Job Summary:
As a Senior Product Manager, you will fill a strategic product role responsible for representing the interests of the customer for the development team. You will play a critical role in planning and executing the product strategy and roadmap for our product solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams (such as engineering, quality assurance/testing, customer success, etc) to build a product that fulfills a product vision and turns it into business success.
The focus will be on innovating with Payscale data assets to new data products that deliver net new use cases and value to Payscale customers. This includes developing better compensation insights and/or market conditions and competitive insight to enable Payscale customers to make data-informed decisions.
This role requires a strong technical understanding of data and platform technologies as well as a strong reporting and analytic background to be able to innovate and drive insights at scale.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Work cross-functionally across product, engineering, architecture, data/behavioral science, and other areas to successfully develop and market new data products related to compensation.
- Work closely with developers, product managers, and data/behavioral scientists to understand problems, capture new ideas, and manage a prioritized backlog of requirements.
- Establish and maintain current knowledge of competitive product positioning, feature sets, and messaging.
- Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value and is aligned with product strategy.
- Align stakeholders on priorities and relative investment in feature development.
- Assist in holding the engineering team accountable for scope, goals, and timelines.
- Assist in the management of communication around feature plans and delivery.
- Contribute to a long-term product roadmap that aligns with business objectives and vision.
- Assist in packaging articulation and strategies for Payscale’s platform and products.
- If necessary, provide leadership to scrum teams as the Product Owner.
Qualifications, Abilities, and Skills Required:
Education:
- A MS/BS Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Experience:
- 5+ years’ experience as a technical Product Owner or Product Manager designing or developing software in the data space
- Demonstrated track record in defining product strategy and establishing a clear set of product principles.
- Experience working in data platforms, data management, and data integration.
- Experience driving cross-functional product initiatives that yielded clear user and business outcomes.
- Strong technical background in data and analytic platforms and the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, architects, and scientists.
- Solid communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate complex ideas, plans, and business cases.
- Independently driven, resourceful, and able to deliver results in a self-directed way.
- Experience working in an Agile/Lean software environment
- Management experience is a plus.
Key Competencies and Skills:
- Understand Data, Data Management, and Data Analytics
- Ability to resolve conflicting end-user requirements.
- A demonstrated track record of successfully delivering complex projects with demanding deadlines.
- Team player with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and goals.
- In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principles
- Superior project management skills and the ability to lead a team of people towards a common goal/vision.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and diagnostic skills.
- Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
- Creative thinker with a vision
- Detailed-oriented and self-directed.
- Business and Technically savvy, able to work with development and design team members
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Demonstrated market success managing existing products and optimizing their performance.
- Results Oriented.
Compensation
In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position is $137,200 - $205,800, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses. This position is also eligible for an annual corporate bonus of 15%. If you are hired at Payscale, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider any internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on benefits listed below).
As the industry leader in compensation management, Payscale is on a mission to help job seekers, employees, and businesses get pay right and to make sustainable fair pay a reality. Empowering more than 65% of the Fortune 500, Payscale provides a combination of diverse and dynamic data sources, experienced compensation services, and scalable software to enable organizations such as Angel City Football Club, Panasonic, Mars Global, eBay, American Airlines and PetSmart to make fair and appropriate pay decisions.
Pay is powerful. To learn more, visit www.payscale.com.
Payscale has an employee centric remote-first model that provides you the flexibility to do your best work in a space that supports you, while also finding time to collaborate in person for the moments that matter.
In our remote-first model, employees can work from the location that works best for them. We do not have centralized corporate offices. Employees can choose to work from home, in company-paid co-working spaces, or any combination of the two that best suits their unique needs.
When it matters (usually no more than a few times a year) we take the time to gather for in-person events.
Payscale has employees across the US, Canada, and the UK, however we are currently unable to hire in the Quebec Province, Northern Ireland, and Hawaii.
All around awesome culture where together we strive to live our 5 values:
- Respect every individual, work as a team
- Be Customer first, customer centric
- Have a Bias towards action
- Commit to excellence (we give our best everyday)
- Make Data driven decisions
An open and inclusive environment where you’ll learn and grow through programs and resources like:
- Monthly company All Hands meetings
- Regular opportunities for executive leadership exposure through things like AMAs
- Access to continued learning & development opportunities
- Our commitment to a continuous feedback culture which allows us to drive performance and career growth
- A growing network of Employee Resource Groups
- Company sponsored volunteer hours
- And more!
Our more standard benefits
- Flexible paid time off, giving you the opportunity to rest, relax, and recharge away from work
- 13 Paid Company Holidays, including 2 floating holidays (you choose!)
- A comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, life, vision, disability, and life insurance covered up to 100% by Payscale
- Unlimited infertility coverage benefits through our medical plans
- Additional supplemental health benefits offered to you and your family
- 401(k) retirement program with a fully vested immediate company match
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
- Health Savings Account (HSA) options and company contributions each pay period
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for pre-tax employee allocations
- Annual remote work stipend to be used on wellness or home office equipment
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