Group Product Manager – Design & Pursuit at McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. – St. Louis, Missouri

• Defines and maintains product vision and product roadmaps aligned to business and digital strategy.
• Leads and coaches Product Leads and Product Analysts, aligning work and capacity to the product portfolio roadmap and setting clear practice and quality standards.

• Owns people management for the product management team, including hiring and onboarding, role clarity, performance management, coaching, and career development.

• Establishes and evolves team operating rhythms (planning, refinement, roadmap reviews, stakeholder touchpoints) to improve predictability, transparency, and throughput across the portfolio.

• Drives capability development across the team by setting expectations for discovery, backlog quality, outcome-based delivery, and stakeholder communication, and by providing feedback and targeted growth opportunities.

• Manages team capacity and skills mix across the portfolio,identifyingresourcing gaps, succession needs, and development plans to support near-term delivery and long-term sustainability.

• Effectively prioritizes work and clearly communicates roadmap decisions, trade-offs, and timelineswith business partners.

• Translates approved Ignite and Digital Governance decisions intoexecutableroadmapsand capacity plans.

• Owns effective management ofproductbacklogsso they reflect roadmap priorities andcontainoutcome-based, well-defined work withappropriate acceptancecriteria.

• Monitors product health using metrics and feedback and manages key risks and Tier-2 issues through durable product or process improvements.

• Leads major lifecycle changes (upgrades, refactors, consolidations, rationalization) in line with architecture and platform standards to protect long-term product integrity and value.

• Partners with Digital Business Partners to route demand to existing products where possible or define net-new solutions, providing portfolio context and limiting unnecessary sprawl.

• Provides feasibility, portfolio fit, and cost and effort estimates for investment decisions related to assigned products.

• Buildsstrong relationships with internal partners andmanagesproduct-related vendors, ensuring alignment with McCarthy standards and product strategy.

• Bachelors degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience; construction/engineering industry experience isa plus.

• 8+ years in digital product management, including 3+ years leading Product Leads and/or Product Analysts and managing a portfolio or domain of products.

• Proven ability to own product/portfolio strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and value delivery, turning business priorities into clear product direction and tradeoff decisions.

• Demonstratedtrack recordbuilding, developing, and coaching high-performing product teams, with clear goals, standards, and growth plans.

• Experience designing and evolving product operating rhythms (planning, backlog refinement, roadmap reviews, stakeholder touchpoints) and standardizing product practices across teams.

• Evidence of innovation: challenging current-state processes/solutions and delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, or user experience.

• Strong data- and metrics-driven mindset, using adoption,utilization, incident trends, and feedback to guide roadmap and investment decisions.

• Consistent record of reliable execution, including managing technical debt, reducing repeat incidents, and protecting long-term product integrity and stability.

• Excellent communication and systems thinking skills, able to simplify complex, cross-product processes and data flows for diverse audiences.

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