TMS Product Manager

Position: TMS Product Manager

Location: Raleigh, NC (Hybrid, 3 days)/ or Remote(for genuine cases only, hybrid preffered)

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Transportation Management System (TMS) capabilities, aligning with business objectives and transportation operations.
• Partner with transportation operations, logistics leadership, carriers, and business stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements, cost optimization, automation, and product innovation.
• Gather, analyze, and prioritize business requirements, translating them into product features, user stories, and functional specifications.
• Own and manage the TMS product backlog, ensuring priorities are aligned with customer needs, business value, and technical objectives.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, solution architecture, QA, and implementation teams throughout the Agile product development lifecycle.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, feature prioritization, user acceptance testing, and release planning activities.
• Drive enhancements across core transportation processes including shipment planning, carrier selection, load building, route optimization, freight rating, tendering, execution, tracking, freight settlement, and transportation analytics.
• Partner with integration teams to ensure seamless connectivity between the TMS and enterprise applications such as OMS, WMS, ERP, carrier networks, EDI, APIs, and third-party logistics (3PL) providers.
• Define product success metrics, monitor transportation KPIs, and leverage customer feedback and operational insights to continuously improve product capabilities.
• Act as the primary product owner and subject matter expert for TMS initiatives while communicating product vision, roadmap, and delivery progress to executive stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Business Analysis, or Supply Chain Technology.
• Hands-on experience with an enterprise Transportation Management System (TMS) such as Manhattan TMS, Oracle OTM, Blue Yonder TMS, SAP TM, MercuryGate, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of transportation and logistics operations including shipment planning, carrier management, routing, freight optimization, tendering, execution, tracking, and freight settlement.
• Proven experience managing product roadmaps, Agile backlogs, feature prioritization, and release planning.
• Experience leading TMS implementations, enhancements, upgrades, or enterprise transportation transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working with cross-functional product and engineering teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills with the ability to influence both business and technical teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven product decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating TMS with WMS, OMS, ERP, carrier systems, EDI, APIs, telematics, or supply chain platforms.
• Experience with parcel, LTL, FTL, and international transportation operations.
• Exposure to cloud-native transportation platforms and modern integration architectures.
• Experience in retail, e-commerce, manufacturing, distribution, or third-party logistics (3PL) environments.
• Experience with transportation analytics, freight cost optimization, and carrier performance management.