Alipro LLC is seeking a contingent Product Manager to support a broad portfolio across electrical engineering and embedded/software tooling. This onsite role in Cedar Falls, IA focuses on operational continuity for a subset of applications while also driving governance, compliance oversight, budget and license management, and strategic transformation initiatives.
In this position, you will coordinate across engineering, software delivery, testing, architecture, digital, platform, and business leadership teams, serving as a central partner for internal support groups and external software suppliers. The scope spans recurring assessments, supplier risk reviews, renewal planning, operational issue resolution, and modernization efforts such as migrations, consolidation, and process standardization.
Responsibilities
- Manage ongoing operations for a subset of electrical engineering, software development, and testing applications.
- Lead recurring compliance and governance activities, including annual application assessments, AI component reviews, third-party supplier risk assessments, and documentation updates.
- Coordinate budget planning, annual renewals, usage validation, growth requests, cost controls, and financial monitoring for E&E applications.
- Monitor and manage software licensing, including license denials, server outages, build server requests, approval workflows, and enterprise license usage tracking.
- Partner with internal support teams to resolve operational issues affecting application availability, infrastructure stability, and user productivity.
- Lead and participate in governance councils, architecture reviews, operational meetings, compliance training, and staff forums to align tool strategy with business needs.
- Maintain strong stakeholder relationships across engineering and delivery functions and business leadership.
- Act as a primary point of contact for software suppliers and partners, covering contract discussions, usage alignment, issue escalation, roadmap conversations, and renewal planning.
- Coordinate with affiliates, acquisitions, and external partner organizations on software usage, integrations, supplier agreements, and transition planning.
- Drive strategic initiatives including platform migrations, reporting modernization, tool consolidation, cloud transitions, systems integration, governance improvements, and process standardization.
- Translate business needs into actionable plans for engineering tools.
- Identify process gaps, cost reduction opportunities, and automation improvements that enhance service quality, governance, and operational efficiency.
- Support change management, user adoption, and cross-functional alignment for new tools, new processes, and enterprise transformation efforts.
Requirements
- Strong product management or technical program management experience in enterprise software, engineering tools, or IT-enabled business capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities across operations, compliance, budget, vendor management, and strategic projects.
- Experience with application governance, risk assessments, compliance processes, and audit-ready documentation.
- Strong financial acumen, including budget management, forecasting, renewal planning, and cost optimization.
- Experience managing software licensing, vendor relationships, contract coordination, and enterprise tool usage.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, including engineering, architecture, software delivery, finance, procurement, legal, and leadership teams.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to present recommendations, facilitate alignment, and document decisions clearly.
- Experience leading tool migrations, platform implementations, systems integrations, or process improvement initiatives.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and incomplete information.
- Working knowledge of Agile delivery practices and software development lifecycle concepts.
Technologies
Skills Desired
- Experience supporting electrical engineering tool ecosystems and software application lifecycle management solutions.
- Experience with cloud platforms and cost monitoring, including Azure and AWS environments.
- Background in supplier risk management, third-party assessments, and software contract negotiations.
- Knowledge of embedded software and controller technology.
- Experience identifying automation opportunities to reduce manual operational workload.
- Exposure to mergers, acquisitions, affiliate support models, or multi-organization software governance.
- Experience working in large, matrixed enterprise environments with diverse stakeholder groups and distributed teams.
Experience Needed
- 5+ years of experience in product management, technical program management, IT business management, software asset management, or a closely related role.
- Proven experience managing enterprise applications or software products through both operational support and strategic transformation efforts.
- Experience owning or influencing budgets, renewals, vendor engagements, and license management processes.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving technology, process, governance, and stakeholder alignment.
- Experience with enterprise software suppliers, internal business customers, and technical support teams to resolve issues and improve service delivery.
- Experience with compliance-driven processes such as assessments, controls, audits, legal requests, or risk reviews.
- Experience delivering outcomes in environments with multiple concurrent projects, competing priorities, and significant coordination requirements.
Pay and Work Model
- Compensation: $70.00 - $74.00 per hour
- Work location: In person
- Location: Cedar Falls, IA
- Job type: Contract
Ideal candidate profile: A hands-on product manager comfortable running operational processes, driving governance and compliance activities, managing budgets and suppliers, and leading strategic tool and platform initiatives. The role favors someone who can build credibility with technical teams and leadership while applying structure, follow-up discipline, and practical decision-making across a complex portfolio.
