We are looking for a former founder with an emphasis on bringing an entrepreneurial approach to an Innovative team! Those with experience in emerging tech, i.e. Web 3.0, AI, etc., will be given top consideration.

About Variable

Variable is an innovation team within a Fortune 100 company. Our mission is to discover, experiment, and build exciting technologies that leverage evolving frameworks, markets, and emerging technologies.

We are committed to encouraging a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where innovation thrives. We believe in long-term, strategic investment in innovation and talent, and we provide a stable and resilient platform for our team to grow their careers.

What's the role?

You will drive core product innovation as an authority in your field, using knowledge that is both deep and wide, and leveraged, to build the tools and experiences that empower advisors, and help clients achieve their dreams. Work with a dedicated team of engineers, designers, data scientists and financial experts to define product vision, strategy and deliver experiences that drive business outcomes.

What you'll be doing!

• Set Product Vision: Accountable for long term vision of a suite of products including multi-year funding strategies tied to business outcomes. Cultivate an understanding of the products.

• Develop Roadmap: Shared accountability in cross functional strategic roadmaps in addition to the products in their domain. Define and track critical metrics for measure of success.

• Gather Requirements: Gather higher level, more complex product requirements with a general understanding/knowledge of products in remit. Review and validate requirements gathered within team.

• Defines Product: Responsible for multiple high complexity products and features from start to finish.

• Stakeholdering: Proactive communication and marketing of domain products with customers to ensure product strategy and vision is clear and accepted by the organization.

• Design Partnership: Where applicable, multi year design vision - Use high level design proficiency with understanding of the process and facilitation.

• Feature Prioritization: Develop and maintain prioritized program backlog of user stories for implementation according to business value or return on investment.

• Data & Customer Research: Inform product decisions with both qualitative and quantitative data on behavior and experimentation.

• Facilitate Ceremonies: Facilitate the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings and Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.

• Resolution: Identify and resolve issues that may impair the ability to meet strategic, financial, and/or technical goals.

What this role needs!

• Bachelor's degree.

• 9-14 Years of prior experience with at least 9 working in a Product Management Role, with agile team experience.

• Knowledge Preferred: knowledge of the financial services industry, familiar with BI tools, certification or experience with Product Owner or Scrum Master role, experience in leadership or mentorship of a team, multiple years working in complex, cross functional companies leading multiple products and PMs.

• Must have demonstrated successful cross functional work in previous experience along with excellent communication, time management, and project management experience, strong eye for business and high self awareness/EQ.

• Along with previous research experience required, influence skills, successful leadership partnerships, be an authority in translating product requirements into technical requirements, high ability to work in ambiguity and solution effectively.

• Ability to proactively identify and solve the most complex problems; use ground-breaking methods to think beyond existing solutions

Skills-Proficiency Level:

Adobe Analytics - Advanced

Agile Methodologies - Advanced

Atlassian JIRA - Advanced

Backlog Management - Expert

Business Cases - Advanced

Continuous Improvement (CI) - Advanced

Daily Scrum - Advanced

Data Analysis - Advanced

Industry Benchmarking - Advanced

Microsoft Power BI - Advanced

Product Demonstrations - Advanced

Product Management - Expert

Product Road mapping - Advanced

Requirements Gathering - Expert

Structured Query Language (SQL) - Advanced

Storytelling - Advanced

Technical Writing - Expert

User Research - Expert

Wireframing - Expert

Benefits:

• Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off

• Highly competitive compensation that include base salary plus bonus

• Medical/Dental/Vision plans, 401(k), pension program