Sr. Product Manager - Detroit

Company: Vaco
Location: Detroit
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

Sr. Product Manager You will become an expert on our corporate strategy and work with senior leaders to develop a vision and roadmap to move a key portion of the company forward. You will lead project teams tasked with evolving the people, processes, and technology needed to execute against the vision. This includes designing new business processes, defining roles/responsibilities, prioritizing solutions needs, and delivering functionality through technology.In this role, you will utilize aspects of digital transformation, portfolio, product, Agile, and project management, business analysis, and change management as you work with every level of the organization.A successful candidate will have played a key role in successful transformation efforts that extend beyond technology products.Responsibilities

• Reports into SVP, Transformation, and Product and may have dotted line reporting to other members of the Executive Team
• Collaborate with leaders to develop a vision and roadmap for your assigned part of the corporate strategy by leveraging a holistic view of our company, data-driven insights, and industry knowledge
• Build broad consensus around objectives, goals, and prioritization of the roadmap while communicating dependencies.
• Analyze and communicate operational impacts and suggest alternatives that may achieve the same objectives in faster, easier, or simpler ways - you know how to think about the art of the possible
• Partner with an executive sponsor and a cross-functional team to plan and develop scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, risk assessment, change management plan, budget, and timing for new projects
• Capture and communicate proposed solutions in the form of clearly understood documents and requirements
• Identify key requirements and deliverables needed to ensure the outcomes of a project are realized
• Daily participation and management of the projects throughout its lifecycle using Agile principles and Scrum ceremonies
• Provide concise and effective written and verbal updates on the roadmap and key projects to senior leadership and stakeholders
• Develop measurement and control processes to verify processes are being followed and that benefits are being realized - we want to make sure what are doing is having a positive impact on the businessRequired SkillsYou are
  • Resourceful and the have the ability to find solutions even when they are not obvious
  • Able to coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and change because priorities will adjust in response to the market. You know how to balance proactive and reactive strategy and execution.
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to drill down into tactical considerations
  • A team player with the proven ability to foster and manage working relationships within a matrixed environment with a positive attitude
  • Business and outcome-focused
  • Passionate problem solverYou have, ideally,
    • Strong process, Agile, and project management skills
    • Participated in multiple solution delivery projects as a Business Analyst (preferably in the Media / Advertising or Digital industry)
    • Sharp analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills - you can independently think about and understand the problem at hand. You should be able to properly frame and structure it to discern a solution
    • Outstanding listening skills
    • Effective and impactful oral, written, and presentation communication skills
    • Strong influencing skills - you are able to achieve goals without direct control over resources
    • Experience working in a fast-paced environment preferred
    • Excellent organization and time management skills
    • Strong Excel skills for data analysis
    • Experience managing and reporting on projects using Atlassian tools - JIRA and Confluence

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