Lead Product Manager
About The Position
Leads staff in the study of end-user needs, definition of product features and coordination of activities across teams to meet quality standards, project deadlines and business objectives. Oversees the following: gathering and writing of requirements for application features that require cross-team coordination; conducting competitive analyses; and using product discovery techniques to aid in prioritization of features (e.g., A/B, surveys, interviews, etc.). (10%) Leads staff in developing long-term product plans (i.e., roadmaps). (20%) Reviews reports on product utilization prepared by staff and identifies market trends and opportunities. (10%) Prepares project reports for management, clients or others. (20%) Confers with staff and others to provide technical advice and resolve problems. (20%) Provides supervision to assigned staff, including hiring, counseling, guiding, training, and disciplinary processes as required. (20%)
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, marketing, business administration or related field
- 10 years of experience as a Product Manager or similar role in an Agile, Scrum, Kanban or comparable environment
- Strong customer-facing digital subject matter expertise
- Experience working on medium complexity features and/or an entire software application
- 2 years of people management experience
Responsibilities
- Study of end-user needs
- Definition of product features
- Coordination of activities across teams to meet quality standards, project deadlines and business objectives
- Gathering and writing of requirements for application features that require cross-team coordination
- Conducting competitive analyses
- Using product discovery techniques to aid in prioritization of features (e.g., A/B, surveys, interviews, etc.)
- Developing long-term product plans (i.e., roadmaps)
- Reviewing reports on product utilization prepared by staff
- Identifying market trends and opportunities
- Preparing project reports for management, clients or others
- Providing technical advice and resolving problems
- Supervising assigned staff, including hiring, counseling, guiding, training, and disciplinary processes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
