Product Management Director

October 22

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Description

• The Director, Product Management is responsible for spearheading the development and lifecycle of products and solutions in support of our customer needs and business objectives. • Collaborates with stakeholders across a variety of functions such as Marketing and IT to understand key business and customer objectives, understand technology solutions and dependencies, define best-in-class user experiences, and analyze data to inform product roadmaps. • Develops action plans and strategic direction for functional areas and maintains alignment with product managers to ensure the successful development of the entire product line. • Ensures that the product and marketing efforts support the overall business strategy and goals. • Responsible for education, championing, and implementation of Product Management best practices throughout the organization. • Define and communicate the product vision in support of the consumer strategy, including maintaining a clear product roadmap aligned to delighting customers and driving aggressive growth in the short- and long-term. • Provide leadership and be the expert on the competitive landscape, driving processes to identify current and potential competitors, research competitive products, and maintain competitive information. • Represent the customer: build strong customer relationships, develop deep insights on evolving customer requirements, be the champion and voice of the customer, bring the customer's voice into the product development process. • Manage the roadmap: make prioritization decisions to adjust based on engineering tradeoffs and customer feedback, own development of business cases to support proposed investment priorities. • Partner with Business Development to identify key partnerships to help drive awareness and differentiating offerings in the marketplace.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of management that is directly related work experience. • Cross-functional collaboration and project management - able to collaborate with various functional partners to source data, define business objectives, probe/ask questions, drive alignment. • Ability to ensure the confidentiality of sensitive information and thrive in a fast-paced, intellectually demanding and service-oriented environment. • Expertise in managing time and schedules to meet aggressive deadlines and influence through persuasive written and verbal communication. • Possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy that includes a big-picture vision and the drive to make that vision a reality. • Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products. • Track record of using qualitative and quantitative data to prioritize and drive decision-making. • Experience with end-to-end product delivery. • Experience working in an Agile development environment. • Effective presentations to customers. • Outstanding attention to detail and organizational skills. • Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• Extensive paid time off programs (paid holidays, sick, and unlimited vacation time) • Healthcare coverage options to fit you (and your family’s) needs • Retirement savings, with matching contributions by Rocket Software • Life and disability coverage • Leadership and skills training opportunities • Two paid work days for off-site training