Product Manager Senior

Company: Fast Switch - Great Lakes
Location: Dearborn
Posted on: January 14, 2021

Job Description:

Product Manager Senior #429741Job Description:* Understands business and user priorities, and technical feasibility in order to prioritize the product backlog and manage risks.* Focus on delivering product value through careful and deliberate prioritization using data.* Work with product designers (internal and/or external) to ensure timely delivery of designs and assets to the engineering development team.* Conduct product experiments, user interviews and other validation techniques to gather feedback and product insights* Initiates or translates the product road map into manageable product features in the backlog through scoping sessions.* Work hands-on with the product team to prioritize, plan, and deliver the product* Ensures the backlog is populated with enough prioritized user stories that are ready to be estimated for the next two iterations.* Defines analytics to be collected regarding the product and prioritizes their collection.* Verifies that the delivered software product meets desired business outcomes.* Redefines the backlog content to optimize business outcomes based on software product feedback.* Employs and/or champions Agile software processes, culture, best practices, and techniques.* Gathers user and stakeholder feedback to drive improvements and manage the product roadmap.* Actively employs user research using lean validation techniques.* Actively manages features and dependencies in and across product releases.* Communicates openly and frequently with the team by being responsive to in-person prompts.* Actively works to identify and remove/ mitigate risks and blockers to product delivery.* Assesses the overall health of the product and prompts key decisions to move it forward.Skills Required:* Must be able to think and act strategically, without constraints, but be able to operationalize* Strong communication, collaborative, and influencing skills* Proven ability to work closely with upper management* Strong personal presence to be able to represent technical concerns in Product Line prioritization Experience Required:5+ years with progressive responsibilities in IT and Agile Framework with Lean Product Management PrincipalsEducation Required:* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field* Master's degree desirable Additional Info:At Fast Switch - Great Lakes (FSGL), Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Isn't that cool? Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve, and have a little fun along the way.We at FSGL, have been doing this for 22 years with pride, dedication and plain old-fashioned--hard work.We're a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things, and we do them for Fortune 10 companies, Inc. 500 companies, and technology start-ups.Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose just the benefits that you need or want, options include:* Medical and Dental (Fast Switch pays majority of the medical program)* Vision* Personal Time Off (PTO) Program* Long Term Disability (100% paid)* Life Insurance (100% paid)* 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar matchPlus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.One of our pride points as that in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Fast Switch was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press.To view all of our open positions, please go to: https://clientapps.jobadder.com/45103/fast-switchFollow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/FastSwitchGLFollow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/fastswitchgl/Find us on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fast-switch-great-lakesAnd you can become a fan of Fast Switch on Facebook at: https://tinyurl.com/v4p9yy7

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