Duration: 6 month contract - potential for extension
Compensation Range: $55-65 an hour
Description:
Product Management is responsible for overseeing the lifecycle, from inception to retirement, of IT products that are delivered to our customers, business associates and consumers. Manage the relationship between business functions and IT to provide IT product and user experience solutions to meet the needs of the business. Core Product Management, eCom and order management experience. Write detailed user stories, review and groom stories and partner with engineering teams during development, testing and launch. Partner with business team on requirements review, user demos, UAT, go live and post prod validations.
Responsibilities:
Responsibility for one or more major domains
Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization to provide product and user experience solutions to meet the business needs
Develops high level business requirements and translates them into functional specifications for the IT organization and manages changes to such specifications.
Possesses broad knowledge of technical design specifications and works with technology peers to help develop solutions
Negotiates agreements and commitments by facilitating communication between the business and IT from initial requirements to final implementation
Possess and may share subject-matter expertise or in-depth technical knowledge, uses expertise to further development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways
May provide tactical work direction to team members
Excellent knowledge of product management best practices, functional design and application delivery methodology
Customer focused with high quality standards, must possess strong presentation skills
Possesses solid knowledge of project management methodology
Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, business communication and writing skills
Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
Exercises strong judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise
Strong decision-making capabilities will have an impact on the success of short-term group or division operational goals
Frequently interacts with customers, and/or functional peer group IC'S/managers, normally involving matters between functional areas or internal customers
May interact with business leadership at all levels
May lead a cooperative effort among members of a project team
Qualifications:
Experience as a Product Manager
Experience in IT, order management, supply chain, logistics or fulfillment