Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Develop a deep understanding of business goals and processes to inform product priorities and improvement recommendations
• Develop strong relationships and regularly communicate with product stakeholders and customers to shape the product strategy and surface and prioritize needs
• Lead product strategy, planning, and life cycle management efforts
• Monitor business, market, and technology trends to inform product strategy and proactively propose new solutions
• Establish product roadmaps and release plans that satisfy requirements and achieve business outcomes
• Contribute to translating business requirements into actionable product and technical requirements
• Continuously monitor and evaluate product performance and proactively champion product improvements
• Determine internal and contract/external resources and skills required for the product team to deliver on the product roadmap
• Guide the product engineering team to scope, plan and deliver work, applying established delivery methodologies (e.g., agile methods) and best practices (e.g., reusability)
• Proactively identify and resolve blockers to achieve business objectives for the product, including technical and resourcing challenges
• Ensure alignment and adherence to corporate, financial and IT standards (e.g., architecture, compliance, security)
• Increase adoption and consumption of product capabilities
• Manage investment decision making and finances for the product, taking a return-on-investment approach to increasing the value while minimizing product costs
• Serve as product manager for multiple, related products
• Define, track, and communicate relevant KPIs for the product to measure performance and contribution to business goals and strategy

Required:

• Background in Financial Services would be beneficial
• Experience with Aderant, Oracle, SAP Concur, Iridium is desirable
• Relationship building and collaboration skills across diverse and matrixed stakeholders and customers
• Ability to determine, priorities, and balance multiple stakeholder priorities
• Strong management skills, ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Experience determining and overseeing software development initiatives and estimating resource requirements
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, including experience leveraging data to inform decision making.
• Expertise in strategic thinking and strong business acumen
• Strong experience in understanding business partner and client needs
• Demonstrated success in defining and delivering products
• Demonstrated ability to understand technical information and relay in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing