
Manager, Product Owner - Product Manager Broker & Partner Engagement
- Plymouth Meeting, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Fluent in both English and Spanish, verbal and written is required
- Responsible for product-specific business objectives and customer satisfaction with the product
- Responsible for articulating and translating the overall business vision into strategy and tactics for specific journeys and/or product(s)
- Responsible for overseeing a set of products and ensuring product teams are appropriately resourced, focused on the key priorities, alignment between roadmaps to achieve portfolio/channel objectives
- Manages a small team of Product Owners and leads Agile teams and stakeholders to align priorities, remove roadblocks and secure resources for less complex journeys and/or product(s)
- Accountable for outcomes and key KPI`s tied directly to business objectives
- Sets ambitious and clear channel strategy, develops comprehensive product vision, and translates into specific feature strategies and roadmaps for less complex journeys and/or product(s)
- Responsible for business results of the related set of customer journeys or products as measured by relevant KPI`s
- Responsible for communicating the product vision effectively to key stakeholders and team members
- Works closely with IT and other Business Unit counterparts to ensure resource alignment in support of product vision and roadmaps
- Ensures customer-driven design considering user pain points usability test results, while using market industry knowledge to deliver a well-positioned product
- Owns alignment of development and business resources on goals and priorities while working with stakeholders and team to remove roadblocks to execution
- Directly manages a small team of Product Owner/ Associate product Owners who are responsible for all aspects of customer journey/product lifecycles
- May also act as a Product Owner for a squad
- Participates to provide feedback, support, coaching, in sprint-and release plans together with Scrum Master
- Manages delivery of scope, partners with delivery teams to ensure user stories are clear and resolves open issues/questions quickly and efficiently
- Acts as the `voice of the customer
- Leads the analysis of feasibility, cost ramifications, economies, or other aspects of planned or potential programs
- Approves final stories and approves completed user features or series of features
- Advanced knowledge of Agile development methodologies as typically acquired through a Bachelors` degree in relevant field (business, computer science, etc. and a minimum of 7 years` experience in business, engineering, technology and/or consulting
- Master`s degree preferred
- High level of proven business expertise needed to set clear priorities for product and understand business value impacts
- Technical proficiency required to participate in sprint planning and have an informed, independent voice
- Strong influencing skills in order to be seen as the decision maker when interfacing with business, and willingness to dissent with both teams and business
- Proven experience with Agile practices and expectations
- Comfortable with making decisions with some level of uncertainty
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal