Product Manager

Vertex is a US-based tech company with 15 years’ experience in Microsoft, Salesforce, BI, AI, and Cloud Computing. We have earned longstanding client relationships as trusted, long-term partners. Every day we inspire, innovate, and implement solutions that solve complex business problems using creativity and technologies that drive results

Primary Responsibilities :

Partner closely with Product Owner(s)/Team(s), Project Management Office, Sponsors, functional business areas, IT and marketing teams to measure and oversee quality throughout the product lifecycle.

• Acquire high level strategic direction and business priorities from Program Sponsors.

• Facilitates creation of product vision and goals with product owner and program sponsors.

• Facilitate definition of product MVP by educating, providing guidance, driving decisions and consensus. Communicate MVP and gather approvals.

• Maintain and manage MVP scope by following established processes and communication plans.

• Define product roadmap/timelines with inputs from Product Owner(s)/Teams(s) specifying goals, strategy, dependencies, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources

• Prioritize features/capabilities working with Product Owner and IT. Including Sprint Planning, Support and Tech updates

• Identify and maintain list of SMEs crucial to product execution.

• Identify end-user lists and roles for product.

• Stay informed and aware of as-is and to-be business processes with the system component/product in perspective.

• Train with Product Owner to acquire business knowledge with the system component/product so as to act as proxy when/if required.

• Share and communicate business process impacts so team members responsible for Change Management can plan and execute.

• Work with IT Project Manager to translate roadmap into build priorities.

Must Have :

5 years of digital product management experience leading programs from inception to launch in the specific area using agile methodology.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7 years of complex and cross organizational project and program management experience in a business leadership capacity. Experienced in managing digital programs involving web portal development, deployment, enhancements and their integrations with other applications

• Experience managing all aspects of solution delivery including requirements gathering, scope definition, resource planning, budget management, status reporting, risk management, release management, organization change management and change control

• Excellent project management skills and demonstrated competency in managing simultaneous execution of multiple projects and workstreams within the program