Product Manager

Job Description

Location: Hybrid/Remote | Cincinnati | Local candidates preferred; remote candidates accepted

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Employment Type: Contract

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Duration: 6–12 months

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Compensation: $60–$70/hr ($124,800–$145,600 annualized, based on 40 hours/week)

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Benefits: Start day one

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Travel: Minimal; potential Cincinnati workshops 1–2 times per year. No travel currently planned.

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Interview Process: 2-3 Virtual Rounds

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About the Role

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Our client, a major national grocery retailer, is seeking a Product Manager to own product planning and delivery for retail demand forecasting and merchandising technology, supporting implementation and ongoing development of Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF) and Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS).

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Why This Role Stands Out

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• Help shape forecasting capabilities that support business and planning decisions across a large retail organization.
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• Join a team that is approximately 65% remote, with remote candidates welcome.
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• Own roadmap priorities and delivery while working directly with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and implementation partners.
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What You’ll Do

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• Create and maintain product roadmaps, prioritize backlogs, and define minimum viable product criteria for enhancements and new capabilities.
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• Translate business and forecasting needs into clear, measurable, testable, and traceable technical requirements.
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• Facilitate requirements workshops, demos, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and PI planning.
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• Manage dependencies, risks, and cross-team deliverables through implementation, using product metrics and stakeholder feedback to guide decisions and communicate progress.
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What We’re Looking For

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• Proven demand forecasting experience supporting business, product, or planning decisions.
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• Product management experience owning requirements, roadmap priorities, backlogs, and delivery.
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• Strong stakeholder management skills across business teams, technical teams, vendors, and external partners.
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• Hands-on Agile delivery experience, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, PI planning, and managing competing priorities through implementation.
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Preferred Experience: Oracle RDF, Oracle RMS, retail product or demand forecasting, and presenting recommendations or product updates to business leaders.

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Ready to apply? Apply through this posting. A Gentis recruiter will reach out within 24–48 hours.

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Gentis Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.