Consultant - Product Management

Department: Consulting

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: US - Boston

Compensation: $80,000 - $100,000 / year

Description

From ideas to impact

We are a global digital business services organization with a mission to improve the way people and companies work. Forever. Our Consulting, Delivery and Learning teams design and deliver transformational digital products and experiences that add value to our clients' businesses and to their customers' lives.

Every day, across the world, our teams are pioneering faster, better ways to bring our client's most exciting ideas to life.

As a Consultant at our organization, you'll be an integral part of the team helping clients transform their business by designing and delivering innovative digital products and services. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, applying design thinking and agile methodologies to deliver impactful, user-centered solutions that meet client needs and drive measurable outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about product management, design thinking, and driving change within complex organizations.

What you will do:

• Product Strategy and Management: Actively promoting ways of working based on principles of Value, Flow, and Quality. Work closely with clients and the consulting team to define and manage product strategy. Apply design thinking to guide clients in creating products that solve customer problems and deliver business value.
• Agile & Lean Practices: Support the application of agile and lean methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP) in product development. Assist clients in building high-performing teams to iterate quickly and improve product delivery.
• User-Centered Design: Facilitate discovery workshops with clients and stakeholders, using design thinking techniques to understand user needs, create personas, map customer journeys, and ideate solutions.
• Product Development Lifecycle: Manage the entire product lifecycle from ideation to delivery. Help the client prioritize features, define roadmaps, and ensure the product meets user expectations while delivering business value.
• Metrics and Validation: Design and run experiments to validate assumptions and product hypotheses. Collect feedback, measure success through defined KPIs, and iterate to improve outcomes.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Work in close partnership with client teams, product owners, developers, and designers. Facilitate discussions, remove blockers, and ensure alignment across teams.
• Client Engagement: Build strong relationships with clients by becoming a trusted advisor. Communicate clearly and effectively, presenting findings, recommendations, and progress to client stakeholders.
• Continuous Improvement: Bring a 'discovery mindset' to every project, promoting a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and improvement across the team and client organization.
• Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Mentor junior team members, share knowledge, and contribute to developing best practices in product management, design thinking, and agile methodologies.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 2-4 years of experience in product management, digital transformation, or agile consulting. Experience in enterprise environments and working on large-scale digital product initiatives is a plus.
• Design Thinking Expertise: A solid understanding of design thinking principles and techniques for driving user-centric product development. Experience in facilitating design sprints or discovery workshops is preferred.
• Agile & Lean Knowledge: Familiarity with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean) and how they can be applied in product management and digital transformation contexts.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels. Strong facilitation, presentation, and negotiation abilities are essential.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Ability to work in cross-functional teams, collaborating with product owners, designers, developers, and other consultants.
• Problem Solving & Innovation: Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify problems, generate solutions, and iterate quickly to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Product Lifecycle Experience: Experience managing or supporting the product development lifecycle, from ideation to delivery, including prioritization, roadmap development, and testing.
• Consulting Experience: A background in consulting or client-facing roles, with a proven ability to manage client relationships and deliver successful outcomes.

This Role Might Be for You if:

• You are passionate about solving complex business problems and designing innovative digital products that delight users and drive business results.
• You are comfortable working in fast-paced, dynamic environments and enjoy managing multiple priorities.
• You bring a growth mindset, always looking for ways to improve your craft, share knowledge with peers, and support your clients in their transformation journey.
• You have a collaborative spirit and enjoy working as part of a diverse, cross-functional team.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive health insurance, along with life insurance
• A flexible work environment: you can work remotely or hybrid from one of our locations
• Working with the latest tools and technologies on meaningful client engagements
• Career growth opportunities and a clear progression framework
• Local teambuilding activities and get-togethers to strengthen your sense of belonging and encourage meaningful relationships with your colleagues.
• Two weeks per year for you to work from a location of your choice, expanding your horizons while staying connected to your team
• Generous referral bonus program, quarterly and yearly company awards with financial incentives
• 8 hours of paid volunteering

The best part:

We help some of the world's most respected businesses-including Fortune 500, FTSE 100 and Global 2000 companies develop and deliver their most promising ideas into valuable digital products and customer experiences faster. Emergn offers product innovation, enterprise transformation, experience design, product development, intelligent automation, and data and analytics capabilities. Through our educational platform VFQ, the industry's only work-based learning approach to scaled digital transformation, we help global enterprises and individual learners alike build agility into their way of working and deliver value at pace.

With us, you're a part of a diverse international community of friendly, supportive experts, working and sharing without borders.

Here, you can push boundaries through challenging and varied work for some of the world's most respected international businesses

You'll get to work with the latest technologies and innovative working practices through our VFQ philosophy and culture of continuous learning.

Work where you'll make an impact every day.