Program & Portfolio Management - Product Manager Product Manager
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Location: Reston, VA 20191
Description:
Job Description: PURPOSE:
Develops and Implements strategy for the company's product line and is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision. Working with Product Owners, IT, and other stakeholders to prioritize product and customer requirements against the business strategy, product roadmap, and value drivers. Partners closely with engineering to ensure we deliver winning products that meet CareFirst and member needs. Oversees the product roadmap development process ensuring it includes the UX, design teams, operations managers, engineering managers, and finance teams. Confirms project deadlines with support from the product owners and delivery team. To ensure the product development stages meet internal and external stakeholders'. expectations. Also, provide timely and accurate communication of updates to the product's overall deployment. Reports on product performance using latent and predictive data to confirm that product performance meets high-reliability standards. Ensuring overall product success.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
20% Leads the entire product management life cycle -Translates business strategy are reflected in downstream product processes. Ensures all stakeholder's features, requirements, and acceptance criteria support delivery and testing of new products and features. May also manage beta programs, manage the development of product marketing materials and technical documentation. Ensure new products align with and supports existing products where applicable.
20% Leverages research market research as inputs into the product roadmap to confirm market demand. Done by gathering feedback from customers and analyzing product landscape, updates existing products and new technologies. .Ensures Product Owners' backlogs incorporates this data in their prioritization processes.
20% Defines the product roadmap showing the value derived at each delivery of functionality milestones. These milestones do not dictate architecture; they define features or capabilities, normally documented through business strategy and translation of that strategy into workflows, user stories, or required features.
15% Responsible and/or assists with go-to market strategy and launches for new products; facilitates product release with product owners, engineering, sales, supply chain, etc.; educates internal and external stakeholders. Will also develops/delivers product presentations.
10% Facilitates marketing and stakeholder communications for all products including clear ability to translate technical solutions into value proposition.
10% Works with finance, where applicable, to define revenue drivers and pricing to ensure competitiveness in the market as well as financial profitability in the marketplace
5% Identifies and documents Market information including competitive analysis, threats, trends and information that would be helpful to management, sales and marketing.
Expertise in working in web portals ,mobile apps and back end (web services, db implemnetation), cloud migration
Leading strategic and innovation idea creation and implementation
Mastery in holistic Product management lifecycle from discovery to post implementation analytics
Expertise in Google Analytics tool and understanding implementation to analytics
Managing Demanding stakeholders in a complex work environment
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
Education Details: Product Management, Engineering, Information Technology or related field
Experience: 10 years experience product management and/or product owner experience
In Lieu of Education
In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)
Proficient in project planning and life cycle development., Expert
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal., Expert
Proficient in Agile methodologies, principles, and procedures., Expert
Ability to use Product KPIs and business metrics to optimize the product., Expert
Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems., Expert
Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines., Expert
The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes them ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs. Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time. Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence. Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.
Licenses/Certifications
Certified Product Manager (CPM)-AIPMM Upon Hire Pref
Certified Product Marketing Manager (CPMM)-AIPMM Upon Hire Pref
EEO:
"Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."
Develops and Implements strategy for the company's product line and is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision. Working with Product Owners, IT, and other stakeholders to prioritize product and customer requirements against the business strategy, product roadmap, and value drivers. Partners closely with engineering to ensure we deliver winning products that meet CareFirst and member needs. Oversees the product roadmap development process ensuring it includes the UX, design teams, operations managers, engineering managers, and finance teams. Confirms project deadlines with support from the product owners and delivery team. To ensure the product development stages meet internal and external stakeholders'. expectations. Also, provide timely and accurate communication of updates to the product's overall deployment. Reports on product performance using latent and predictive data to confirm that product performance meets high-reliability standards. Ensuring overall product success.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
20% Leads the entire product management life cycle -Translates business strategy are reflected in downstream product processes. Ensures all stakeholder's features, requirements, and acceptance criteria support delivery and testing of new products and features. May also manage beta programs, manage the development of product marketing materials and technical documentation. Ensure new products align with and supports existing products where applicable.
20% Leverages research market research as inputs into the product roadmap to confirm market demand. Done by gathering feedback from customers and analyzing product landscape, updates existing products and new technologies. .Ensures Product Owners' backlogs incorporates this data in their prioritization processes.
20% Defines the product roadmap showing the value derived at each delivery of functionality milestones. These milestones do not dictate architecture; they define features or capabilities, normally documented through business strategy and translation of that strategy into workflows, user stories, or required features.
15% Responsible and/or assists with go-to market strategy and launches for new products; facilitates product release with product owners, engineering, sales, supply chain, etc.; educates internal and external stakeholders. Will also develops/delivers product presentations.
10% Facilitates marketing and stakeholder communications for all products including clear ability to translate technical solutions into value proposition.
10% Works with finance, where applicable, to define revenue drivers and pricing to ensure competitiveness in the market as well as financial profitability in the marketplace
5% Identifies and documents Market information including competitive analysis, threats, trends and information that would be helpful to management, sales and marketing.
Expertise in working in web portals ,mobile apps and back end (web services, db implemnetation), cloud migration
Leading strategic and innovation idea creation and implementation
Mastery in holistic Product management lifecycle from discovery to post implementation analytics
Expertise in Google Analytics tool and understanding implementation to analytics
Managing Demanding stakeholders in a complex work environment
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
Education Details: Product Management, Engineering, Information Technology or related field
Experience: 10 years experience product management and/or product owner experience
In Lieu of Education
In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)
Proficient in project planning and life cycle development., Expert
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal., Expert
Proficient in Agile methodologies, principles, and procedures., Expert
Ability to use Product KPIs and business metrics to optimize the product., Expert
Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems., Expert
Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines., Expert
The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes them ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs. Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time. Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence. Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.
Licenses/Certifications
Certified Product Manager (CPM)-AIPMM Upon Hire Pref
Certified Product Marketing Manager (CPMM)-AIPMM Upon Hire Pref
EEO:
"Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."