Senior Product Manager Connectivity
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
Senior Product Manager Connectivity
Reports To: Chief Information Officer
Location: Remote (within the U.S.)
Environment: Remote - Some Travel Required
Status: Exempt; Salaried
Recognized by Gartner in their Modern 4PL Market Guide Redwood Logistics is at the forefront of industry innovation. Our cutting-edge supply chain technology pairs with the expertise of our brilliant minds to empower logistics execution across North America and Mexico.
Leveraging a comprehensive range of services data-centric network solutions and a seamlessly integrated platform we have established our prominence as a key player in the mid-market segment within the freight tech industry.
Whether youre just starting your career or are an established professional looking for your next opportunity Redwood inspires innovation across teams to provide transformative solutions for our customers.
Purpose of Your Work:
As the Senior Product Manager Connectivity you will own the strategic direction and roadmap for how Redwood integrates with carriers customers and technology partners across the enterprise. Reporting directly to the CIO you will lead the evolution of our connectivity capabilities across EDI APIs RPA and modern integration platforms partnering closely with Engineering Architecture Operations Sales and Delivery teams to improve how trading partners are onboarded integrated monitored and supported. Today Redwoods business units connect with trading partners using different tools workflows and definitions of success. Your role will be to bring product discipline to this complex highly cross-functional landscape by establishing baseline metrics identifying where standardization creates enterprise leverage and defining a faster more automated measurable and scalable partner onboarding capability. This is a highly visible ownership role for a product leader who can turn ambiguity into structure align stakeholders around a clear strategy and help make connectivity a more reliable and scalable part of Redwoods operating model.
How You Make a Difference Everyday:
- Own the connectivity capability roadmap across EDI API RPA and integration platforms aligning product investments with the needs of Redwoods managed transportation and brokerage business units
- Lead a structured current-state assessment of how Redwood connects with trading partners today including connection inventory tooling team workflows and intake processes and translate findings into a prioritized execution plan
- Own the end-to-end trading partner onboarding experience streamlining and automating the path from initial engagement to a live reliable production connection
- Establish where standardized capabilities and operating models create enterprise leverage and where business-specific workflows should remain differentiated
- Develop the KPI framework for connectivity establishing baselines and measuring onboarding speed transaction quality connector reuse operational reliability and support effort
- Partner with Engineering and Architecture to define a platform strategy that enables self-service partner onboarding including intake configuration testing validation certification and controlled promotion to production
- Drive the evolution of Redwoods integration platform by identifying opportunities for self-service onboarding reusable integration patterns AI-assisted mapping automation and consolidation of duplicative tooling
- Build data-driven business cases for connectivity investments by quantifying opportunities across operational efficiency cost to serve reliability customer experience and revenue enablement and communicate recommendations and tradeoffs to executive stakeholders.
- Influence decisions across a highly matrixed organization by aligning cross-functional stakeholders facilitating productive discussions and driving alignment around strategic product decisions
- Monitor relevant integration technology trends vendor capabilities and emerging standards to keep Redwoods connectivity strategy modern and scalable
Youve Got This
7 years of product management experience leading enterprise software platform or technical integration products within logistics transportation or supply chain environments including carrier and customer integrations or TMS ecosystems
Working knowledge of B2B integration technologies including EDI (X12/EDIFACT) APIs data mapping RPA and modern integration or iPaaS platforms
Demonstrated success bringing structure to complex cross-functional problem spaces by defining product strategy operating models success metrics and scalable processes
Proven ability to define KPI frameworks develop data-driven business cases and secure investment for platform and transformation initiatives
Exceptional relationship-building communication facilitation and executive presentation skills with a demonstrated ability to influence technical and business stakeholders without direct authority
Strategic analytical and data-driven mindset with experience operating effectively in highly matrixed organizations and translating research operational insights and business data into actionable product decisions
Experience with self-service onboarding models integration automation or AI-assisted data mapping is a plus
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Business Engineering or a related field preferred
What We Offer:
- Access to experts and resources for your Learning & Development journey
- Opportunity for internal mobility
- Employee referral bonus program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Annual fundraising and volunteer events to give back to communities
- Paid time off floating holidays time off to volunteer and rollover
- Paid parental leave
- Medical dental vision and 401k plans (with match)
- Flexible spending account mass transit and dependent care plans available
- Health savings account with a annual company contribution for plan participants
- Short-term and long-term disability; life insurance policies subsidized by company
- Additional benefits including pet insurance accident care access to legal advice and more
Work Schedule:
This position is full-time and remote Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with an hour break but flexibility is available based on coverage.
Compensation Range:
Salary Range:
$145000 - 160000
This position is eligible to earn annual incentives based on individual and company performance.
The estimated pay range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position years of relevant experience specific and unique skills level of education attained certifications or other professional licenses held and the geographical location in which the applicant lives and/or which they will be performing the job.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Unlock the full potential of your supply chain with Redwood's LPaaS and RedwoodConnect. Build a customized logistics solution that offers optionality, profitability, control, visibility, simplicity, and collaboration. Connect with us today!