Product Manager III

Fearless · Baltimore, MD

Company

Fearless

Location

Baltimore, MD

Type

Full Time

Job Description

About Fearless Digital

Fearless Digital builds software with a soul. As a division inside Fearless, we're part of its digital services integrator model to unlock the power of organizations, people and tech. Our division designs, engineers, and delivers digital solutions to solve problems and drive impact. Using iterative development cycles, we minimize risk for our customers and efficiently deliver intuitive and responsive technology. In this way, we help set the stage for tech to work better for people. That's not our only goal, though. We also strive to create a purple culture that makes our team members excited to come to work every day. We take a holistic approach to our people’s well-being, and our culture and benefits are designed to support our people in working the way they like best. We encourage our people to pursue their passions, both in and out of the office. With flexible schedules, continuing education support, and a family-friendly work environment, we’ve created a culture that allows our team to thrive professionally and personally.

Fearless believes in equal opportunity employment. We won’t discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, gender, nationality, age, religion, disability, military status, or sexual orientation. As a company and as individuals, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for our team, our family members, our clients, our subcontractors, and our vendors.

Fearless Digital Benefits 

Benefits Eligibility:

  • Full-time team members are eligible for benefits upon beginning employment at Fearless
  • Part-time team members are only eligible for 8.75 days of safe & sick leave
  • Interns and 1099 team members are not eligible for Fearless benefits

Our people make us who we are. We believe that every member of the Fearless team has something to share, and we value the unique viewpoint you’ll bring to our community. But we value your community, too, so we offer fulfilling work that stays in balance with the rest of life. Because everyone has different needs, desires, and goals, our benefits offer the choices and flexibility that our team members need to live well and succeed. Here are a few highlights of our benefits package, for full-time team members, exclusively:

  • Life-friendly schedules
  • Family-friendly workplace
  • We cover 100% of your premium for our medical HSA plan + the deductible portion of HSA contributions, 80% of your premium for our HMO or PPO plans, and offer competitive dependent coverage. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents and offer medical and dependent care FSA options. We also offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and legal planning and support insurance.
  • Tech, education / training, and wellness allowances
  • Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions (current match = 4%) and immediate vesting
  • Referral bonus: Bring your friends! If someone you refer is hired, you’ll get a bonus of $6–12k!
  • Total Pet Plan
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Up 12 weeks of FMLA paid at 100%
  • PTO is provided to team members as a lump sum allowance, not an accrual. PTO is prorated based on your start date (see table below) on a quarterly basis (with tenure-based increases), 8.75 days of sick leave, 11 federal holidays, their birthday (8 hours), up to 15 days for jury duty, and up to 3 days (24 hours) of bereavement leave per eligible instance.
Start Date PTO Allocation Allocation Timing
Jan 1 - March 31 100% January
April 1 - June 30 75% April
July 1 - Sept 30 50% July
Oct 1 - Dec 31 25% October

Compensation

Our Compensation System is designed to reward remarkable work, grow your impact and support the whole “you” over the course of your career.

We believe in paying people fairly, so we've established a compensation model aimed to ensure everyone at Fearless — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or negotiation skills — is given equal pay for equal work. Our approach to compensation is intended to ensure our total package serves all of your needs and includes base pay, medical and other benefits, performance rewards, 401k matching, plus a few perks (tech and wellness reimbursement programs)! Our salary ranges are determined based on role, level and location and provide team members salary growth within a salary grade over time. Team members automatically progress within a salary range through annual increases (given to reward service at Fearless) or merit increases (given to reward and individual's demonstrated performance and growth within the position). Fearless team members are also eligible for discretionary bonuses based on company performance.

The salary ranges for this position based on location are listed below. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified as a part of our annual salary range review.

Salary Range

Salary

  • AL, FL, GA, TN Residents: $100,817 (min) - $131,062 (mid) - $161,307 (max)
  • NC Residents: $103,935 (min) - $135,115 (mid) - $166,296 (max) 
  • DE, MD, PA, TX, VA Residents: $109,132 (min) - $141,871 (mid) - $174,610 (max) 
  • DC Residents: $122,643 (min) - $159,436 (mid) - $196,229 (max) 
  • CA & NY Residents:  $126,800 (min) - $164,841 (mid) - $202,881 (max) 

Location:

  • In-person, hybrid, and remote options are available. Our office is located in Baltimore.


Employment Type

Full-time

What you’ll be doing

We’re looking to change the world by building software with a soul, and we want your help.

The Product Manager III is a strategic role that is responsible for leading and managing the discovery phase, identifying and understanding root problems, as well as partnering with our client stakeholders to uncover and understand business and end user needs.  They will also be responsible for stakeholder alignment, establishing an MVP,  strategic planning along with defining goals and success metrics.The PdM III establishes and communicates the long-term product vision, strategy and roadmap, as well as maintains a firm understanding and handle of the overall project scope and objectives.   The Product Manager III consults and advises the client Product Owner on product management best practices and strategies.   Our PdM III’s are focused on continuous iteration and improvement and delivering data-driven value to the business and end users.  The Product Manager III may also be asked to contribute to multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities and Contributions Organizational and Leadership Role 

  • Serves as the organizational strategic leader and thought partner
  • Identifies, documents, and communicates project risks and mitigation plans
  • Consistently makes organizational process improvement suggestions and recommendations and serves as a mentor to junior product managers

Functional Role 

  • Directs, defines and executes long-term product vision, strategy and roadmap
  • Manages the discovery phase to ensure proper problem identification and validation
  • Effectively aligns, manages and prioritizes stakeholder requirements and needs
  • Creates the product roadmap to help clients formulate, prioritize, and execute short and long-term plans
  • Leads as a consultant to client product owners in multiple areas of product management
  • Defines OKR’s (objectives and key results) as well as KPI’s (key performance indicators)
  • Partners with client stakeholders to develop user adoption, analytics, and success metrics strategies to inform and support product decisions 
  • Creates value propositions and partners with stakeholders to establish Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
  • Assists clients in developing and implementing product communication, education, marketing and launch plans
  • Consults, advises and contributes  as a product management subject matter expert for client product owners
  • Facilitates competitive analysis of similar products to understand market requirements 
  • Grows the teams’ and clients’ understanding of the end users needs by assisting and conducting interviews and focus groups
  • Conducts business analysis research to identify opportunities for improvement in product operation and develops new processes to improve efficiency

Essential Skills, Experience, or Competencies  Must-Have Skills

  • 5 - 10 years of product management experience
  • Experience working in multiple agile environments
  • Ability to build relationships and influence key decision makers
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to internal and external audiences
  • Ability to work well on cross-functional teams
  • Experience guiding development and use of data-centric products 
  • Ability to define requirements, prioritize features, and ensure that data product meets client, user, and business objectives
  • Ability to translate data capabilities and requirements into business value for team and stakeholders 
  • Experience with building data visualization tools 
  • Experience with Amazon RedShift, Tableau, and Jira 
  • Experience on teams where products have been created with using Python

Highly Desired Skills and Experience

  • Experience consulting in product management
  • Product management experience in local, state or federal government contracting and/or consulting
  • Experience coaching and/or training internal and external audiences in product management best practices
  • Experience guiding organizations through change management
  • Experience with GitHub and/or GitLab
  • Experience with Amazon CloudWatch
So, what’s next?

Over the years, we’ve honed our interview process to help ensure that every team member we hire is the right fit for us and that we’re the right fit for them. If we think you’re a good fit, we’ll get in touch and start scheduling your interviews! Depending on the role's/project's requirements, the interview process may include some differences. At the minimum

  • Introductory Interview: This is where you and your recruiter will build rapport, explore your career and educational background, discuss salary expectations, role requirements, and set expectations for the interview process, specific to the position of interest. 
  • Technical Interview (Skills Fit): This is where we get into the nitty gritty of the project. During the Technical Interview, you’ll be interviewed by the technical team to dig more into your background and technical capabilities. 
  • Business Interview: At this point, you’ve made it to the final frontier! The Business Interview is when you’ll meet with Fearless leadership to dot the i’s, cross the t’s, and determine whether or not we’ll be moving forward with the hiring process.


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Date Posted

09/12/2024

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