Transportation Management System (TMS) Product Manager

We are seeking an experienced Transportation Management System (TMS) Product Manager to lead the product strategy, roadmap, and delivery of enterprise transportation capabilities. This role will partner closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, logistics operations, and transportation leaders to drive the evolution of TMS capabilities and deliver innovative, scalable transportation solutions.

 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.