Job Title: Senior Technical Product Manager
Location: Plano, TX 75075
Duration: 24+ Months with possible extensions
Interview Process: Phone/WebEx
*** Local candidates are preferred but will consider other locations.
*** Work hours are flexible, no OT.
Required Skills:
Tech Product Management:
Software development/Web technologies:
Microservices:
A e Analytics:
Jira Align:
Scaled Agile Framework:
Top 5 Skills / Additional Job Posting Description Details *
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business/marketing or engineering/computer science, discipline or related field
- 5+ years of experience in product management / development with proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
- Solid technical background with understanding and/or experience in software development, web technologies and microservices
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to convert consumer insights and performance data into high impact product initiatives
- Experience working within scaled agile development team
- Critical thinking skills that blend ability to be analytical, creative, focused and flexible
- Ability to translate complex ideas into clearly defined product definition and requirements
- Ability to successfully bring new products, platforms, features and business processes to market
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to present complex technical information in a clear manner to peers, developers, and senior leaders
- Proficient in A e Analytics, Jira Align, Scaled Agile Framework
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
Responsibilities and Day-to-Day View
- Decomposes epics (customer & business requirements) into features and prioritizes them for the product team - coordinate dependencies across scrum teams
- Works with business owners on refining/reviewing new epics
- Align the features in a product roadmap
- For each feature, partner with business, technology and UX teams to define the minimum viable product (MVP) that will meet the needs of the business with minimal investment
- Determine product feature KPIs and benefits
- Ensure new foundational data requirements (product features) are evaluated, identified and prioritized upfront by including reporting/analytics business requirements within feature
- Explore the customer needs as well as develop insights about the needs of the customer that pertains to the product area
- Evangelize the product features with other product managers, business owners to continuously add value to the larger org
- Manage the lifecycle of features by expanding beyond MVP to release cycles based on build, iterate, release/kill, measure, iterate... approach
- Participate in PI Showcase for completed features - gather, assess and (if applicable) prioritize feedback from stakeholders
- Work with Product Managers for common understanding of Features and provide inputs in case of conflicting priorities.
- Research, design, plan, develop and evaluate new products by translating and documenting customer requirements into final product design.
- Analysis customer needs, identifies priorities for new products or services and enhancements.
- Defines market, including competitive analysis and definition of product functionality.
- Prepares and presents business cases for new products and services.
- Partners with business, technology and UX teams to design a product that will meet the needs of the business with minimal investment.
- Creates product roadmap and project plan.
- May be responsible for managing budgets, acquiring estimates and the requests for funding.
- Assigned the most complex products or product lines. Considered a subject matter expert.
Candidates
1) Will be responsible for charting and executing the course for client’s customer and employee digital experience across our consumer distribution channels.
2) Will lead the software product development life cycle from inception to production launch and post production support.
3) Must possess strong technical background to ensure the web components design is modular & scalable.
4) Must have experience leading large cross-organizational software development projects.
5) Must have a well-rounded technical background in current web and micro-service technologies.