Product Manager, Electrical & Embedded Software

Location: Cedar Falls, IA Salary: $67.00 USD Hourly - $68.00 USD Hourly Description:
Job Title: Product Manager, Electrical & Embedded Software

Location: Moline IL / Urbandale IA/ Milan IL/ Waterloo IA

Duration: Contract For 1 + years

This contingent Product Manager role supports a broad portfolio of electrical engineering and software tool capabilities, with responsibility for operational continuity, compliance oversight, budget and license management, supplier coordination, stakeholder engagement, and delivery of strategic initiatives. The position requires a highly organized individual who can balance day-to-day operational demands with large-scale transformation efforts across product lines.

Key Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the ongoing operation of a subset of electrical engineering, software development and testing applications.
• Lead recurring compliance and governance activities, including annual application assessments, AI component reviews, third-party supplier risk assessments, and related documentation updates.
• Coordinate budget planning, annual renewals, usage validation, growth requests, cost controls, and financial monitoring across a subset of E&E applications.
• Monitor and manage software licensing, license denials, server outages, build server requests, approval workflows, and license usage tracking across multiple enterprise tools.
• Partner with internal support teams to resolve operational issues impacting application availability, infrastructure stability, and user productivity.
• Lead and participate in governance councils, architecture reviews, operational meetings, compliance training, and staff forums to align product and tool strategy with business needs.
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships across engineering, software delivery, test, architecture, digital, platform, and business leadership teams.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for software suppliers and partners, including contract discussions, usage alignment, issue escalation, roadmap conversations, and renewal planning.
• Coordinate with affiliates, acquisitions, and external partner organizations on software usage, integrations, supplier agreements, and transition planning.
• Drive strategic initiatives such as platform migrations, reporting modernization, tool consolidation, cloud transitions, systems integration, governance improvements, and process standardization.
• Translate business needs into actionable plans for engineering tools.
• Identify process gaps, cost reduction opportunities, and automation improvements that improve service quality, governance, and operational efficiency.
• Support change management, user adoption, and cross-functional alignment for new tools, new processes, and enterprise transformation efforts.

Skills Required

• Strong product management or technical program management experience in enterprise software, engineering tools, or IT-enabled business capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously across operations, compliance, budget, vendor management, and strategic projects.
• Experience with application governance, risk assessments, compliance processes, and audit-ready documentation.
• Strong financial acumen, including budget management, forecasting, renewal planning, and cost optimization.
• Experience managing software licensing, vendor relationships, contract coordination, and enterprise tool usage.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, including engineering, architecture, software delivery, finance, procurement, legal, and leadership teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present recommendations, facilitate alignment, and document decisions clearly.
• Experience leading tool migrations, platform implementations, systems integrations, or process improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and incomplete information.
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery practices and software development lifecycle concepts.

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