Product Manager

Equifax • Alpharetta, GA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Equifax is seeking an experienced Product Manager to support the future of Equifax’s Ignite Ecosystem. This role will be responsible for leading product strategy, ensuring market success, and driving significant business outcomes. The position requires a strong focus on customer research and market expertise to identify and solve real-world problems, and to mature existing solutions. The Product Manager will collaborate within the Product team and across the organization to clearly articulate offerings, provide customer and market context for decision-making, and deliver new solutions throughout the product lifecycle, working alongside Product leadership. This role involves close collaboration with the Product Organization, Technical Product Management, Engineering, Sales and Marketing, Legal and Compliance, Operations, and other cross-functional teams to deliver complete solutions. The ideal candidate will excel at problem-solving, be comfortable leading interactions with new/prospective partners, and will maintain close collaboration with internal peers to drive new product functionality. Key attributes include a curious nature, a passion for helping users, and a strong interest in technology and software.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline strongly preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 5-7 years of product management or business analyst experience working in a product-led organization within Technology, Financial Services or Data & Analytics required.
• Demonstrated working experience using Agile methodologies and/or project management methodologies required.
• Experience writing detailed product requirements is fundamental and required, demonstrating a solid understanding of what is being built, who it is being built for, why it’s important, and how it is being used to solve problems (ROI).
• Demonstrated ability to organize and coordinate efforts in a highly matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of delivering cloud-based products and services strongly preferred.
• Experience in Product tools preferable (Aha, JIRA, Figma).
• Experience demonstrating Design Thinking for innovation is a plus (Use creative design thinking to develop innovative business solutions; Apply creative and analytical tools to develop real solutions for real needs, including personas, empathy mapping, prototyping and iteration models.).

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated ability to lead efforts in a highly matrixed environment.
• Experience in Product tools required (Aha, JIRA, Figma).
• Exposure to SaaS products, web or mobile application development.
• Familiarity with UX/UI best practices.
• A self-starter who takes initiative with minimal direction, and understands concepts quickly.
• Understanding of the value of product management and ability to effectively communicate to various stakeholders.
• Aptitude for handling multiple, concurrent demands and prioritizing responsibilities in a dynamic, high energy environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive and socialize overall Market Understanding, including market analysis and industry research.
• Evaluate the competitive landscape and utilize understanding of competitors to identify and articulate high-potential opportunities.
• Conduct market validation through review and testing of concepts with existing and prospective customers (voice of customer, customer advisory).
• Assess opportunities for, and own development of, strategic partnerships.
• Define product requirements considering market needs, build, buy, partner approaches.
• Facilitate development of commercial model and packaging discussions.
• Understand and communicate the product vision.
• Support development of business cases and define the product roadmap used in product strategy and planning sessions across the Product Delivery Value Stream.
• Track attainment of objectives through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Provide descriptions and write requirements definition for product development.
• Prepare for and support product release.
• Contribute to prioritization of opportunities & product trade-offs.
• Track, monitor, and ensure effective performance of the product, including attainment of revenue and margin objectives.
• Manage product offerings to ensure new capabilities meet customer/market needs.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data to reach conclusions and/or present insights and findings to drive product lifecycle management decisions, including enhancements and sunsetting.
• Partner with internal stakeholders (i.e., D&A, Sales, etc.) throughout the product life cycle.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages
• 401k matching
• Paid time off
• Organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level