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Product Manager
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
New York, NY, United States
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ELA Product Manager
The Technical Product Manager is a vital resource within the company and is responsible for overseeing assigned aspects of the product line with an emphasis on new product development, product line growth/profitability, and life cycle management. Primary responsibilities include product line planning; guiding content and technology development; advocating for customer/sales needs; guiding market research activities.
Primary Responsibilities:
Product Planning and Product Development
• Manages the product line P&L, collaborating with functional leaders to deliver results
• Drives product strategy and vision to deliver high quality products and/or features on schedule and budget that meet customer needs and corporate goals.
• Communicates project scope changes, prioritization reasoning, and decisions affecting product delivery
• Leverage data (usage, efficacy, etc.) to define project deliverables to support delivery of high quality products on schedule that meet customer needs
• Lead Agile product development team as Product Owner or Subject Matter Expert (SME), attending daily Scrum meetings, keeping Scrum artifacts visible, helping resolve impediments to the team, and assisting with sprint planning and review meetings. Based on user requirements, write user stories and acceptance criteria, create prototypes and/or wireframes for new products
• Work collaboratively with engineering to design, implement, and test features
• Manages product lifecycle management from initial conceptualization, authorization, development, launch, maintenance and sunsetting products
• Liaise between core project team and internal stakeholders (e.g. engineering, editorial, design, marketing, research, QA, etc.) to collect and synthesize feedback, manage/align project schedules, and motivate team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to assure timely completion of all tasks associated with development process, gather feedback across organization for a continuous improvement model.
• Make recommendations for revisions of and extensions for existing solutions, including product customization, new components, and pricing models.
• Create market and business requirements for new solutions that satisfy customer needs and revenue/profit goals.
Product Life Cycle Management
• Analyze financial performance of an assigned product, including investment, revenue, and profitability
• Implement tasks in the product launch and sunset process
• Implement product maintenance plans and manage the phases and gates in the product life cycle
Marketing Strategy
• Work with Product Marketing on go-to-market strategy for new products or solutions
• Identify product positioning strategies. Partner with Product Marketing and Sales to ensure proper competitive positioning for product or solution
Product Evangelist
• Serve as product expert across the HMH organization
• Provide support for the sales and services enablement process
• Assist with key customers
Communication
• Maintain strong, ongoing channels of communication with sales force and other functional areas within Supplemental and Intervention Solutions (SIS) and across the company.
Requirements:
• BS/BA in related discipline with approximately 3+ years of related industry or functional experience; Masters preferred
• Technical background, experience with technology product management or development
• Proficient use of Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Strong communication skills
• Highly organized
Preferred:
• Presentation skills
• Knowledge of the ELA Core and Supplemental Market
• Understanding of the Educational Sales Market
• HMH Product knowledge
Physical Requirements
• Might be in a stationary position for a considerable time (sitting and/or standing).
• The person in this position needs to move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Must be able to collaborate with colleagues via face to face, conference calls, and online meetings.
ABOUT US:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (NASDAQ:HMHC) is a global learning company dedicated to changing people’s lives by fostering passionate, curious learners. As a leading provider of pre-K–12 education content, services, and cutting-edge technology solutions across a variety of media, HMH enables learning in a changing landscape. HMH is uniquely positioned to create engaging and effective educational content and experiences from early childhood to beyond the classroom. HMH serves more than 50 million students in over 150 countries worldwide, while its award-winning children's books, novels, non-fiction, and reference titles are enjoyed by readers throughout the world.
PLEASE NOTE:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an equal employment opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.