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Product Manager
| Company | Finra |
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| Location | North Bethesda, MD, USA |
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| Salary | $95300 – $206200 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, MBA |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Communications, or related field (or equivalent work experience in a related field)
- 5 years of experience in one or more of the following: product management, project management, business analysis, program management, or product marketing
- 3 years of experience in product and/or experience management
- Strong writing ability
- Strong business acumen
- Experience with Agile software development
- Experience working cross-functionally in a large organization
- Experience working closely with senior leadership
- Experience translating data into quantifiable actions/deliverables
Responsibilities
- Develops solid understanding of the business and product areas within focus, as well as the relevant data that can be used to inform key decisions
- Defines the product and identifies gaps and user needs by creating a vision, strategy, and requirements documents for a product
- Utilizes available data to identify user needs
- Performs experiments and participates in primary research to uncover additional user value
- Develops, manages, and owns the product roadmap at the product level
- Makes trade-off decisions for a product
- Demonstrates expertise within their product area
- Builds partnerships with relevant stakeholder teams
- Coordinates with interdependent teams
- Builds and leverages solid working relationships with business and product stakeholders, UI/UX, architecture, and technology teams to facilitate product and user success
- Participates in the intake process for their product domain
- Leads the product planning process by developing requirements documents (user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases) for a product or product release
- Maintains a prioritized backlog based on defined user value, aligning with product strategy and resource capacity; uses data and analytics to prioritize the product backlog appropriately
- Works closely with UI/UX to set the direction for the design of the user experience of a product
- Determines release goals, prioritization, implementation, and iteration plans for a product according to user value
- Facilitates the development process by reviewing demos with the technology team and validating acceptance criteria for the product
- Provides UX/UI approval for the assigned product
- Tracks development work and identifying bugs at a product level
- Identifies issues that will keep the product from delivering on time or at the right level of quality, assesses alternatives to resolve, builds a plan for resolution, and communicates to leadership
- Leads product launches by working with relevant stakeholders to develop launch plans for a product
- Identifies issues and blockers that may delay the launch or impede the success of a product, and presents alternatives for resolution to leadership
- Coordinates formal UAT where necessary
- Develops product documentation and training materials for users in support of product launches
- Tracks and reports on product launch metrics, utilizing feedback to drive associated actions and product iteration
- Leads post-launch reviews and drives incorporation of feedback in future product releases
- Works with internal and external teams and users to identify, classify, and resolve product-level user issues
- Identifies new and innovative methods and metrics for tracking product success, works with the technology team to improve reports and monitoring
- Works with stakeholder teams to actively monitor metrics
- Tracks performance trends and gathers user feedback to determine product-level gaps, development opportunities, and if necessary, product end-of-life plans
- Represents team in product-level discussions with stakeholders
- Attends business reviews, supplying product/feature results as necessary; provides input into business cases when new products/features are being developed
- Provides coaching and guidance to more junior-level product management team members
- Follow, understand, and apply relevant industry trends, research, and best practices in technology and product management
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Business Administration or similar advanced degree
- CSPO Certification
- Experience in the Financial Services industry
- Strong financial acumen
