Associate Director, Product Management

Gartner • Stamford, CT

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Hiring near our Irving, TX, Stamford, CT and Fort Myers, FL Center's of Excellence, with a flexible environment. About Gartner IT : Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team. About this role: Gartner is seeking an experienced Product Owner for Master Data Management within the Chief Data and Analytics Office. Product Owners serve as the voice of the customer and product team to guide engineering teams in building product capabilities with highest business needs and priorities, prioritize and manage the product backlog and incorporate feedback from business stakeholders to guide continuous product improvement. This role will be the Product Owner for Gartner’s Contact customer data domain leading a team with focus on process improvements, data management and execution of large- and small-scale initiatives.

Requirements

• 10+ years of Product management experience with demonstrated success in defining, building and maintaining products
• Successful demonstration of managing multiple projects/products and deadlines simultaneously in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Excellent requirements gathering, stakeholder management and meeting facilitation skills
• Solid analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills
• Strong SQL skills and basic understanding of data analysis tools and techniques
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Proven people management skills with a strong emphasis on coaching and mentoring
• Excellent communication and collaboration with the ability to present complex topics in a condensed manner to various stakeholders, including senior leaders

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain alignment on the product vision, roadmap and strategy in collaboration with stakeholders
• Translate problem statements, customer needs and solution hypotheses into user stories or other forms of requirements, ensuring clear acceptance criteria and measurable success metrics
• Develop a deep understanding of business goals and processes to inform product priorities and improvement recommendations through strong relationship with stakeholders across the business
• Engage cross-functionally with stakeholders, technical architects and development teams to develop capabilities and solutions to meet business requirements and achieve desired business outcomes
• Analyze data quality and curate insights to drive requirements to increase business value
• Lead backlog refinement sessions to maintain a consistently up-to-date, prioritized backlog of clearly defined features/stories
• Continuously refine and prioritize backlog items, balancing business value, technical feasibility and long term product strategy while managing dependencies across teams
• Support scrum master and development leads to navigate through development roadblocks
• Collaborate with QA teams in reviewing test scenarios to ensure acceptance criteria is met and sign off on product design
• Ensure quality through adherence to and supporting processes and procedures, including the maintenance of documentation on shared file systems
• Mentor and develop product owners and data analysts by providing actionable feedback and identifying career growth opportunities

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation Package
• Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year
• Extensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Hybrid environment with flexibility, remote work
• Parental leave
• Gartner Gives Charity Match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Health and wellness related allowance programs
• 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting
• Collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity
• Professional development and unlimited growth opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed