Director, Product Management

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• Typical hours for this role are Monday to Friday from 8 am CST to 5 pm CST.

HOW YOU WILL SOAR:
The Director of Product Management is responsible for product vision, strategy, and implementation of initiatives for Millennium Trust's retirement services line of business. The incumbent will play a key role in identifying product opportunities to the everchanging market landscape of auto-rollover business and helping drive the overall growth of the business. This role requires collaboration across functional teams to drive product ideation, develop roadmaps, assess resource allocation, perform market research, and build business cases, all while aligning with the overall company's direction.

• Driving product vision and roadmap with key focus on brining innovative products to the retirement services market.
• Managing external vendor SOWs with clear objectives and delivery goals.
• Establishing success metrics for the product that align with the company and business goals.
• Leading and developing a team of product managers, product owners and business analysts
• Driving the maturity of product management and Agile practices in the organization.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, product design, marketing, operations, sales, and executive leadership) to deliver high-quality products to institutional and investor clients.
• Bringing the voice of the customer and data backed approach to defining, prioritizing, and executing product roadmap.
• Engaging internal stakeholders to understand business unit's needs, identify new growth opportunities, and ensure alignment with their objectives.
• Evaluating the current vendors and driving the selection of new vendors to enhance the product portfolio.
• Researching and keeping abreast of latest industry trends in retirement services industry and modern product management practices.
• Define strategy and service level agreements (SLAs) to align with overall Company and department initiatives.
• Identify market trends and determine opportunities to improve current processes.
• Execute workforce management and division of work.
• Coach and develop the team by defining and executing an annual training plan.
• Lead team structure design, compensation, headcount planning, recruiting, and promotion process.
• Other duties as assigned.

IF YOU HAVE SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, APPLY:

• Bachelor's Degree, Master's Preferred in Business, Economics, Finance or related field
• 10+ years of applicable experience
• Background in Financial Services and Fintech is a must.
• Experience in human-centered design, design thinking and Agile product management methodologies
• Experience in cloud-native products.
• 10 + years in Leadership Experience
• The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of demonstrating:
  • Leadership skills to gain credibility, garner respect, and guide the creation of self-organizing teams
  • Experience ideating and delivering products in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strategic, innovative, and creative thinker with a solid fintech foundation
  • Expert in Agile practices such as iterative development, incremental delivery, backlog management, burn down metrics, velocity, and task definition.
  • Strong communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills to connect and engage with the cross-discipline teams, facilitate discussions, advocate for the team, mentor team members, and resolve conflicts.
  • Solid analytical skills, creative problem-solving skills, and high attention to detail
  • Strong knowledge of technical concepts and architectural principles to drive scalable solutions.

MILLENNIUM TRUST COMPANY is a rapidly growing, leading financial services company offering specialized retirement and institutional services and recently acquired PayFlex, a consumer directed benefits provider, to create a personalized, holistic approach to financial wellness. To that end, we provide a diversified multi-product business with a holistic focus on financial wellness. Millennium Trust has experienced year-to-year double digit growth and prides itself on its strong, progressive culture.
We have been recognized for our remarkable growth on lists such as Crain's Fast 50 and Inc. 5000, and for our outstanding workplace culture and benefits with Built In's 2023 Best Places to Work and Gallagher's 2022 Best-In-Class Employer awards.