About the position
The Product Manager II will own one or more product features and lead project execution. He/she will own product development plans and represent their feature(s) within the cross-functional team proposing new feature ideas that address a customer pain point or need based on his/her deep and first hand understanding of the customer. He/she will prioritize and communicate production customer issues and defects based on relevant data for timely resolution and also lead the demo to key stakeholders at program milestones.
Responsibilities
- Interacts frequently with customers, and generates customer requirements.
- Anticipates customer needs and prioritizes those for the organization.
- Understands how his/her role impacts customer satisfaction.
- Analyzes and interprets what is happening in the market, driven by the latest news/incidents, particularly competitive announcements and events.
- Predicts short term market changes and implications on the product.
- Continuously aims to meet customer expectations without compromising the commercial viability of the product.
- Actively gathers data from multiple sources (customer, market analysis, sales and revenue, etc.) to drive solutions to business problems and issues of consequence to the company.
- Demonstrates the ability to make trade off decisions between potential product capabilities.
- Evaluates product hypotheses in a quantitative manner, including AB testing for interactive products.
- Effectively manages day-to-day issues and problems without intervention.
- Generates new ideas by analyzing product data for insights.
- Supports the go to market strategy with good communication of customer requirements and timelines to stakeholders.
- Assists on launch plans through coordinated development with external customer facing teams such as marketing and sales.
- Answers sales and customer questions regarding feature function, pricing, packaging, value proposition and competition.
- Offers Train-the-Trainer sessions in support of operations for market rollout.
- Assists on collateral for sales demonstrations and customer events.
- Outlines key milestones, outcomes and deliverables during go-to-market and product strategy planning.
- Solves customer issues with product features that achieve business goals and metrics.
- Has a deep understanding of his/her feature area and develops prototypes.
- Participates in product discovery, according to defined process, for new product development.
- Manages portions of the product lifecycle.
- Is familiar with SDLCs as identified by management e.g. agile processes.
- Determines strategic product vision and priorities for a feature area, and shapes/champions future product direction.
- Independently uses information derived from competitive analysis to drive product direction and strategy.
- Understands, formulates and budgets the operating costs required to deliver the revenues.
- Creates product development plans including opportunity assessment and business case.
- Considers high-level technical approaches to use when prioritizing functionality.
- Is proficient in various technologies to assist day-to-day tasks (Excel, Balsamiq, Tableau, Python, SQL, etc.)
- Has a firm grasp of data and technical architecture principles and best practices.
Requirements
- Suggested Minimum Years of PM Experience: 4-6 years
- Recognized as full owner of a product or multiple features
- Identified, led and released changes or enhancements that improved customer satisfaction and/or commercial impact.
- Demonstration of thorough product development knowledge, including the ability to develop related business cases, content and product plans.
- Successful participation in customer engagements.
- Education to Qualify: Bachelors or Masters degree in a technical subject (Computer Science or Engineering discipline) is preferred, but not essential.
Benefits
- Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
- Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
- Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
- Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
