IT Product Manager

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IT Product Manager owning product backlog and driving product launches for IT applications. Collaborating with business leaders and vendors in a fast-paced environment to deliver innovative solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and coordinate the product backlog, or the prioritized list of requirements for future product development
  • Innovates, launches, and maintains applications and products under their jurisdiction
  • Builds strong relationships with business leaders, through regular communication
  • Stays up-to-date on vendor product updates and roadmaps
  • Proactively sharing upcoming features with business leaders
  • Collaborates with product vendors, matching product capability with business owner needs
  • Collaborates with business leaders to develop roadmaps and drive products from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment
  • Owns and executes product roadmap
  • Oversees innovation and end-to-end launch and maintenance of products
  • Leads the planning and implementation of projects
  • Leads discovery, sets scope, estimates, and develops business case(s) for new engagements
  • Reviews business needs, identifies priorities, and works with the Project Management Office (PMO) team to outline deliverables, milestones, and identifies opportunities and risks
  • Assists leadership to define, research, and prioritize improvement initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational strategies
  • Ensures projects all have clear design, build, run, maintain, support and security considerations met
  • In collaboration with business leaders sets clear and measurable success metrics and KPIs for projects
  • Provides leadership with updates, metrics, and reports throughout the whole SDLC
  • Coordinates projects while collaboratively working with the PMO
  • Translates product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, tasks and acceptance criteria
  • Creates and maintains detailed documentation of products
  • Works with IT Leadership and PMO to manage product budget where appropriate
  • Provides direction and support to product and project team
  • Schedules and carries out User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business owners
  • Works in an Agile or Agile hybrid environment using best practices
  • Leads the product functional design
  • Works collaboratively with development and Quality Assurance (QA) teams
  • Coordinates resolution of escalated issues
  • Works with the release management team to coordinate releases and tests features post-release
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • Minimum of five (5) years of working experience in business analysis required
  • Experience with project analysis, estimating, business case development and financial analysis required
  • Microsoft SQL Server database and Agile experience required
  • Extensive experience in process improvement and project management preferred
  • Experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system required
  • Experience with Student Information System (SIS) preferred
  • Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems preferred
  • Comprehensive analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving experience required
  • Previous experience serving as a project lead is required
  • Experience in higher education preferred
  • Experience working in a technology-driven enterprise is required

Benefits:

  • comprehensive well-being benefits for you and your family