FedEx

Principal Product Manager

FedEx$149K — $349K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven leadership in delivering measurable business results.
  • OEM automotive industry insight with multi-segment knowledge.
  • Customer-centric with experience in strategy translation from insights.
  • Product management experience, including roadmap development.
  • Deep expertise in transportation, network operations, and supply chain solutions.
  • Comprehensive understanding of complex supply chain networks.
  • Strong analytical skills with experience in data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

  • Shape and drive the product vision and strategy.
  • Manage the entire product lifecycle from ideation to commercialization.
  • Advocate for industry-specific needs during product development.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to achieve collaborative results.
  • Utilize data and customer feedback to refine strategies and measure impact.
  • Present product innovation opportunities to senior leadership.
  • Conduct market and competitive analysis to inform strategy.

Benefits

  • Eligible for remote work with flexible location options within the U.S.
  • Opportunities for mentorship and professional development.
  • Access to comprehensive benefits package.
  • Work at FedEx campus locations several times per week if within a designated radius.
Full Job Description
As the Industry Verticals Product Fellow, you will lead the strategy, development, and execution of innovative, disruptive B2B / B2C products that deliver measurable value. You will partner with customers across various industry verticals to define, build, and launch highly differentiated solutions. Leveraging deep expertise in product strategy, customer insights, and market analysis, you will shape initiatives that drive share, profitability, and industry leadership.

Essential Functions:
  • Strategic Thinking & Vision: Shape and drive a compelling product vision and strategy that aligns with enterprise goals and addresses critical B2B / B2C market needs.
  • Product Lifecycle Management: Lead the entire product lifecycle from ideation and validation to Go-To-Market & Commercialization and end-of-life.
  • Market & Competitive Analysis: Serve as an advocate for industry-specific needs in all product development efforts by conducting customer research, analyzing trends, and gathering insights.
  • Cross-Functional Orchestration: Lead initiatives with engineering, design, operations, and marketing teams to achieve high-yielding results and drive alignment across the organization.
  • Data & Analytics: Leverage analytics and customer feedback to guide strategy, measure impact, and optimize solutions, establishing KPIs to track progress.
  • Communication & Influence: Serve as a thought leader in industry verticals product / solutions innovation, representing the company externally and internally and presenting opportunities to senior leadership.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Demonstrated leadership delivering measurable business results.
  • OEM automotive industry experience with knowledge across multiple segments.
  • Strong customer-centric mindset with experience translating insights into strategy.
  • Product management and innovation experience, including roadmap development and prioritization.
  • Deep understanding of transportation, network operations, and supply chain solutions.
  • Logistics, transportation, or supply chain experience within industrial manufacturing or automotive.
  • Knowledge of product transportation and distribution across complex supply chain networks.
  • Expertise in industrial logistics, global transportation, and international trade.
  • Strong analytical and financial acumen with experience leveraging data, KPIs, and insights.
  • Proven ability to identify and deliver innovative solutions to complex business challenges.
  • Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams (technology, engineering, operations).
  • Strong executive communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Experience coaching, mentoring, and developing team members


Location Details:

This position is eligible for remote work and may be located anywhere within the United States excluding AK, HI and U.S. territories, however if you live within the 50 miles radius of a campus you will be required to work at a FedEx campus location several times per week.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent directly related experience.

Minimum Experience:

10+ years in industry verticals product / solutions innovation, design, or development, with 3+ years in a senior or lead product management role. An advanced degree may substitute for experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Strong industry verticals experience with expertise in building and launching products.
  • Proven success in full Product Lifecycle Management, from ideation to launch.
  • Skilled in Data & Analytics, metrics-driven decision-making, and customer insights.
  • Exceptional leadership, Communication & Influence, and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Experience leading Cross-Functional Orchestration for complex initiatives.


Preferred Qualifications: MD, NY, VA & WA: $13,169.66/mo - $29,111.88/mo, MA: $13,862.80/mo - $29,111.88/mo, RI: $15,249.08/mo - $26,685.89/mo, CT: $15,249.08/mo - $27,898.88/mo, DC & HI: $15,942.22/mo - $27,898.88/mo, NYC: $15,942.22/mo - $29,111.88/mo

Pay Transparency:

Pay: USA: $12,476.52/mo - $29,111.88/mo, CO: $12,476.52/mo - $27,898.88/mo, CA: $13,169.66/mo - $22,873.62/mo, NJ: $13,169.66/mo - $21,071.45/mo, ME, OH & VT: $13,169.66/mo - $24,259.90/mo, MN: $13,169.66/mo - $26,685.89/mo, IL & NV: $13,169.66/mo - $27,898.88

Additional Details: This position is eligible for remote work, may be anywhere within the US excluding AK, HI and U.S. territories, however if you live within the 50 miles radius of a campus you will be required to work at a FedEx campus location 4 days a week

Pay Transparency:

The compensation listed reflects the pay range or rate of pay reasonably expected for this posted position at the posted location or locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the pay information represents the ranges for each level in that job family. Actual pay is determined by several job-related factors permitted by law and relevant to the position, including, but not limited to, experience relative to the job, tenure, market level, pay at the location for this job, performance, schedule, and work assignment. In California, the compensation listed reflects the range or rate of pay reasonably expected for this posted position upon hire.

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1973
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