L.B. Foster is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the vision, roadmap, and commercialization of our enterprise asset intelligence platform - the foundation for delivering scalable, connected solutions across the rail and infrastructure sectors. This is a high-impact role focused on building and monetizing a new SaaS-based platform with startup-level urgency and enterprise-level ambition.

You’ll define core capabilities that enable real-time asset monitoring, predictive insights, and cross-application integration—while also driving pricing strategy, go-to-market alignment, and customer value realization. Success requires strong partnership with commercial leaders, product managers, and global Agile teams to ensure both technical scalability and business growth.

Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

1. Define and maintain a multi-year product vision and roadmap for the Asset Intelligence Software Platform, aligning with enterprise growth objectives.
2. Translate customer insights, market trends, and stakeholder feedback into scalable, reusable platform features and services.
3. Lead Agile delivery by scoping features, defining epics and acceptance criteria, prioritizing backlogs, and partnering with development teams to ensure timely execution.
4. Collaborate with UI/UX teams to deliver intuitive, user-centered digital experiences across web, mobile, and embedded interfaces.
5. Drive development of predictive analytics and machine learning capabilities in partnership with data science teams.
6. Coordinate platform sustainment, bug triage, and enhancement planning with QA, support, and customer success teams.
7. Support integration of edge devices, IoT systems, and third-party software into the platform architecture.
8. Champion cross-application collaboration through shared services, authentication, permissions, and API governance.
9. Align platform strategy with business and monetization goals by presenting roadmaps, pricing concepts, and investment cases to leadership.
10. Represent the platform in internal reviews and external discussions with customers, partners, and industry stakeholders.
11. Contribute to enterprise-wide product management initiatives that improve execution, standardization, and value delivery.
12. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Experience, Education, & License Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field preferred
• MBA or other relevant graduate degree a plus
• 7+ years of experience in product management or platform management in a B2B, SaaS, or industrial tech environment
• Proven success owning a software platform roadmap or cross-application architecture
• Deep familiarity with Agile and Lean product delivery (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.)
• Experience working with cross-functional software teams including developers, QA, architects, and UI/UX
• Exposure to IoT systems, industrial software, or infrastructure asset monitoring strongly preferred
• Experience launching and scaling predictive analytics or ML-driven features a plus
• Experience in the rail industry or other industrial space a plus

Skills & Abilities:

• Strong storytelling, documentation, communication, and roadmap visualization skills
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder alignment across technical and non-technical functions
• Confident working with ambiguity and balancing near-term delivery with long-term architectural vision
• Proficiency with tools such as Azure DevOps, Power BI, full Microsoft Office suite
• Knowledge of platform management principles: modularity, reusability, APIs, authentication/permissions, and configuration models
• Deep curiosity about customer problems and ability to translate into platform-wide opportunities
• Willingness to travel ~20% for cross-site collaboration and customer engagement

Education

• Bachelors or better in Computer Science or related field
• Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field

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