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 strong business acumen

Customer‑first mindset

Product visionary with a bias toward action

Robust 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

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