Technical Product Manager

Summary:

The Principal Product Manager is responsible for defining product strategy and implementing products that contribute to the success of the business with measurable impact. This role requires product expertise, leadership, a track record of partnering with executive stakeholders, and technical expertise. The individual in this role will have extensive experience launching successful products and expertly partnering to enable efficient product delivery using agile methodologies. This role will drive innovation, efficiency, and improve the overall customer and team member experience. 

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Defines and communicates a Product’s vision, strategy, and roadmap addressing business objectives, customer feedback, and competitors. 

• An extensive track record of leading with influence and gaining alignment on vision and strategy. 

• Develops a Product’s phases and execution plans including the Minimum Viable Product and iterative enhancements to ensure value is delivered incrementally to achieve the vision and business objectives. 

• Creates high-quality Product presentations, artifacts, and demos to gain alignment. 

• Expertise in effectively communicating with both technical and business stakeholders. 

• Expertly guides product direction for a cross-functional team of design, engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure execution to plan acting as a leader for the whole team. 

• Measures Product performance by clearly defining, tracking, and reporting on success metrics  

• Optimizes Product performance by eliciting feedback and identifying Product enhancements  

• Displays strong leadership skills when roadblocks or challenges arise, leveraging skills and experiences to resolve issues 

• Shares best practices and Mentors teammates on Product Management principals. 

• Partners with Product Leadership to improve Product Management processes. 

• Comply with all company policies and procedures.

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.

Other Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position is an individual contributor.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Advanced knowledge of UX design principles and best practices.

• Experience leading a horizontal team with vertical stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with both technical and business stakeholders.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or business-related field and 9-10  years of experience in a Product or comparable role; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in Mortgage, Banking, Real Estate, or Financial Services, preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

None Required

Work Complexity:

Problems and issues faced are numerous, typically undefined where information is difficult to obtain. Conducts extensive investigation to understand root cause of problems and how to make sense of them in the larger financial/mortgage (or job-specific) industry. Problems span a wide range of difficult and unique issues across functions and/or businesses. 

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is normally performed in a typical interior office work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions of the position either with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants as well as employees are encouraged to meet with Human Resources as the organization shall review reasonable accommodations on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities:

The statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as an all-inclusive list of all the work requirements of the position. The company may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.
 

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