Product Manager - Military veterans preferred

2024-05-15
AppCast (https://www.appcast.io)
Other

/yr

  full-time   employee


Chicago
Illinois
60290
United States

At Boundless Learning we are empowering our partners to deliver exceptional experiences that expand opportunities for learners around the world. We put learner success at the heart of everything we do, empowering our partners to deliver personalized, learner-centric experiences that boost access and create economic mobility. At Boundless Learning you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with passionate, diverse teams, where your ideas are valued, and your expertise is respected. Join us on this meaningful journey towards transforming education and making a lasting difference in the lives of learners worldwide.

What we are looking for:

The Product Manager (PM) will join a growing innovation team within

Boundless Learning

’s

Product and Technology

group - which has direct responsibility for the quality of the products we build and support, from

inception

to launch.

Specifically, the PM will work with cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, data analysts and researchers and will foster strong, collaborative connections with business leaders. We are looking for an extremely entrepreneurial individual with a bias for action and completion and a desire to move quickly.

With your seasoned experience working in Agile & product-centric organizations, you will provide leadership to project teams to ensure the successful delivery of digital experience solutions, across multiple channels including web and mobile

.

Displays strong leadership, organizational and execution skills

Drive the planning and execution of digital products throughout their lifecycle, collaborating across disciplines (business, technology) on the product roadmap development, requirements gathering, and release planning

Engages customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to

determine

business requirements, technical considerations, and strategic objectives

Is the primary driver for

identifying

significant opportunities, and driving product vision,

strategies

and roadmaps in the context of broader organizational strategies and

goals

Incorporates data,

research

and market analysis to inform product strategies and

roadmaps

Leads and motivates a team of engineers and other cross-functional representatives, and

maintains

team health

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

Support the build, launch, and operationalization of products

Support continued development of

Boundless Learning’s

white label

marketplaces

Engage with partners as part of the innovation pitch and launch team to define product features and address technical

questions

Work cross functionally with dev and represent I&PS across relevant

Boundless Learning

teams

Work closely with development teams to ensure successful product implementations

Lead delivery of large-scale projects and managing multiple complex projects simultaneously.

Contribute to new product strategy

Translate complex analysis to simple communications

You will

establish

product requirements, goals, indicators, and milestones and work in partnership with other teams to work on your roadmap

Envision,

manage

and communicate priorities, roadmap and product strategy to business and technology

stakeholders

Identify

and actively build connections with relevant subject matter experts across the company to surface insights, to get them excited about what your team is building, and to pave the way for smoother future rollouts

Gain a holistic understanding of customers’ needs and

identify

the most

optimal

user experience

required

to support that, with a keen eye for building a beautiful, scalable product

Ensure successful product launches with go-to-market activities and post-launch analysis to inform future product direction

Serve as a product owner on the scrum team(s) and work with engineers to deliver a quality product on time

Things That Should Be

In

Your Background:

You have

5

+ years of experience in product management

Degree in Product Management or equivalent

Agile product certifications (

e.g.

Certified Scrum Product Owner or Certified

SAFe

PO/PM) or equivalent experience

Knowledge of technical engineering concepts (i.e., test-driven development, continuous delivery, etc.)

You have a passion for delivering an outstanding digital product experience

in managing the end-to-end product lifecycle to coordinate successful product launches

You empathize with users and thrive when analyzing & understanding partner feedback and collaborating with UI/UX designers

You enjoy digging deep into the data, analyzing user

feedback

and using these insights to drive product

improvements

You have

demonstrated

experience in gathering and transforming product requirements into an actionable product roadmap

You have a talent for building cross-functional connections with teams outside of your own

Experience working and delivering product or services in an agile/lean environment

You have strong written and verbal communication skills and are great at explaining highly technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences

You have a can-do attitude, a bias for action and completion and an ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously

You strike a healthy balance between speed of execution and

maintaining

a high-quality bar;

you perform quality review of major product deliverables and have

high standards

and strong dedication to product success

Ability to work under pressure, manage stakeholder expectations appropriately, and proactively manage risks and issues

Outcomes-motivated, ability to

determine

Indicators and explain how they can be met by the product plan.

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