Product Manager

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.


Job Title: Product Manager.
Location: Reston, VA.

Purpose:

• Develops and Implements strategy for the company's product line and is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision.
• Working with Product Owners, IT, and other stakeholders to prioritize product and customer requirements against the business strategy, product roadmap, and value drivers.
• Partners closely with engineering to ensure we deliver winning products that meet client and member needs.
• Oversee the product roadmap development process ensuring it includes the UX, design teams, operations managers, engineering managers, and finance teams.
• Confirms project deadlines with support from the product owners and delivery team. To ensure the product development stages meet internal and external stakeholders' expectations.
• Also, provide timely and accurate communication of updates to the product's overall deployment.
• Reports on product performance using latent and predictive data to confirm that product performance meets high reliability standards. Ensuring overall product success.

Job Description:

• Expertise in working in web portals, mobile apps and back end (web services, Datab implementation), cloud migration.
• Leading strategic and innovative idea creation and implementation.
• Mastery in holistic Product management lifecycle from discovery to post implementation analytics.
• Expertise in Google Analytics tool and understanding implementation to analytics.
• Managing Demanding stakeholders in a complex work environment.

Essential Functions:

• 20% Leads the entire product management life cycle - Translates business strategy are reflected in downstream product processes. Ensures all stakeholders' features, requirements, and acceptance criteria support delivery and testing of new products and features. May also manage beta programs, manage the development of product marketing materials and technical documentation. Ensure new products align with and support existing products where applicable.
• 20% Leverages research market research as inputs into the product roadmap to confirm market demand. Done by gathering feedback from customers and analyzing product landscape, updates existing products and new technologies. Ensures Product Owners' backlogs incorporate this data in their prioritization processes.
• 20% Defines the product roadmap showing the value derived at each delivery of functionality milestones. These milestones do not dictate architecture; they define features or capabilities, normally documented through business strategy and translation of that strategy into workflows, user stories, or required features.
• 15% Responsible and/or assists with go-to market strategy and launches for new products; facilitates product release with product owners, engineering, sales, supply chain, etc.; educates internal and external stakeholders. Will also develop/delivers product presentations.
• 10% Facilitates marketing and stakeholder communications for all products including clear ability to translate technical solutions into value proposition.
• 10% Works with finance, where applicable, to define revenue drivers and pricing to ensure competitiveness in the market as well as financial profitability in the marketplace.
• 5% Identifies and documents Market information including competitive analysis, threats, trends and information that would be helpful to management, sales and marketing.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in project planning and life cycle development., Expert.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal., Expert.
• Proficient in Agile methodologies, principles, and procedures., Expert.
• Ability to use Product KPIs and business metrics to optimize the product., Expert.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems., Expert.
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines., Expert.

Education Level:

• Bachelor's Degree.

Education Details:

• Product Management, Engineering, Information Technology or related fields.

Experience:

• 10 years' experience product management and/or product owner experience.

In Lieu of Education:

• In lieu of a bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Certified Product Manager (CPM)-AIPMM Upon Hire - Preferred.
• Certified Product Marketing Manager (CPMM)-AIPMM Upon Hire - Preferred.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.