Sr Manager, Product Management

Product Management Sr. Manager

Position Purpose : The Product Management Sr. Manager is responsible for attracting, retaining and developing top talent focused on assessing market needs and inspiring cross-functional product teams to find the fastest way to achieve value around those needs. The Product Management Sr. Manager focuses on guiding and executing the delivery of business value to drive sales, improve efficiency and improve customer satisfaction through the production of quality products. The Sr. Manager is skilled and experienced in generating innovative ideas for growth within their respective areas and across the Product Management organization. The Product Management Sr. Manager must exhibit the ability to lead managers and their teams and drive change management and process improvement.

Key Responsibilities :

• Strategy & Planning : Looks across product teams and feature sets with a focus on alignment and dependencies; sets the overall product vision and strategies for the enterprise product; applies domain expertise to provide thought leadership and translate vision into action; collaborates across the enterprise to create alignment; understands financial and business impact of proposed product updates; identifies goals, metrics and appropriate analytics; contributes to strategic plans; participates in development of enterprise technology roadmaps; supports strategic vendor relationships.
• Delivery & Execution : Drives product development; documents, reviews and validates to meet quality and change control standards; understands enterprise goals and KPIs; resolves issues; receives and prioritizes requests; provides guidance on design; reviews and analyzes product metrics; makes suggestions for operational excellence; manages cross-functional team and stakeholder expectations.
• People : Provides leadership, mentoring and coaching; attracts, retains and develops top talent; conducts annual and mid-year reviews; fosters collaboration; advocates for end user and stakeholder; works with product team; manages cross-functional team and stakeholder expectations; educates requestors; guides junior team members.

Direct Manager / Direct Reports : Typically reports to the Technology Director, Sr. Director or Vice President.

Travel Requirements : Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Physical Requirements : Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions : Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications : Must be eighteen years of age or older. Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications : 6-8 years of relevant work experience; mastery of modern software development product management practices and agile methodologies; proficiency in communicating with and influencing team members; mastery of working in a collaborative, cross-functional, modern software design and development team; proficiency in creating, prioritizing and accepting user stories; proficiency in conducting user research and testing; mastery of identifying goals, metrics and analytics; proficiency in conducting competitive research and analysis; proficiency in guiding more junior team members; proficiency in managing and growing team members.

Minimum Education : The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education : No additional education.

Minimum Years of Work Experience : 6.

Preferred Years of Work Experience : No additional years of experience.

Minimum Leadership Experience : None.

Preferred Leadership Experience : None.

Certifications : None.

Competencies : Attracts Top Talent; Balances Stakeholders; Builds Effective Teams; Business Insight; Collaborates; Communicates Effectively; Cultivates Innovation; Customer Focus; Develops Talent; Drives Engagement; Interpersonal Savvy; Manages Complexity; Organizational Savvy; Situational Adaptability.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.