Supervises employees engaged in (a) driving the vision and execution of digital products (i.e., software applications) or elements of a products, and developing long-term product plans; and (b) 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.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:(approximate percentage of time spent)
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: includes activities such as hiring, counseling, guiding, training and delivery of disciplinary processes as required. (20%)
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, marketing, business administration or related field, 10 years of experience as a Product Manager or a similar role in an Agile, Scrum, Kanban or similar software application development and/or project management team environment or an equivalent combination of education, experience and/or training.
Strong customer facing digital subject matter expertise with experience working on medium complexity features and/or an entire software application.