Manager, Product Orchestration

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Position Purpose:

The Manager, Product Orchestration drives the day-to-day orchestration of a product portfolio by enabling clear intake, prioritization, delivery readiness, dependency management, and stakeholder communications. This role partners with Product Principals, Business Stakeholders and delivery teams to maintain alignment on outcomes and sequencing while helping remove barriers to execution. Depending on structure, this role may directly lead one orchestration resource and/or serve as a hands-on leader over core orchestration practices.

Key Responsibilities:

- 45% - Delivery Orchestration & Portfolio Execution - Maintains the integrated view of portfolio execution: delivery status, milestone dates, risks, dependencies, and decisions needed. Coordinates cross-team sequencing and handoffs; ensures dependencies are tracked and actively managed. Drives consistent governance routines and communications so leaders have a clear view of progress and tradeoffs. Partners with delivery teams to identify blockers early and accelerate resolution through escalation and coordination.
- 30% - Intake, Demand Shaping & Planning - Facilitates intake from business partners, ensuring requests are clearly defined (problem, outcomes, value, urgency, success measures). Supports planning cycles by preparing demand views, sizing inputs, and readiness artifacts needed for prioritization decisions. Ensures the work pipeline is transparent and that stakeholders understand next steps and requirements.
- 25% - Stakeholder Alignment & Team Enablement - Produces executive-ready updates and ensures communications translate complex delivery realities into simple, decision-oriented narratives. Facilitates updates to PPRs and MBRs. Builds and maintains cross-functional relationships that enable rapid alignment and conflict resolution. Evangelizes and facilitates adoption of new portfolio and product playbooks. If applicable, coaches/mentors a direct report or project team members on orchestration standards and stakeholder practices.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

- This Position typically reports to the Sr Manager, Product Orchestration
- This Position has up to 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

- No travel Required.

Physical Requirements:

- Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

- 5+ years of experience in Product Operations, Product Management, Program Management, or related roles
- Experience supporting or owning product intake, planning, and prioritization processes
- Strong ability to manage dependencies, risks, and delivery across multiple initiatives
- Proven stakeholder management and influence skills across Product, Engineering, and Business teams
- Prior people leadership experience or demonstrated readiness to lead teams
- Experience in Agile or product‑led environments preferred

Minimum Education:

- The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.

Preferred Education:

- The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

- 3

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

- 5

Minimum Leadership Experience:

- No previous leadership experience

Preferred Leadership Experience:

- 1

Certifications:

- None

Competencies:

- Collaborates
- Optimizes Work Processes
- Plans and Aligns
- Balances Stakeholders
- Communicates Effectively
- Customer Focus
- Drives Results