Job Title: Digital Product Manager Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid, 4 days onsite per week) Duration: 12 months Job Description: Creates user information solutions by developing, implementing and maintaining Java based components and interfaces. Working hand in hand with an agile scrum team, the Product Manager manages user story creation, prioritization, grooming, UAT, and oversight for top digital client experience as well as the primary point of contact for all production bugs and client escalations across the website and retail application. The Product Manager must be a client advocate, understanding client personas and associated needs, clearly define questions for UX Research, and understand impacts of UX Design options. The ability to quickly learn complex technical systems and think outside the box when problem solving is critical to meeting the dynamic demands of the business.
What you’ll do · You will be responsible for strategic vision and technical execution of our platform and cross-enterprise experiences. · You will translate product vision into specific deliverables and ensure rigor in execution and attention to detail by effectively managing the product backlog. · You will effectively lead a development scrum team toward key objectives and results. · You will be at the forefront of evolving the way we work across teams and the company by practicing design thinking, outcome-orientation, data driven decision making, and product experimentation. · You will frame challenges as problems that are solved through critical thinking and collaboration. · You will focus on business impact and produce actionable recommendations informed by high quality data analysis and metrics. · You will build key relationships, effectively lead a development scrum team, and influence teams across the enterprise to drive scale and deliver shared outcomes. ·You will be accountable for discovery and developing the client experience requirements. · You will prioritize work through opportunity validation and stakeholder consensus building. · You will develop an implementation plan by collaborating with a team to determine technical feasibility and sequencing dependencies. · You will lead the generation of innovative ideas based on market analytics and interactions with stakeholders, clients, and prospects. · You will champion Agile methodologies in daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, backlog prioritization, user story preparation and demos. · You will work cross-functionally with technical, design, business, and compliance counterparts to define product release requirements and investigate production issues as they arise. · You will deeply understand the backend architecture associated with your experiences. · You will lead data analysis, leveraging Adobe Analytics and Splunk.
What you have: · Prior experience as an Agile Product Owner or leading scrum teams with a deep understanding of agile methodologies and outcome driven roadmaps. · Strong digital product management skills, experience with enterprise platforms, and demonstrated ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data from multiple sources. · Strong knowledge base and experience developing or managing digital experiences, coupled with knowledge of the underlying technology, both current and emerging. · Skilled at working cross-functionally with technology, service, marketing, and product teams to design, develop and launch a complex digital experience. · Expert listening skills with the demonstrated ability to understand and refine the business intent behind stated requirements. · High emotional intelligence to embody our ‘through the client’s eyes’ mindset and ability to lead people through challenging projects and initiatives. · Curiosity, a can-do attitude, and the ability to learn quickly and thrive in a complex, dynamic environment. · Self-starter with outstanding organizational skills and ability to track multiple projects (3-4) in parallel with minimal direction. · Experience working in a large organization with many stakeholders · Effective relationship builder - ability to partner cross-functionally and work effectively with various personality types at all levels of the organization. · Superior communication skills, able to communicate complex messages and trade-offs and tell a compelling story. · Good understanding and/or experience with financial services regulations is a plus. · Experience with digital analytics; Adobe Analytics experience preferred.
Technical/Functional Qualifications: · 3 to 5 years agile scrum experience · 3 to 5 years digital Product Ownership experience · 3 to 5 years’ experience in a financial or fintech firm · Experience with responsive web and mobile app development · Experience with Jira and Confluence applications · Experience with Adobe Analytics preferred · Bachelor’s degree required
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
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LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $55.00/hr.
