
Enjoy collaborating across disciplines

Potential Red Flags
Prefer managing projects over building products
Prefer only managing backlogs and Agile ceremonies
Need highly prescriptive direction before taking action
Want to own engineering architecture or implementation
Prefer slow‑moving organizations with excessive process
Resist AI‑enabled ways of working
Focus more on project execution than customer outcomes

Rate Information
Rate Information, rates are negotiable.

Target W2 Hourly: $35-49/hr

Target 1099/C2C: $50-65/Hr

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📌 3127 - Product Manager (Manitoba)
🏢 Intertech
📍 Manitoba