Manager, Product Management

Overview

In this role you lead end-to-end discovery, development and delivery of an AI-enabled product embedded in Bain’s consulting work. You collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate client and case-team needs into scalable software, guiding trade-offs and ensuring value delivery. You’ll align product direction with Bain’s strategy, drive adoption and measure impact, and contribute to a fast-moving, collaborative tech-enabled consulting environment. This is a chance to shape innovative tools that support B2B growth and client outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Identify customer needs and market trends with stakeholders; surface AI opportunities in project delivery and convert them into product decisions
• Collaborate with Technology Lead, engineers, data specialists, designers to resolve ambiguity and maintain delivery momentum
• Drive product releases, adoption and retention through enablement activities
• Contribute to product strategy and execution in partnership with Practice and broader Bain vision
• Create concise artifacts (problem statements, requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, roadmap, updates) and manage the product backlog and milestones
• Develop and monitor product metrics (adoption, quality, reliability, value); report risks and dependencies to leadership
• Implement product management best practices; train others and share knowledge
• Understand client workflows and feedback; translate into actionable insights for product decisions
• Lead cross-functional teams as agile product owner; participate in onboarding and department initiatives
• May assume management responsibilities and contribute to new hire training

Key requirements

• Associate’s/bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Five to eight years’ professional experience, ideally in strategy consulting with B2B growth, pricing, sales, GTM transformation, data-intensive products, or tech delivery
• Experience steering software development projects or product workstreams with engineers and stakeholders
• Software/technology depth from academics, delivery, or tech-focused consulting
• Applied understanding of generative AI and ability to assess capabilities, risks, safeguards
• Strong product judgment, structured problem solving, prioritization without perfect information
• Excellent written and oral communication across levels, credible with senior stakeholders
• Ability to lead through influence and collaborate across consulting and technical teams

• ownership and accountability
• clear communication
• crisp judgment
• product management and strategy
• agile software development and backlog management
• requirements and user story articulation

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