What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Mgr Digital Prod Mgmt position at Consumers Energy?
Consumers Energy is Michigan’s largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. Consumers Energy knows job number one is to keep the lights on for customers. We are committed to delivering reliable, clean, and affordable energy to our customers 24/7.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, e.g., H-1B, TN, etc. Please do not apply if you will need immigration sponsorship for a work visa now or in the future, including sponsorship for H-1B, TN, etc., now or in the future. We are unable to hire individuals with CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT for this position as the position is not eligible for participation in the H-1B lottery program and is not eligible for current or future immigration sponsorship for a work visa.
Location: This is a hybrid (onsite/virtual) position requiring onsite presence on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. The selected candidate may be assigned to any Consumers Energy Service Center located throughout Michigan's Lower Peninsula and will be expected to travel to One Energy Plaza in Jackson, MI, as business needs require. Candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned location or be willing to relocate. A relocation package is available for qualified candidates.
General Summary Of Job Responsibilities
The Senior Manager, Digital Product Management leads a portfolio of digital products and a team of Product Managers responsible for delivering measurable business outcomes through technology. This role owns multi-year (1-4 year) product roadmaps at the feature, capability, and portfolio levels, ensuring alignment across business strategy, enterprise architecture, and technology execution.
As a senior product leader, this individual partners closely with executive leadership to shape long-term investment priorities while working collaboratively with IT and engineering leaders to solve complex business challenges, manage competing priorities and tradeoffs, and deliver scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions.
This leader establishes product management standards, operating models, and talent strategies for the organization, coaching and developing Product Managers across product strategy, discovery, delivery, and value measurement. They balance near-term delivery needs with long-term platform health, organizational capability development, and customer value creation.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.
What We Offer
We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY (Different Generations), capable (Different Abilities), Interfaith, People Planet Partners, and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, e.g., H-1B, TN, etc. Please do not apply if you will need immigration sponsorship for a work visa now or in the future, including sponsorship for H-1B, TN, etc., now or in the future. We are unable to hire individuals with CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT for this position as the position is not eligible for participation in the H-1B lottery program and is not eligible for current or future immigration sponsorship for a work visa.
Location: This is a hybrid (onsite/virtual) position requiring onsite presence on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. The selected candidate may be assigned to any Consumers Energy Service Center located throughout Michigan's Lower Peninsula and will be expected to travel to One Energy Plaza in Jackson, MI, as business needs require. Candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned location or be willing to relocate. A relocation package is available for qualified candidates.
General Summary Of Job Responsibilities
The Senior Manager, Digital Product Management leads a portfolio of digital products and a team of Product Managers responsible for delivering measurable business outcomes through technology. This role owns multi-year (1-4 year) product roadmaps at the feature, capability, and portfolio levels, ensuring alignment across business strategy, enterprise architecture, and technology execution.
As a senior product leader, this individual partners closely with executive leadership to shape long-term investment priorities while working collaboratively with IT and engineering leaders to solve complex business challenges, manage competing priorities and tradeoffs, and deliver scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions.
This leader establishes product management standards, operating models, and talent strategies for the organization, coaching and developing Product Managers across product strategy, discovery, delivery, and value measurement. They balance near-term delivery needs with long-term platform health, organizational capability development, and customer value creation.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Technology and IT Partnership Development Develops and strengthens partnerships with IT, engineering, and architecture leaders to shape solution direction, prioritize work, and ensure product outcomes align with enterprise standards for security, resiliency, data management, and long-term system health. Translates technical considerations into clear business, risk, and investment implications to support leadership decision-making.
- Operating Model and Culture Transformation Deploys and integrates operating models and cultural practices that advance agile, product-centric ways of working within large-scale, regulated environments. Drives improvements in flow, predictability, and business outcomes. Influences cross-functional leaders on digital investment and delivery expectations while modeling inclusive, psychologically safe, and data-driven leadership grounded in customer empathy and continuous improvement.
- Product Strategy and Business Leadership Owns and drives the product vision and multi-year roadmaps for a portfolio of digital products, ensuring alignment with business strategy, customer needs, regulatory requirements, and long-term enterprise value. Balances near-term delivery priorities with sustainable platform, data, and architectural strategies to maximize business impact and return on investment.
- Product Execution and Prioritization Leads portfolio prioritization and delivery by establishing clear frameworks that balance customer value, business impact, technical complexity, risk, and organizational capacity. Facilitates complex tradeoff decisions, aligns roadmaps and dependencies, and provides senior-level product leadership to resolve cross-domain challenges and escalations.
- People Leadership and Talent Development Leads, coaches, and develops Product Managers across all experience levels, establishing clear expectations for excellence, accountability, and collaboration. Defines product management standards, career paths, and long-term talent development strategies, including mentoring, succession planning, and capability-building initiatives.
- Additional Responsibilities Performs other duties as assigned or as business needs require.
- Decision-Making Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions in complex, ambiguous, and fast-paced environments.
- Systems Thinking Strong understanding of how product, technical, and organizational systems evolve and scale over time.
- Business and Financial Acumen Ability to connect product decisions to business performance, key performance indicators (KPIs), and return on investment (ROI).
- Influence and Communication Exceptional communication skills with the ability to effectively engage both technical and non-technical audiences and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
- Strategic Product Leadership Proven ability to define, communicate, and execute multi-year product strategies across a portfolio of products.
- Product Management Expertise Deep knowledge of modern product management methodologies, discovery practices, prioritization frameworks, and value measurement techniques.
- Technical and Digital Fluency Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with engineering and IT partners on systems architecture, technology strategy, and complex tradeoff discussions.
- People Leadership Proven success in coaching, mentoring, and developing Product Managers and future organizational leaders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, with seven (7) or more years of experience in digital product management, including direct management of multiple Product Managers concurrently. Demonstrated success in owning product strategy, roadmaps, and prioritization at scale. Experience partnering closely with both business leaders and IT/engineering teams.
- [OR] Associate degree with nine (9) or more years of relevant experience
- [OR] High school diploma or GED with eleven (11) or more years of relevant experience
At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401k with company match
- Paid parental leave
- Up to 13 paid Holidays
- Paid time off
- Educational Assistance Program
We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY (Different Generations), capable (Different Abilities), Interfaith, People Planet Partners, and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.