Senior Product Manager

Job Title: Senior Product Manager - Remote



Duration (Contract): 15 Months



Client Location: Phoenix, AZ

Location Preference: Remote

Job Description:

• Serve as the primary contact for product and IT partners to ensure that resource demand is well documented along with cross domain dependencies as known, understanding program roadmaps and prioritization.

• Actively manage BCAT PI readiness backlog; bridging intake and triage with time commitments and readiness to ensure continued cadence and focus, in alignment with workforce forecasting and planning.

• Actively manage logistics of internal release board, ensuring a focus on outstanding product deliverables, carryover commitments and identifying associate/client impactful releases and internal communication needs.

• Actively manage BCAT intake backlog ensuring timely assignment and understanding of the time commitments requested and key drivers. Assist in tactical prioritization in partnership with Product and Tech PLs.

• From time to time, may be required to coordinate cadence and follow up on cross-team, large program time-sensitive defects, and team-specific warranty issues as applicable, with focus on key project showstoppers, helping to assess priority and understanding of client or associate impact.

• Responsible for department focused roll up reporting and communication on key metrics pertaining to pipeline and priority items.

• Tracking production release of all committed work across PIs

• Maintenance of Product Catalog documentation

• Assist in PDLC domain rollout

• Assembly of opportunities and focus items for tactical improvements.

• Provide thought-leadership on demand needs and insight on process improvement

• Facilitate and drive issues resolution and retrospectives between stakeholders

• Understand both business and technical dependencies between business areas and within systems that support or may be impacted by middle office functionality; upstream as well as downstream

• Develop 'As Is' knowledge of platform systems and 'To Be' system solutions and flows

• Assist CAT in handling complex, high-profile projects (across multiple domains, systems, and stakeholders)

• Adapt to changing priorities and managing of multiple tasks

Required Skills, Experiences, Education and Competencies:

• Strong critical thinking skills a must

• Proven ability to build a strong partnership and trust with stakeholders

• Strategic mindset to help drive product management decisions, governance, and long-term vision

• Risk and issues management for domain level risks and interdependencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to quickly analyze data to identify key insights and apply them to the business, quantitative, and qualitative analysis

• Confidence in presenting both strategic and tactical vision to the team and management for both big-picture planning and day-to-day management of project goal

• Understanding of cross-functional dependencies and how they impact project execution

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and negotiation skills

• Product and project management skills; business judgment, including ability to balance resources need, evaluate and address risks, and concisely articulate trade-off decisions

• Strong orientation to clients, including ability to understand needs and apply this knowledge to product enhancements, online user experience, and communication content (internal and external)

• Ability to analyze and communicate technology recommendations to business stakeholders

• 5-to-10 years' experience managing requirements for multiple large, complex, and cross functional projects. Emphasis on systems, technologies, business process redesign, and knowledge of technical environments

• 7-10 years' experience in software development methodology (Agile Framework), preferred

• Proven ability to write business requirements, including user stories, use case development and workflow documentation

• High attention to detail and the ability to see things through from concept to implementation

• Securities Industry/Operational background preferred, a focus on account open solutions

• Prior working knowledge of JIRA or any related Scrum tools preferred

• Competence in Microsoft Office tools including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent business experience

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $50.00 to $80.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills, experience, location, and industry.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.