Senior Director of Product Management - Enterprise Data and Integrations

September 19

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Description

• Lead a team of product owners, scrum masters, and analysts in the overall development and enhancement of products and services within the business area. • Establish a strategy/direction for our enterprise data usage and the ingestion of partner student data. • Act as lead business consultant/solution architect for complex, cross-functional initiatives, advising business stakeholders on potential best practices, and providing direction to ensure timely execution of goals. • Lead innovation efforts to identify and implement solutions to improve data quality, reliability and user confidence. • Manage a team of business data analysts in support of day-to-day operations and ongoing improvement efforts. • Lead efforts, as business needs evolve, to optimize the use of data to support business operations and reporting. • Embrace ownership of enterprise and partner data – how we get it, what we get, its accuracy, its timeliness, how it can be improved to improve our business. • Establish a roadmap for the long-term improvement of data for existing partners, along with the systems that support its intake. • Provide oversight and management of the onboarding of new partner data into existing intake processes. • Gather, research, and define requirements from business owners and translate business needs into solutions/system design. • Leverage stakeholder insights and business objectives when establishing requirements and translating them into goals for development and analysis teams. • Good knowledge of data analysis and integration principles, technologies, data modeling and architecture. • Explain data concepts, development techniques, and results in non-technical terms. • Translate end-user requirements into complex technical specifications. • Familiarity with a standard post-secondary education admissions processes and systems. • Work with data architects and Engineering teams to set the vision for the solutions and build a roadmap to successful implementation. • Collaborate with team members to identify needs and opportunities for improvement. • Work with design team to analyze and clarify requirements for projects. • Assist business stakeholders in prioritizing requirements and system enhancements. • Work with Project Managers to develop project schedules for related projects. • Responsible for flagging the timing of cross-functional deliverables. • Maintain product consistency and respond to design issues throughout the product lifecycle. • Build and maintain business relationships vital to the success of projects. • Develop product roadmap based on future technology, business expectations and needs. • Support day-to-day operations and ensure business issues are handled in a timely manner. • Manage assigned resources and ensure their ongoing growth and development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related field. • At least 10 years of product management and/or business analysis experience, preferably with analysis and data projects. • Strong analytic skills with experience analyzing complex systems. • Experience working in a higher education environment is preferred. • Strong relationship building skills; comfortable interacting with stakeholders at all levels throughout the business. • Strong analytical skills with experience in analyzing complex systems; excellent problem-solving, and interpersonal communication skills are a must. • Good understanding of data architecture preferred. • Detail-oriented with respect to documentation and communication; able to express complex concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing to business partners. • Good listening skills, with the ability to uncover underlying needs. • Experience working on data products and warehousing projects. • Must have a desire to achieve excellent project outcomes and exceed stakeholder expectations. • Works independently with limited supervision, coordinating projects to closure. • Must have experience working with cross-functional teams. • Understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies. (Waterfall, Iterative, AGILE) • Experience working with university admissions systems, such as Peoplesoft or Banner.

Benefits

• 18 days PTO + Winter Shutdown • 12 designated holidays + 1 floating holiday • Medical – four options • Dental • Vision • Life & Disability (company paid) • Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account • Retirement plan with company match • Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave (company paid) • Volunteer Time Off • Supplemental Benefits: Wellness program • Alternative medicine options • Pet discounts • Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity • Personal and Professional Development: Continuous Professional and Leadership Development Programs • Tuition Reimbursement for employees and their dependents • Rewards & Recognition programs