Key Responsibilities

• Plan and execute initiatives for registry clients which include responsibilities such as business development, scope facilitation, product specifications, and overall delivery to market/client.
• Conceptualize and mature business ideas or concepts into clear, actionable proposals and/or feature requests; this may require distilling a feature request into its underlying functionality to recommend the most fitting implementation approach.
• Collaborate as a leader with clients, commercial or product peers, architecture and technical teams to structure priorities, allocate resources, communicate or refine business concepts, and challenge implementation approaches as needed.
• Document product specifications with highest degree of caliber, cataloging both functional and nonfunctional requirements.
• Lead the engineering effort to market, from project inception and client-facing workshops through to status reports, UAT, and go-live efforts, keeping in line with company policy and standards.
• Evaluate the product portfolio from a business and software delivery perspective, with an emphasis on how to best sequence the pipeline and/or develop a business opportunity.
• Establish the success metrics of an initiative at project onset, relying on previous, proven work experiences and current-day research to garner consensus and alignment from cross-functional teams.
• Maintain a general understanding or working knowledge of the IT systems and their connections
• Champion agile methodology and other standards or tools to gain efficiencies in product specification, UI/UX design, and project management.

Required

• Computer Science Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in IT, Systems Administration, or related disciplines. MBA is a plus.
• 5+ years as a product manager, preferably in a SaaS offering and/or the environmental, carbon, or ESG market spaces.
• Proven track record of portfolio delivery, 2MM++
• Experience in an IT role is a plus.
• Experience using Azure or Jira for Agile projects.
• Certified in Agile is a plus.
• Working knowledge of markup languages, HTML, CSS, SQL, and NoSQL is a plus

Preferred Skills

• Exceptional communications skills and client presence in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong project management and analytical skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and results oriented.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technology and business partners, and to lead compromises between the two.
• Ability to lead a portfolio of projects to success.
• Ability to create user journeys, user stories, wireframes, and basic diagrams to convey ideas.
• Forge trusted partnerships across the organization.