Associate Director – Product Management

Role Overview

• 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

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

Tech Stack

• SQL

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