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Senior Product Manager
Pearson
Centennial, CO, United States
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SUMMARY
The Software Product Manager (“Product Manager”) provides day-to-day leadership for a cross-functional software delivery team made up of engineers, quality assurance engineers and user-experience designers. The Product Manager also works closely with the Project Management Organization to ensure timely delivery and cross-team coordination of schedules and dependencies. The Product Manager is involved throughout every stage of life cycle (idea, definition, design, development, release, and post-release activities).
We are looking for a passionate, ambitious candidate to:
• Help deliver innovative, industry-leading solutions
• Continually infuse his/her product with improvements focused on improving learner outcomes
• Maintain and groom a product backlog while understanding its role in the broader strategic picture
The ideal candidate’s unique blend of soft skills and technical understanding will enable them to translate key requirements into a format that designers love bringing to life and engineers love to build.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned:
• Elicit, manage and prioritize requirements throughout the product development lifecycle
• Define, measure, and socialize success metrics for the product or product family
• Maintain close relationships with internal stakeholders in order to communicate the product roadmap & upcoming releases, as well as gather feedback on customer and prospect needs or technical issues & requirements
• Be the technical liaison between customers and the engineering and architecture groups
• Evaluate new technologies that may be incorporated into future releases of the product or product family
• Forge strategic links / partnerships with other internal groups & initiatives within Pearson
• Assist in crafting Pearson’s marketing position and public relations messages
MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
This position is not anticipated to require any managerial responsibilities in the near-term.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical field (e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering etc.)
-Minimum of 1+ year product management experience including the following:
-Development of large-scale, web-based systems / portals
-Managing product development for multiple development teams or initiatives simultaneously
-Working both horizontally and vertically with multiple cross-functional teams from UX to Product Marketing & Strategy
• Working in an Agile development environment (Scrum preferred)
• Building and consuming web services (preferred)
-Minimum of 3+ years experience in a software development environment
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Understanding of customer needs, preferably in the eLearning & distance learning industry
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving / critical thinking skills
• Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to identify opportunities
• A curious mind that can create and improve user experiences
• Ability to evangelize and be the advocate for a product or strategy
• Ability to present ideas and plans clearly, and confidently to all levels of management and customers
• Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams
• Ability to make sound and timely decisions
• Ability to manage multiple projects during the same time period effectively
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with business and technical teams
• Ability to conduct primary and secondary consumer research
• Detail oriented