Digital Tools Product Manager

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

 The Digital Tools Product Manager is responsible for the strategic direction for product & system configurators working closely between business unit stakeholders and software development team in an agile environment. You will report to the Digital Tools Director.

Digital Tools provide customer facing tools used to configure, select, and design products and automation systems thru proposal generation. These tools also interface with end-to-end automation to internal systems to support order generation, engineering hardware and software documentation, and manufacturing.

This Digital Tools department supports all Rockwell business by providing the management and leadership for the strategy, execution, and maintenance for a range of configuration and engineering configuration tools. Many of these tools provide product selection to complex product/system configuration for both external customers and internal users.

This is a critical leadership role in digital tools and will include support for strategic direction and roadmap for our tools, collaborating closely with key stakeholders across the company. Two important goals are moving to simplification in everything we do and utilizing best practices to drive to common tools and processes.

Objectives for this position include the following:

• Meet with Customers and key business stakeholders across the company to gather requirements for product & system configuration tools.
• Create strategy and roadmap for digital tools For Product Configuration Tools
• Continue to evolve strategy and roadmap for configuration tools.
• Complete project Plan/Scope for NextGen product and system configuration
• Complete project Plan/Scope for associated functions
• Create and maintain Epics for product and system configuration tools.
• Plan for tool improvements that are both incremental and foundational.
• Guide strategic buy, build or partner decisions for configuration tools and their associated functions
• Influence support and alignment across the company on strategy direction and basic architecture of Nextgen digital tools
• Work with key digital tools groups to gain alignment
• Develop the project Scope to drive to the future vision/strategy
• Complete financial business case
• Gain senior leadership support and provide regular updates
• Ensure in-process key digital tools programs are aligned with strategic direction. 

The Essentials-You Will Have

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Years of Relevant Work Experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

The Preferred-You Might Also Have

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Information Technology or related business degree is preferred.
• Typically requires 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with Customers in the industrial control industry.
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic direction and roadmap to success.
• Experience with working with remote resources.
• Demonstrated Organizational and leadership capabilities.
• Strong technical background with expertise in problem solving techniques.
• Strong communication, documentation, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop technical and leadership competencies in others.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvement opportunities.
• Experience leading product definition and ownership for web-based or SaaS applications
• Experience in managing multiple and competing goals and priorities.
• Ability to meet challenging business expectations from multiple businesses.
• Strong Collaboration skills

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
• To learn m