Associate Director, Product Management

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KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, Product Management to join our Digital Nexus Technology Operations organization. This is a hybrid work opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the overall delivery of technology products and releases utilizing agile, and other product management methodologies; set tactical plan for the execution of the strategic objectives of the programs; ensure development of actionable strategies align with firm priorities
• Maintain product roadmaps, feature backlogs, and ensure prioritization according to desired business outcomes; monitor risks, issues, and overall health of the programs and product portfolio, escalate risk to the sponsors and IT leadership to raise awareness and provide recommendations to resolve issues
• Operate as a key advisor to clients and proactively initiate ideas to significantly improve client centricity; drive and manage progress of shared assignments/group objectives, and large-scale programs, processes and/or projects
• Provide leadership and direction to remove obstacles and help ensure team members have all the tools and guidance to successfully execute on programs and products; safeguard programs and products are delivered according to business expectations; work with architects, delivery, and operations to understand internal changes (such as digital capabilities, upgrades to infrastructure, technology refreshes, internal projects, and so on) that need to be prioritized and scheduled in the change plan
• Enable optimized governance and integrated management of cost, schedule, and effort ensuring on-time, on-budget, and on-value realization of programs; prepare and present executive level program status to the sponsor and leadership teams
• Interact regularly with delivery partners and/or department leaders; proactively initiate ideas to improve client service for a specific work product within a department; contribute to department or group objectives, strategy, and priorities; set tactical plan for execution of strategic objectives
  
  

Qualifications:

• Minimum eight years of recent experience in advanced program or product management skills in organizing, planning, and executing multiple large-scale products, as well as programs from definition through implementation
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; Master's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; PMP certification is also preferred
• Experience managing multi-phase, multi-track projects spanning nine to twenty-four months in duration
• Comprehensive knowledge of full lifecycle project management, software development lifecycle, Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), package implementations, infrastructure deployment methodologies, IT transformation projects and industry best practices
• Ability to make decisions of very high complexity, often autonomously
• Exceptional verbal/written communication, collaboration, negotiation and influencing skills to lead an environment driven by customer service and teamwork; ability to direct, motivate and empower others to work towards the organization's goals, ensuring efficient allocation of resources across multiple functions; ability to ensure execution of strategic initiatives for the organization; capability to address emerging opportunities and how organization should be organized/staffed to realize them
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)
  
  

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