Product Manager

Product Manager

Location: Atlanta, GA

Our Business Advisory Services teams help organizations of all kinds redefine what's possible, give shape to the future-and get there. We focus on high-impact projects, meeting our clients where they are to uncover business needs and deliver results. Our Product Managers/Product Owners are passionate about creating products that customers will love. We have strong product instincts, deep customer expertise, a strong understanding of product design, all while operating with an agile technical fluency. Our Product Managers/Product Owners operate collaboratively with designers and engineers with a passion for navigating through ambiguous environments to continuously improve customer experiences.

What You'll Do

• Working at the strategic level, proposing innovative solutions for product direction, based on a combination of data, customer insights, intuition and experience.
• Assess business, market and customer needs and lead cross-functional product teams to find the fastest path to delivering values against those needs.
• Make product decisions that drive value daily while keeping customer needs in mind.
• Participate in continuous product discovery, monitors 3rd party research and maintains an up to date understanding of the competitive landscape to recommend the best solutions and ensure that products meet users' needs.
• Develop and evolve product roadmap based on business priorities and customer needs that deliver the highest value
• Work with delivery teams to develop release estimates and plans for the product.
• Create, prioritize and accept user stories; incorporate them into release planning
• Condense complex technical concepts into non-technical language for stakeholders
• Establish a regular cadence for communications for product stakeholders and executives to enable trust and transparency
• Manage product team and stakeholder expectations to execute on product strategy and provides education to requestors to determine prioritization based on tangible benefits and/or user experience
• Work closely with and provide direction and guidance to cross-functional delivery teams in an Agile environment
• Foster collaboration between IT teams, designers, developers, and business stakeholders

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years' experience as a Product Owner or 3+ years' experience as a Product Manager working on an agile team
• Proficiency in lateral leadership, effectively aligning team members as well as client stakeholders and executives around a shared set of objectives to progress the goal of shipping the right product to the client's customers
• Proficiency and exposure to UX and Design Thinking practices
• Proficiency in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern software design and development team
• Experience with agile methods; scaling methods and transformation experience a plus
• Highly proficient in writing user stories based on customer needs using agile techniques (User Personas, Empathy Maps, Story Mapping)
• Highly proficient in prioritization methods based on customer value (MoSCoW, WSJF, Kano Analysis)
• Experience creating and owning product roadmaps and presenting to client stakeholders
• Experience articulating and measuring business value based on work delivered by agile team
• Highly proficient workshop facilitator and experience with various virtual tools
• Experience launching a new product from concept through launch
• Experience with driving innovation and influencing teams while keeping the end user in mind
• Understanding of software operations and DevOps
• Emotional intelligence, interpersonal savvy, deep user empathy and strong user experience sensibilities

About Us

Slalom is a modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation. In 40 markets around the world, Slalom'steams have autonomy to move fast and do what's right. They are backed byregional innovation hubs, a global culture of collaboration, and partnerships with the world's top technology providers. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Slalom has organically grown to over 9,000 employees. Slalom has been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For five years running and is regularly recognized byemployees as a best place to work. Learn more at slalom.com.

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include: meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer additional benefits such as a yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being related expenses as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veterans status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.