Product Manager – ERP Digital Transformation

Janicki Overview:

Janicki’s work shows up in places where failure is not an option- national security platforms, commercial aircraft, deep space systems, and advanced maritime technologies. When you improve how our people work, you’re not just streamlining a workflow. You’re strengthening the reliability of a spacecraft component, the precision of a defense structure, or the safety of a maritime system. Your product will directly support teams whose work protects lives, advances exploration, and pushes the boundaries of engineering.

Department Summary:

Janicki Industries is undertaking a once in a generation digital transformation, anchored by our migration to SAP S/4HANA and driven by a simple mandate: give our engineers, manufacturing teams, and quality professionals tools that make their work easier, faster, and more intuitive.

We are not looking for someone to “manage an ERP implementation.” We are looking for someone to design the future for how Janicki works.

Your mission is to create an ERP experience so elegant and human centered that the complexity of SAP disappears behind purposeful workflows and a clean, intuitive UI. Our people should interact with clarity, not complexity. That abstraction is the product, and you will own it.

This role is about vision, empathy, and product ownership. You will immerse yourself in how our teams operate today, imagine something dramatically better, and translate that vision into a build ready product specification for our SAP implementation partners.

You will not be alone; our SAP experts and consultants will handle the technical depth. Your job is to ensure that what is built is beautiful, usable, and transformative for the people who rely on it every day.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Discovery- Deep Understanding of Our People- 30% travel initially for non-local talent.
• Spend time with engineers, machinists, quality inspectors, supply chain teams, and operations staff in their environment, observing real workflows
• Identify pain points, inefficiencies, and opportunities for radical improvement
• Build trust with both frontline users and leadership; your credibility with both groups is essential
• Distill what users need, not just what they ask for
• Product Vision- Designing Something Better
• Translate insights into a compelling, user‑centered product vision
• Architect elegant process flows and user journeys that remove friction and guide users naturally
• Define UI/UX expectations and standards for the ERP experience
• Maintain a clear, prioritized roadmap that sequences value and manages tradeoffs
• Delivery- Making It Real
• Write a detailed, implementation‑ready Statement of Work (SOW) that gives our SAP team exactly what to build
• Serve as the connective tissue between users and technical teams, ensuring alignment from concept to delivery
• Run structured reviews, demos, and feedback loops throughout development
• Own the product through go‑live and beyond- measuring adoption, validating productivity gains, and driving continuous improvement

Basic Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Computer Science, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field
• A minimum of 5+ years owning the product management experience with a record of delivering products users genuinely love
• Demonstrated experience translating complex manufacturing requirements into technical solutions and product roadmaps
• Exceptional discovery and facilitation skills with the ability to earn trust quickly and extract meaningful insights
• Ability to synthesize complex, competing requirements and make clear prioritization decisions
• Experience writing detailed functional specifications, user stories, or SOW level documentation
• Strong intuition for UX and workflow design; you think visually and can spot friction instantly
• Technical curiosity, you don’t need to be an SAP technical expert, but you must be able to engage deeply with technical SMEs and ask the right questions
• Due to our ITAR and EAR regulations, applicants must be a US Citizen or of Legal Permanent Resident Status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b (a) (3).
• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). Janicki will assist with gaining this access once employed. Special Access Program or other Government Access Requirements are mandatory for this position and requires candidate agreed to enter a Continuous Evaluation program.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience working as a functional analyst, product manager, or technical program manager
• Experience building products in complex or regulated environments (aerospace, defense, manufacturing, energy)
• Familiarity with enterprise systems such as ERP, MES, or PLM
• Exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, or operational excellence methodologies
• Experience with SAP Fiori or other enterprise UI frameworks
• What This Role Is Not
• This is not a role for an SAP configurator or a project manager who starts from system constraints. This is a role for a product thinker who starts with the human being, works inward toward the system, and protects that orientation relentlessly.
• Our SAP team will handle the technical complexity. Your job is to ensure none of that complexity reaches our users.

Detailed Wage Information

Wage range for this role is between $230,000-$360,000 plus a discretionary bonus, 401(k) matching, vacation, and health benefits. Employees can also receive additional pay for off-shifts, off-site work, and access pay. The range provided is Janicki’s estimate of the base compensation for this role. Actual amount offered will be based on job-related and non-discriminatory factors such as experience, location, education, training, skills, and abilities

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance with employer contribution
• Disability insurance as well as Life/AD&D insurance
• HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer contribution and FSA (Flexible Savings Account)
• 401k with employer matching
• Paid time off and paid holidays (including two floating holidays)
• Education reimbursement program
• Several shift options
• Premium pay for off-shifts
• Premium pay for security clearance if applicable

Not sure that you’ll be the perfect fit for this role? You should still apply! We’ll review your application for other opportunities. We are always on the lookout for talented people!

By applying for this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified, you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Janicki Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Janicki Industries does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, age, retaliation, veteran/military service status, or any other legally protected status. Janicki is proud to be a military friendly employer.

Applicants or employees wishing to view a copy of Janicki Industries’ Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department at (360) 404-1997.

As a federal government contractor and a recipient of federal funding, Janicki is required to abide by federal drug testing requirements (including preemployment drug testing for cannabis). Additionally, because of Janicki’s work on aerospace products and the high volume of safety sensitive positions, Janicki takes the safety of its employees very seriously and requires that employees pass a preemployment drug test prior to starting employment.