Full-Time

Senior Manager

Product Globalization

Coates Group

Coates Group

201-500 employees

End-to-end digital signage for QSRs

Compensation Overview

$138.6k - $157.5k/yr

+ Bonus

Chicago, IL, USA

Hybrid

Category
Product (1)
Required Skills
Agile
Wireframe
Product Management
Visio
JIRA
Confluence

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Requirements
  • 6+ years of experience in a client-facing Product, Discovery, Technical BA, or Technology Consulting role
  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or Engineering
  • Proven experience managing and developing individual contributors
  • Proven ability to translate business needs into clear functional and technical outcomes
  • Ability to communicate with and translate between Business and Technical resources
  • Comfortable leading cross-functional collaboration in fast-paced, evolving environments
  • Experience with Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Visio/Miro
Responsibilities
  • Lead and develop the Product Globalization team, including a Business Analyst and Product Designer. This role will own the team direction & strategy.
  • Own and maintain an effective client Feature Intake and Discovery process, ensuring requests are captured, prioritized, and clearly defined.
  • Partner closely with the near shore Engineering squad’s Technical Project Manager and Tech Lead.
  • Partner with the client and Account Management to understand and influence business goals, roadmap priorities, and evolving needs across international markets.
  • Spearhead process definition and operational excellence for wireframe creation, solution exploration, and feasibility assessments, driving collaboration between Product, Design and Engineering.
  • Establish strong quality and completeness standards for Product Requirements Documents(PRD), Functional Specification Documents (FSD) & User Stories.
  • Maintain strong expertise in Coates’ product and solution capabilities, serving as a trusted client and internal partner.
  • Develop an understanding of the client’s technology ecosystem and applications of Coates’ product stack into that ecosystem.
  • Own and maintain an effective client UAT incident management and triage process. Provide oversight and escalation support for pre-production (lab/UAT/QA) incident triage and resolution coordination.
  • Identify trends and opportunities to improve Discovery practices, intake quality, Incident Management processes, and overall customer experience.
  • Support adoption through client-facing demos, training, and documentation as needed

Coates Group provides digital signage and customer experience solutions for Quick Service Restaurants. It offers digital menu boards, self-service kiosks, and content management systems, along with hardware, software, installation, and ongoing support. The system combines displays and interactive kiosks with a central content platform to create, schedule, and push menus and messages across multiple locations, while technicians install and maintain the setup. Its goal is to help QSR brands improve the customer experience and drive sales by offering end-to-end, location-wide digital signage management for large chains and independents.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Newtown Township, Pennsylvania

Founded

2003

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Thousands of outdoor menu boards create a large installed base for upsells.
  • Switchboard CMS supports recurring revenue through real-time content management and analytics.
  • Drive-thru and kiosk deployments directly improve speed, personalization, and average check size.

What critics are saying

  • Toast, NCR Voyix, and Oracle bundle adjacent workflows into broader QSR contracts.
  • Hardware-heavy deployments face supply shocks, margin compression, and installation delays.
  • A single enterprise customer refresh can replace Coates across an entire chain.

What makes Coates Group unique

  • End-to-end QSR stack spans hardware, Switchboard CMS, installation, and support.
  • Global enterprise footprint includes McDonald's and over 40 countries.
  • Outdoor menu boards and kiosks are tightly integrated with dynamic merchandising workflows.

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Benefits

Performance Bonus

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Sick Leave

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