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The Business Product Manager is responsible for driving the ongoing enhancement and effectiveness of Foundry's business applications and operational systems. This role serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the Foundry software development team, ensuring technology solutions align with business priorities and deliver measurable value.
The Business Product Manager gathers and refines requirements, prioritizes enhancement requests, supports user acceptance testing, and helps coordinate release readiness and communication. Working closely with stakeholders and development teams, this role helps ensure business systems continue to support efficient, scalable operations.
Duties/Responsibilities
Serve as the business owner for application enhancements and continuous improvement initiatives.
Gather, analyze, and document business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Prioritize enhancement requests based on business value, operational impact, and strategic objectives.
Partner with development teams to clarify requirements, review proposed solutions, and support delivery planning.
Coordinate user acceptance testing and validate that delivered functionality meets business needs.
Support release readiness activities, including stakeholder communication, training considerations, and change management.
Facilitate collaboration between business stakeholders and technical teams throughout the development lifecycle.
Monitor user feedback, system adoption, and business outcomes to identify future improvement opportunities.
Communicate priorities, risks, project status, and release information to stakeholders.
Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Information Systems, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Business Analysis, ERP/WMS administration, business systems management, or a related role.
Experience gathering business requirements and working with software development teams.
Experience supporting testing, implementation, or release activities for business applications.
Experience with ERP, WMS, manufacturing, supply chain, warehouse, or operational systems.
Experience working in Agile environments.
Experience with Jira or similar work management tools.
Minimum Required
Preferred
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Strong requirements gathering, prioritization, and analytical skills.
Ability to translate business needs into actionable product requirements.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Knowledge of software development lifecycles and Agile methodologies.
Experience facilitating User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and release readiness activities.
Ability to balance business value, technical constraints, and operational priorities.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on delivering practical business solutions.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Information Systems, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Business Analysis, ERP/WMS administration, business systems management, or a related role.
- Experience gathering business requirements and working with software development teams.
- Experience supporting testing, implementation, or release activities for business applications.
- Experience with ERP, WMS, manufacturing, supply chain, warehouse, or operational systems.
- Experience working in Agile environments.
- Experience with Jira or similar work management tools.
- Strong requirements gathering, prioritization, and analytical skills.
- Ability to translate business needs into actionable product requirements.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Knowledge of software development lifecycles and Agile methodologies.
- Experience facilitating User Acceptance Testing and release readiness activities.
- Ability to balance business value, technical constraints, and operational priorities.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Continuous improvement mindset focused on delivering practical business solutions.
AHEAD Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AHEAD and has not been reviewed or approved by AHEAD.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) contributions are matched dollar-for-dollar on the first $5,000 each year, with matching made each pay period and immediate 100% vesting. This structure signals above-standard employer support for retirement savings.
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Affordable Benefits — Medical options include low employee premiums for PPO and HDHP plans, and the HDHP adds employer HSA funding plus a dollar-for-dollar HSA match up to stated amounts. Dental and vision plans list very low per-paycheck costs, helping keep overall healthcare spend manageable.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — No-cost telemedicine (including virtual mental health when enrolled), free Calm access for the employee and dependents, and an EAP with counseling are included. Company-paid life and disability plus voluntary protections (legal/ID, pet insurance) and other extras round out a comprehensive set of supports.
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