Sr Product Manager

SAS is a leader in data and AI, inspiring customers worldwide to transform data into intelligence. As a Senior Product Manager for Optimization and Network Analytics, you will drive product strategy and collaborate across teams to deliver powerful analytic technologies that create measurable business value.

Responsibilities:

• Define and prioritize product requirements based on business drivers, customer inputs, market direction, and field contribution
• Translate business requirements into technical, functional, and non-functional requirements
• Define user personas and write use cases
• Drive product development and collaborate with software development teams based on requirements management, risk management, risk mitigation, and product lifecycles
• Partner and align with Product Commercialization Specialists to define market potential
• Support product launches as primary content provider to facilitate knowledge transfer of product functionality to marketing and sales
• Present product vision, roadmap, and software demonstrations to internal constituents, senior management stakeholders, customers, and analysts
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do

Requirements:

• Master's degree or higher, operations research, industrial engineering, optimization, math, computer science, or a related quantitative discipline
• 6+ years' experience in direct product management or software development related to analytics
• Strong understanding of optimization and network analytics applications, including routing, scheduling, resource allocation, supply chain planning, and operational decision-making
• Knowledge of optimization methodologies and solver technologies, including linear programming, mixed-integer programming, nonlinear optimization, metaheuristics, and optimization under uncertainty
• Knowledge of network analytics and graph-based optimization techniques, including centrality, community detection, entity resolution, max flow, pattern matching, and vehicle routing
• Working knowledge of analytics platforms, data pipelines, and large-scale operational data used to power optimization and decision-support workflows
• Ability to define product requirements for APIs, embeddable analytics, and platform-based integration into enterprise applications and industry solutions
• Understanding of simulation, scenario analysis, model lifecycle, and decisioning systems to help customers evaluate tradeoffs and improve business outcomes
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage in technical discussions with customers, partners, and industry analysts
• Excellent critical thinking skills with demonstrated history of making good decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to work in a highly collaborative environment across multiple business units
• Ability to innovate and define creative solutions with compelling user experiences that exceed customer expectations
• A self-starter with bias toward action and the know-how to balance getting details right while still moving fast