Product Manager – Rail Domain IRC300892

Description

GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a leader in digital engineering. We help brands design and build innovative products, platforms, and digital experiences for the modern world. By integrating experience design, complex engineering, and vertical industry expertise, we show our customers what’s possible and help them fast-track their transition into tomorrow’s digital businesses. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic operates design studios and engineering centers around the world, extending our deep expertise to customers in automotive, communications, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, semiconductor, and technology industries.

Requirements

Position Overview
We are looking for a seasoned Product Manager & Subject Matter Expert (SME) with deep expertise in the Rail Domain to drive product strategy, requirements definition, and the delivery of advanced software solutions supporting rail signaling, rail operations, and comprehensive railway infrastructure systems. The ideal candidate seamlessly combines robust product management and agile delivery fundamentals with hands-on rail industry knowledge. In this hybrid role, you will act as both the product visionary and the domain authority, collaborating closely with engineering teams, data scientists, and cross-functional stakeholders to build high-quality, domain-accurate, and compliant rail software products.

 

Requirements & Stakeholder Engagement
1. Gather, document, and refine detailed requirements for rail software products through structured discussions with industry stakeholders and technical teams.
Translate complex rail operational, infrastructure monitoring, and signaling concepts into clear, actionable user stories and robust acceptance criteria for engineering teams.
Manage relationships with cross-functional stakeholders (business leadership, engineering, architects, and data teams), ensuring complete alignment on priorities and product expectations.

2. Product & Delivery Management
Own, prioritize, and continuously groom the product backlog based on business value, technical dependencies, engineering compliance, and stakeholder input.
Drive sprint planning, alignment, and sprint demo sessions, ensuring delivery teams remain focused on high-priority outcomes.
Demonstrate working knowledge and experience within Agile and/or AI-DLC frameworks.
Make strong, timely decisions on scope, trade-offs, and priorities under ambiguity or shifting requirements.
Use data and analytics to inform product decisions, measure feature performance, and identify improvement opportunities.
Collaborate actively with Product Owners, Architects, Data Engineers, and AI teams throughout the entire solution lifecycle.

3. Innovation
Bring or apply AI/ML experience to identify opportunities for intelligent automation, predictive insights, or AI-enabled features within rail software products (e.g., validation of AI/ML use cases for automated infrastructure monitoring).

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
1. Domain Expertise & Technical Guidance
Rail Signaling & Operations: Apply hands-on Rail Signaling experience to guide product decisions and validate technical requirements. Leverage a strong understanding of rail track map layouts to ensure software accurately represents track geometry, junctions, and network topology. Apply working knowledge of rail operations (train movements, scheduling, dispatch, safety protocols) to inform feature design.
Infrastructure Monitoring: Define business requirements, operational workflows, and platform capabilities for railway infrastructure monitoring, translating engineering requirements into actionable software features.
Data Processing & Analytics: Define engineering validation rules, quality criteria, and acceptance standards for processing rail data. Interpret infrastructure monitoring data to provide domain guidance for analytics, reporting, and solution architecture.
Asset Lifecycle Management: Define comprehensive asset lifecycle management processes, including inspection, maintenance, renewal, and retirement. Identify asset failure modes, degradation patterns, and predictive maintenance opportunities.
Terminology & Safety Governance: Demonstrate fluency in rail terminologies and industry verbiage to communicate effectively across all teams. Ensure absolute compliance with Network Rail standards, railway safety regulations, and engineering governance.

Ideal Candidate Profile
A seasoned Product Manager & Rail Domain SME who masterfully bridges the gap between complex railway engineering standards and modern software development. You are equally comfortable evaluating track geometry data, ensuring compliance with Network Rail standards, and leading Agile delivery cycles. Backed by decisive judgment and analytical rigor, you can confidently collaborate with AI teams, data engineers, and rail operators to build the next generation of intelligent rail infrastructure solutions.

Required Knowledge & Experience
Total Product Experience: 12+ years as a Product Manager / Product Owner

Rail Domain Experience: Minimum 6 years in the Rail sector

Rail Signaling & Operations: Strong hands-on experience in signaling, track layouts, train movements, scheduling, and dispatch workflows

Infrastructure Monitoring:  Deep knowledge of Track Geometry Cars, track measurement systems, Automated Track Inspection, and Machine Vision/image-based inspection systems

Asset Management:  Proven understanding of Railway Asset Management practices, Patrol Inspection processes, Gauging systems, clearance assessment, and Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) monitoring/maintenance

Predictive Maintenance:  Experience with Condition Monitoring, analytics-driven degradation patterns, and risk-based maintenance scheduling

Standards & Compliance:  Strict adherence and fluency in Network Rail engineering standards, operational procedures, and railway safety regulations

Requirements & Agile: Proven ability to conduct detailed requirement elicitation, manage backlogs, sprint alignment, and cross-functional agile delivery

Stakeholder & Decisions:  Strong communication, relationship management, and data-driven decision-making skills under ambiguity

AI/ML Experience: Preferred; familiarity validating AI/ML use cases for automated inspection or data modelling is highly valued

 
Keywords to look for: Rail Signaling, Track Access and Safety Compliance, Interlockings
Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), Testing Datasheets, Rail Asset Management, MICROLOK, V&V, CBTC.

 

 

What we offer

Exciting Projects: We focus on industries like High-Tech, communication, media, healthcare, retail and telecom. Our customer list is full of fantastic global brands and leaders who love what we build for them.

Collaborative Environment: You Can expand your skills by collaborating with a diverse team of highly talented people in an open, laidback environment — or even abroad in one of our global centers or client facilities!

Work-Life Balance: GlobalLogic prioritizes work-life balance, which is why we offer flexible work schedules, opportunities to work from home, and paid time off and holidays.

Professional Development: Our dedicated Learning & Development team regularly organizes Communication skills training(GL Vantage, Toast Master),Stress Management program, professional certifications, and technical and soft skill trainings.

Excellent Benefits: We provide our employees with competitive salaries, family medical insurance, Group Term Life Insurance, Group Personal Accident Insurance , NPS(National Pension Scheme ), Periodic health awareness program, extended maternity leave, annual performance bonuses, and referral bonuses.

Fun Perks: We want you to love where you work, which is why we host sports events, cultural activities, offer food on subsidies rates, Corporate parties. Our vibrant offices also include dedicated GL Zones, rooftop decks and GL Club where you can drink coffee or tea with your colleagues over a game of table and offer discounts for popular stores and restaurants!

About GlobalLogic

GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a trusted digital engineering partner to the world’s largest and most forward-thinking companies. Since 2000, we’ve been at the forefront of the digital revolution – helping create some of the most innovative and widely used digital products and experiences. Today we continue to collaborate with clients in transforming businesses and redefining industries through intelligent products, platforms, and services.