Search Servicesposted over 7 years ago
$100,000 - $125,000/Yr
Full-time
Houston, TX
Administrative and Support Services
Product Manager
Search Services Houston, TX 8/8/2017
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Position Summary: A hand-on extension of the IT Department focused on driving relationships and enhancements to existing products. The Product Owner collaborates with the business, operations, customers, industry experts and cross-functional teams to define, justify, design and deliver solutions that drive business growth.
Responsibilities:
* Ability to lead, influence, direct and grow a small team of Agile Product Owners
* Work with senior management to establish, manage and drive agile methodologies and best practices specifically around product management and product owner disciplines
* Understand and align Business and ITs long term strategies
* Effectively explain complex business processes to a variety of audiences
* Act as the true north for customer value" within a high-velocity agile product development team
* Engage with internal and external stakeholders to elicit product requirements and understand priorities
* Develop business cases for new products and significant product enhancements including identification of problem, proposed solution, market sizing, sales projection, costs, execution planning/management etc.
* Develop and maintain the product roadmap and backlog by identifying and prioritizing necessary features
* Decompose product roadmap features into documented user stories (requirements)
* Provide support and clarify needs for the development teams to contribute to development, implementation, and performance of the new solution
* Liaise with Agile Project Manager to assist with driving feature vs. schedule vs. resources tradeoff decisions.
* Work with Agile Project Manager to identify, elevate and/or mitigate risk items which could impact delivery due to product performance, product cost, or product scalability
* Review and accept user stories, participate in user acceptance testing and continuously orchestrate functional acceptance of valuable working software.
* Collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to develop test scripts, test plan and support and coordinate user acceptance testing
* Work with Agile Project Manager to establish and execute the product launch process to ensure the organization is ready to train, deploy, and support the product in the market
* Determine product success by measuring actual results of the release/product against the business case expectations
* Maintain acute awareness of competitors product offerings and recommends product enhancements to keep ahead of the market
* Develop and maintain product documentation, product instructions and user guides, product metrics, sales and marketing content strategy
* Coordinate with designers, developers and testers to created functional specifications
* May attend trade shows, technical conferences and symposiums to promote product
* Ensure that the Scrum team verifies against the Done Definition, ensure the Done Definition adheres to quality standards
* Coach/mentor team on the Agile Scrum methodology in order to constantly improve the Scrum teams standards of work
* Assist business teams with understanding the existing system capabilities, and features being delivered in a project as and when possible
* Guide individual team members on areas of improvement
Job Requirements
Qualifications required:
* Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science, management information systems, business administration or a related discipline
* Minimum 5 years experience designing and building new SaaS/web products and enhancing existing products
* CSPO/CSM certification
* Demonstrated ability to exert influence and deliver on capabilities without having direct control over all participating resources
* Experience with agile project management tools (VersionOne, JIRA, TFS, Confluence, Rally or equivalent)
* Proven ability to lead a team using new technology and positive leadership skills
* Ability to interact with both business/operations and IT teams
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
Job Snapshot
Base Pay $100,000.00 - $125,000.00 /Year
Employment Type Full-Time
Job Type Information Technology
Education Not Specified
Experience Not Specified
Manages Others Not Specified
Industry Banking - Financial Services, Healthcare - Health Services, Oil Refining - Petroleum - Drilling
Required Travel Not Specified
Job ID BHJOB7817_14034_Careerbuilder
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Company Overview
Search Services
Based in Houston, Texas, Search Services has been providing direct hire placement and other staffing solutions to area employers for 17 years. A privately held company, it is best known in the area by its three operating divisions: Search Finance (accounting and finance placement), Search Technology (information technology placement), and Search Support (accounting clerical and office administrative placement.) Houston area companies of all sizes and industries utilize Search Services as the primary resource for finding top talent in these areas.
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Search Services Houston, TX 8/8/2017
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Job Description
Position Summary: A hand-on extension of the IT Department focused on driving relationships and enhancements to existing products. The Product Owner collaborates with the business, operations, customers, industry experts and cross-functional teams to define, justify, design and deliver solutions that drive business growth.
Responsibilities:
* Ability to lead, influence, direct and grow a small team of Agile Product Owners
* Work with senior management to establish, manage and drive agile methodologies and best practices specifically around product management and product owner disciplines
* Understand and align Business and ITs long term strategies
* Effectively explain complex business processes to a variety of audiences
* Act as the true north for customer value" within a high-velocity agile product development team
* Engage with internal and external stakeholders to elicit product requirements and understand priorities
* Develop business cases for new products and significant product enhancements including identification of problem, proposed solution, market sizing, sales projection, costs, execution planning/management etc.
* Develop and maintain the product roadmap and backlog by identifying and prioritizing necessary features
* Decompose product roadmap features into documented user stories (requirements)
* Provide support and clarify needs for the development teams to contribute to development, implementation, and performance of the new solution
* Liaise with Agile Project Manager to assist with driving feature vs. schedule vs. resources tradeoff decisions.
* Work with Agile Project Manager to identify, elevate and/or mitigate risk items which could impact delivery due to product performance, product cost, or product scalability
* Review and accept user stories, participate in user acceptance testing and continuously orchestrate functional acceptance of valuable working software.
* Collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to develop test scripts, test plan and support and coordinate user acceptance testing
* Work with Agile Project Manager to establish and execute the product launch process to ensure the organization is ready to train, deploy, and support the product in the market
* Determine product success by measuring actual results of the release/product against the business case expectations
* Maintain acute awareness of competitors product offerings and recommends product enhancements to keep ahead of the market
* Develop and maintain product documentation, product instructions and user guides, product metrics, sales and marketing content strategy
* Coordinate with designers, developers and testers to created functional specifications
* May attend trade shows, technical conferences and symposiums to promote product
* Ensure that the Scrum team verifies against the Done Definition, ensure the Done Definition adheres to quality standards
* Coach/mentor team on the Agile Scrum methodology in order to constantly improve the Scrum teams standards of work
* Assist business teams with understanding the existing system capabilities, and features being delivered in a project as and when possible
* Guide individual team members on areas of improvement
Job Requirements
Qualifications required:
* Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science, management information systems, business administration or a related discipline
* Minimum 5 years experience designing and building new SaaS/web products and enhancing existing products
* CSPO/CSM certification
* Demonstrated ability to exert influence and deliver on capabilities without having direct control over all participating resources
* Experience with agile project management tools (VersionOne, JIRA, TFS, Confluence, Rally or equivalent)
* Proven ability to lead a team using new technology and positive leadership skills
* Ability to interact with both business/operations and IT teams
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
Job Snapshot
Base Pay $100,000.00 - $125,000.00 /Year
Employment Type Full-Time
Job Type Information Technology
Education Not Specified
Experience Not Specified
Manages Others Not Specified
Industry Banking - Financial Services, Healthcare - Health Services, Oil Refining - Petroleum - Drilling
Required Travel Not Specified
Job ID BHJOB7817_14034_Careerbuilder
Apply Now
Join Talent Network
Company Overview
Search Services
Based in Houston, Texas, Search Services has been providing direct hire placement and other staffing solutions to area employers for 17 years. A privately held company, it is best known in the area by its three operating divisions: Search Finance (accounting and finance placement), Search Technology (information technology placement), and Search Support (accounting clerical and office administrative placement.) Houston area companies of all sizes and industries utilize Search Services as the primary resource for finding top talent in these areas.
Learn More
Contact Information
Houston, TX b mallory
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