Software Product Manager Visa Sponsorship Jobs in New Jersey
New Jersey's software product manager job market centers on the pharmaceutical and financial technology corridors spanning Newark, Jersey City, and Princeton. Major employers including Johnson & Johnson, Cognizant, and Prudential Financial have established histories of sponsoring work visas for technical product roles, making the state a realistic target for international candidates.
Find Software Product Manager JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 324+ Software Product Manager Jobs in New Jersey with Visa Sponsorship
See all 324+ Software Product Manager Jobs in New Jersey with Visa Sponsorship
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new Software Product Manager Jobs in New Jersey with Visa Sponsorship.
Get Access To All JobsINTRODUCTION
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Senior Director, Intelligent Procurement Products – Category Strategy & Sourcing serves as the Global Process Owner, Digital Product Owner and Experience Owner for Category Strategy and Sourcing. This leader is accountable for the end-to-end business process, the digital products that enable the process, and the experiences through which employees, procurement professionals and suppliers interact with sourcing capabilities. The role combines deep Category Strategy and Sourcing expertise with product management, AI, data, technology and transformation leadership to redesign how work gets done across the enterprise.
As part of the broader procurement transformation, this leader will use AI, analytics, automation, knowledge management and intelligent workflows to create simple, intuitive and scalable experiences that improve decision quality, increase productivity, accelerate value creation and enhance procurement’s ability to serve the business.
Role intent: This is not a traditional process governance role. It is a combined process, product and experience leadership role designed to rewire Category Strategy and Sourcing through AI enabled products, human centered design and measurable business outcomes.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
AI Enabled Procurement Transformation
- Develop and execute the AI strategy for Category Strategy and Sourcing in partnership with Digital, Technology, Data Science and procurement leadership.
- Identify opportunities to augment human decision making through predictive analytics, generative AI, intelligent assistants, agentic workflows and intelligent automation.
- Design procurement experiences that leverage natural language, conversational interfaces and guided decision support.
- Ensure AI enabled capabilities are trusted, explainable, governed and aligned with responsible use expectations.
- Lead experimentation with emerging technologies and scale successful solutions into repeatable, enterprise ready capabilities.
Digital Product Leadership
- Define and maintain a multi-year product roadmap for Category Strategy and Sourcing capabilities aligned to business priorities, user needs and measurable outcomes.
- Translate business problems and user pain points into product requirements, product backlog items, capability releases and adoption plans.
- Set product success metrics, review product performance and continuously improve product usability, adoption and business impact.
- Manage tradeoffs across speed, value, risk, usability, compliance and technical feasibility.
- Partner with technology and platform owners to ensure sourcing products integrate with intake, contracting, supplier, purchasing, finance and enterprise data ecosystems.
Global Process Ownership
- Own the end-to-end Category Strategy and Sourcing process design, documentation, standards, controls and governance model.
- Drive standardization, simplification and automation of sourcing and category management across regions and business units.
- Define decision rights, governance forums, escalation paths and continuous improvement mechanisms.
- Ensure compliance with applicable internal requirements, policy expectations and control standards.
- Benchmark internal processes against external best practices and bring outside-in innovation into the process architecture.
User Experience and Adoption Ownership
- Own the experience strategy for employees, procurement professionals and relevant external participants interacting with Category Strategy and Sourcing products and processes.
- Lead user research, journey mapping, experience blueprinting, usability testing and adoption measurement.
- Create intuitive, consumer grade experiences that make procurement easier to engage with and easier to execute.
- Define user satisfaction, adoption, productivity and behavior change metrics and use them to guide roadmap decisions.
- Partner with change, communications and training teams to drive adoption and build the skills required to use AI enabled recommendations effectively.
Data, Analytics and Knowledge Architecture
- Partner with data and technology teams to define the data products, knowledge assets and analytic capabilities required for intelligent sourcing decision making.
- Define data requirements, quality expectations and governance standards for sourcing and category strategy capabilities.
- Enable trusted, reusable intelligence across market insights, category plans, supplier intelligence, opportunity assessment and sourcing execution.
- Ensure sourcing intelligence is accessible through modern digital experiences, dashboards, copilots and AI enabled workflows.
- Use analytics to identify value opportunities, adoption gaps, process friction and improvement priorities.
Cross Functional Leadership and Enterprise Partnership
- Collaborate with business units, procurement category teams, Legal, Finance, Technology, Data Science, Compliance and Operations to deliver integrated sourcing capabilities.
- Facilitate governance forums that align priorities, resolve tradeoffs and accelerate decision making.
- Influence senior stakeholders and teams globally through clear storytelling, data driven recommendations and business value framing.
- Engage external partners, industry forums and benchmarking networks to identify emerging practices, technologies and talent expectations.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum education of a bachelor’s degree is required. Advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- Minimum of twelve (12) years of experience across procurement, category strategy, strategic sourcing, digital transformation, product management, process ownership or related disciplines is required.
- Deep knowledge of category strategy and strategic sourcing practices, including operating models, governance, stakeholder engagement and supplier value creation.
- Experience owning enterprise business processes and driving standardization, governance, controls and continuous improvement across global teams.
- Experience leading technology enabled transformation, including digital roadmaps, platform implementation, analytics, workflow design or automation.
- Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise change, influence senior stakeholders and drive adoption in a global, matrixed environment.
- Ability to translate business challenges into digital capabilities, product requirements and measurable outcomes.
LI-Hybrid
COMPENSATION OVERVIEW:
Princeton - NJ - US: $222,620 - $269,757
The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location.
Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:
- Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
- Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
- Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Work-life benefits include:
Paid Time Off
- US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
- Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays
Based on eligibility, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.
Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
On-site Protocol
BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
Supporting People with Disabilities
BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
Candidate Rights
BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.
If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information.
Data Protection
We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process. Learn more about protecting yourself.
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
If you believe that the job posting is missing information required by local law or incorrect in any way, please contact BMS. Please provide the Job Title and Requisition number so we can review. Communications related to your application should not be sent to this email and you will not receive a response. Inquiries related to the status of your application should be directed to Chat with Ripley.
R1604907 : Senior Director, Digital Product & Process Owner - Sourcing & Category Strategy
INTRODUCTION
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Senior Director, Intelligent Procurement Products – Category Strategy & Sourcing serves as the Global Process Owner, Digital Product Owner and Experience Owner for Category Strategy and Sourcing. This leader is accountable for the end-to-end business process, the digital products that enable the process, and the experiences through which employees, procurement professionals and suppliers interact with sourcing capabilities. The role combines deep Category Strategy and Sourcing expertise with product management, AI, data, technology and transformation leadership to redesign how work gets done across the enterprise.
As part of the broader procurement transformation, this leader will use AI, analytics, automation, knowledge management and intelligent workflows to create simple, intuitive and scalable experiences that improve decision quality, increase productivity, accelerate value creation and enhance procurement’s ability to serve the business.
Role intent: This is not a traditional process governance role. It is a combined process, product and experience leadership role designed to rewire Category Strategy and Sourcing through AI enabled products, human centered design and measurable business outcomes.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
AI Enabled Procurement Transformation
- Develop and execute the AI strategy for Category Strategy and Sourcing in partnership with Digital, Technology, Data Science and procurement leadership.
- Identify opportunities to augment human decision making through predictive analytics, generative AI, intelligent assistants, agentic workflows and intelligent automation.
- Design procurement experiences that leverage natural language, conversational interfaces and guided decision support.
- Ensure AI enabled capabilities are trusted, explainable, governed and aligned with responsible use expectations.
- Lead experimentation with emerging technologies and scale successful solutions into repeatable, enterprise ready capabilities.
Digital Product Leadership
- Define and maintain a multi-year product roadmap for Category Strategy and Sourcing capabilities aligned to business priorities, user needs and measurable outcomes.
- Translate business problems and user pain points into product requirements, product backlog items, capability releases and adoption plans.
- Set product success metrics, review product performance and continuously improve product usability, adoption and business impact.
- Manage tradeoffs across speed, value, risk, usability, compliance and technical feasibility.
- Partner with technology and platform owners to ensure sourcing products integrate with intake, contracting, supplier, purchasing, finance and enterprise data ecosystems.
Global Process Ownership
- Own the end-to-end Category Strategy and Sourcing process design, documentation, standards, controls and governance model.
- Drive standardization, simplification and automation of sourcing and category management across regions and business units.
- Define decision rights, governance forums, escalation paths and continuous improvement mechanisms.
- Ensure compliance with applicable internal requirements, policy expectations and control standards.
- Benchmark internal processes against external best practices and bring outside-in innovation into the process architecture.
User Experience and Adoption Ownership
- Own the experience strategy for employees, procurement professionals and relevant external participants interacting with Category Strategy and Sourcing products and processes.
- Lead user research, journey mapping, experience blueprinting, usability testing and adoption measurement.
- Create intuitive, consumer grade experiences that make procurement easier to engage with and easier to execute.
- Define user satisfaction, adoption, productivity and behavior change metrics and use them to guide roadmap decisions.
- Partner with change, communications and training teams to drive adoption and build the skills required to use AI enabled recommendations effectively.
Data, Analytics and Knowledge Architecture
- Partner with data and technology teams to define the data products, knowledge assets and analytic capabilities required for intelligent sourcing decision making.
- Define data requirements, quality expectations and governance standards for sourcing and category strategy capabilities.
- Enable trusted, reusable intelligence across market insights, category plans, supplier intelligence, opportunity assessment and sourcing execution.
- Ensure sourcing intelligence is accessible through modern digital experiences, dashboards, copilots and AI enabled workflows.
- Use analytics to identify value opportunities, adoption gaps, process friction and improvement priorities.
Cross Functional Leadership and Enterprise Partnership
- Collaborate with business units, procurement category teams, Legal, Finance, Technology, Data Science, Compliance and Operations to deliver integrated sourcing capabilities.
- Facilitate governance forums that align priorities, resolve tradeoffs and accelerate decision making.
- Influence senior stakeholders and teams globally through clear storytelling, data driven recommendations and business value framing.
- Engage external partners, industry forums and benchmarking networks to identify emerging practices, technologies and talent expectations.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum education of a bachelor’s degree is required. Advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- Minimum of twelve (12) years of experience across procurement, category strategy, strategic sourcing, digital transformation, product management, process ownership or related disciplines is required.
- Deep knowledge of category strategy and strategic sourcing practices, including operating models, governance, stakeholder engagement and supplier value creation.
- Experience owning enterprise business processes and driving standardization, governance, controls and continuous improvement across global teams.
- Experience leading technology enabled transformation, including digital roadmaps, platform implementation, analytics, workflow design or automation.
- Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise change, influence senior stakeholders and drive adoption in a global, matrixed environment.
- Ability to translate business challenges into digital capabilities, product requirements and measurable outcomes.
LI-Hybrid
COMPENSATION OVERVIEW:
Princeton - NJ - US: $222,620 - $269,757
The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location.
Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:
- Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
- Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
- Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Work-life benefits include:
Paid Time Off
- US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
- Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays
Based on eligibility, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.
Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
On-site Protocol
BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
Supporting People with Disabilities
BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
Candidate Rights
BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.
If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information.
Data Protection
We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process. Learn more about protecting yourself.
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
If you believe that the job posting is missing information required by local law or incorrect in any way, please contact BMS. Please provide the Job Title and Requisition number so we can review. Communications related to your application should not be sent to this email and you will not receive a response. Inquiries related to the status of your application should be directed to Chat with Ripley.
R1604907 : Senior Director, Digital Product & Process Owner - Sourcing & Category Strategy
Software Product Manager Job Roles in New Jersey
See all 324+ Software Product Manager Jobs in New Jersey
Sign up for free to filter by visa type, set job alerts, and find employers with verified sponsorship history.
Search Software Product Manager Jobs in New JerseySoftware Product Manager Jobs in New Jersey: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies sponsor visas for software product managers in New Jersey?
Companies with consistent H-1B visa sponsorship records for product management roles in New Jersey include Johnson & Johnson, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Prudential Financial, Conduent, and Synchronoss Technologies. Large financial services and pharma-tech firms headquartered in the state tend to have established immigration programs, which typically means faster internal processing and more predictable sponsorship outcomes compared to smaller employers.
Which visa types are most common for software product manager roles in New Jersey?
The H-1B is the most common visa category for software product managers in New Jersey, as the role generally qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, information systems, or a related field. Candidates already holding L-1B or O-1 visa status occasionally transfer into product management roles. TN visa status is available for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying occupational categories, though product manager classifications under TN require careful documentation.
Which cities in New Jersey have the most software product manager sponsorship jobs?
Jersey City and Newark generate the highest concentration of software product manager sponsorship activity, driven by proximity to New York City's financial and tech ecosystem. Princeton and the Route 1 corridor see significant volume from pharmaceutical technology and enterprise software firms. Parsippany and Florham Park also have notable presence, anchored by corporate headquarters of companies in insurance, logistics, and information services.
How to find software product manager visa sponsorship jobs in New Jersey?
Migrate Mate is the most direct way to find software product manager visa sponsorship jobs in New Jersey. The platform filters roles specifically by sponsorship availability and state, so you're not sifting through listings that don't apply to international candidates. Given how concentrated New Jersey's market is around pharma-tech and financial services, filtering by those industry verticals on Migrate Mate will surface the most relevant openings.
Are there state-specific factors that affect software product manager sponsorship in New Jersey?
New Jersey's density of Fortune 500 headquarters means many employers already have legal teams experienced with H-1B filings, which reduces friction for candidates. The state also has a strong pipeline of international graduates from Rutgers University and NJIT, so employers are accustomed to sponsoring product roles for international candidates. Prevailing wage requirements are determined at the county level based on Department of Labor data, and rates in Hudson and Middlesex counties reflect the competitive compensation benchmarks of the broader tri-state market.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored software product manager jobs in New Jersey?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.