Lead Product Manager (P2462)

SUMMARY:

The LEAD PRODUCT MANAGER is the business champion and team linguist that is accountable for combining technology and design to solve customer problems in a way that meets the needs of the business. You will work with your key stakeholders and customers to build solutions that drive value for their team and the organization. You will translate the business requirements into meaningful product requirements the development team will use to deliver on the user needs. You own the details of the business value delivered at the team level.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive business value for the team by prioritizing and ordering product backlog items based on the product roadmap, inclusive of product, engineering, UX and data science roadmaps
• Partner with Program Product leadership to set the vision and strategy for your product(s)
• Manage team’s (possibly inclusive of multiple teams) product backlog, ensuring they’re transparent, visible and clearly communicated
• Partner with cross-functional engineering, UX and data science peers to translate business desires/requirements into effective features and stories that are ready for development
• Outline clear acceptance criteria, to clearly communicate the definition of “done”
• Own Stakeholder management by building and managing internal and external stakeholder relationships to influence and drive change
• Exhibit experienced-level knowledge in the development and use of product data to influence product decisions/roadmap – both quantitative and qualitative
• Display deep understanding of the business domain, stakeholders, business processes and constraints in which your product(s) play
• Develop deep understanding of customers/users’ problems, how they think and operate and the platforms/technology they use.
• Become familiar with new technology, business domains, and/or analytical practices that impact your product(s)
• Understand and communicate organization objectives, strategies and solution needs to the team to facilitate results (where collaborative/as colleague)
• Manage and communicate dependencies and risks

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5+ years relevant experience driving software product development
• Skilled in managing cross-functional software development teams in an agile environment
• Skilled in managing business priorities against design/user needs while delivering against product roadmaps
• Skilled in managing end-to-end software product development and releases
• Stakeholder management skills – experienced in building and managing stakeholder relationships to influence and drive change
• Problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills
• Planning, organizational and time management skills
• Comfort with ambiguity – remains confident, positive and resourceful in the face of ambiguity and unexpected results; recovers quickly from setbacks Exhibits qualities of and have proven to be a great teammate
• Verbal and written communication skills, ability to translate between business and technical
• Technical acumen – grasps the technical details to lead a team, product and/or program