Product Manager
Description
Under limited supervision, leads development and execution of product/portfolio strategies and plans, taking into account product life cycle stage and the customer experience. Responsible for managing, developing and implementing marketing, sales and other activities, as needed, to achieve the necessary business outcomes. Evaluates market, economic and competitive factors affecting product performance and demonstrates ability to perform fact-based data analysis and interpretation to identify critical business insights. Works with advanced data models and analytics. Prioritizing new features, orchestrates and executes product development. Executes new product development initiatives as marketing or overall development lead across multi-functional team. Coaches' others in less senior positions. Perform other duties as assigned.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent * in product marketing, economics, business, or related field plus 3 years of experience in the job offered or 3 years of work experience in functions focused on product management, market analysis or research, or equivalent. The employer will alternatively accept a Master’s degree in product marketing, economics, business, or related field plus 1 year of experience in the job offered or 1 year of work experience in functions focused on product management, market analysis or research, or equivalent, in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent * and 3 years of experience.
Requirements
The position requires the following: Knowledge of Agile and Lean values/concepts and scaling with SAFe framework required; Technical knowledge as a system user subject matter expert highly preferred to understand IT system and priorities as it relates to features and iteration requirements; Strong influencing skills to guide leadership, Business Architects, Product Owners, Agile Release Trains, and all stakeholders to understand vision, resources, priorities and definition of completion/release; Software skills, including use of Microsoft Office and web - based applications; Demonstrated solutions based thinking with the ability to break down complex concepts into understandable, smaller and sequential deliverables; Strong ability to tailor communications of complex concepts to all levels in an understandable manner; Business acumen and ability to understand the larger company strategy. (Skills can be obtained through coursework or experience.) More advanced degrees may offset experience requirements. A related Master’s Degree equals two (2) years experience. Knowledge of competitive, market and economic factors affecting product performance and ability to perform fact-based data analysis. Strong communication and presentation skills, quantitative, problem structuring and solving skills. Strong executive presence and human relations skills. Strong project management experience. *Employer will accept one (1) year of directly related experience in lieu of one (1) year of education. Eligible for telecommuting from home within commuting distance to Moon Township, PA.
