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# Product Owner Manager

- **Company:** Gravity It
- **Location:** Mundelein, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, JIRA
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/ef35a30c-f62b-4a22-a68b-64b966975bff/product-owner-manager

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on Product Owner / Product Management background delivering software or application products through requirements, engineering, testing, and launch; not strategy-only.
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 * Demonstrated people-leadership experience, ideally with at least 2-3 direct reports or equivalent responsibility, and the ability to lead a team of approximately six.
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 * Practical Agile / Jira knowledge, including backlog ownership, user stories, acceptance criteria, prioritization, and partnership with engineering teams.
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 * Experience overseeing product-team resources, staffing, budgets, capacity, team hours, and competing delivery priorities.
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 * Strong cross-functional stakeholder presence, with the ability to influence HR, Finance, operations, technical teams, and executive leadership.
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 * Ability to drive enterprise change amid ambiguity, coordinate across business units, and bring fresh thinking rather than simply replicate legacy practices.
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 * Strong communication, judgment, organization, and accountability; comfortable being both a people leader and a hands-on product partner.
\n, * Experience with enterprise-wide transformation, multiple geographies, or product rollouts spanning different operational or regulatory environments.
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 * Exposure to workforce management, HR technology, payroll, scheduling, time and attendance, or other employee/operational platforms.
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 * Experience delivering software used in physical operations, including site deployments and software/hardware or device dependencies.
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 * Hospitality, cruise, travel, or similar experience is helpful but NOT required; diverse industry experience and a fresh perspective are valued.

## Description

Gravity IT Resources is seeking a hands-on Product Manager to help lead a growing Shipboard Products organization for a global travel and hospitality client. This is a high-visibility leadership role spanning a new enterprise workforce-management platform and established hotel-side operational applications. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Shipboard Products, this person is expected to lead a team of approximately six. The ideal candidate grew from hands-on Product Ownership into people leadership and can balance product execution, coaching, budgets, resources, and complex stakeholder needs.