Candescent: Product Manager IRC270537

Description

Candescent (Project Code to be created)

Requirements

Qualifications
• 5+ years of related experience in software solutions/product management for fintech, or banking industry experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in information technology management, computer science, business, software engineering or equivalent experience, master’s degree preferred.
• High energy level, good organization, and multi-tasking skills necessary to achieve constantly changing mix of short, medium, and long-term objectives.
• Experience defining large scale solutions architected for multi-tenant infrastructure and platform as a service – cloud computing environments.
• Experience defining product roadmaps based on both abstract and detailed customer requirements, use-cases, market analysis, and observed industry trends.
• Have a passion for, and commitment to, making things better through the delivery of effective solutions that improve services to customers.
• Strong and confident presentation and negotiation skills needed to interact effectively with senior management, key customers and partners in both selling and problem-resolution scenarios.
• Natural curiosity and self-motivation to learn and keep current on technical aspects and trends for assigned product category in areas that impact cost drivers, user experience and performance.

Job responsibilities

Product Manager
Product Managers are customer / user obsessed in driving the overall product’s strategy, vision, and roadmap to deliver on the customer experience and product’s key objectives, while ensuring alignment and managing dependencies the respective product teams
This team creates and delivers solutions that help financial institutions serve their retail and business customers with user experiences that are intuitive, engaging, and impactful.

As a Product Manager you will have a visionary mindset and strategic thinking abilities to develop and communicate a clear strategic vision and roadmap for the product. You will have strong leadership skills
to develop, manage, and lead Product Owners across teams.

In-depth understanding of market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape to drive product differentiation is a key success factor along with the ability to prioritize and align product objectives with overall business goals and objectives.

Position Summary & Key Areas of Responsibility
Identify new solutions, enhancement opportunities, or product gaps that exist in our current solution portfolio and make the case for investment and prioritize resources to deliver on our business outcomes.

Product P&L and Pricing
• Drives product profitability and performance with product leadership, managing short and long-term outcomes of product portfolio including connection to roadmap, objectives, and investments
Product Strategy, Vision, and Planning
• Leverages market research, customer / user needs, and internal business priorities to create the product vision (e.g., target customers, markets, channels, value proposition)
• Aligns the product vision with cross-functional stakeholders to shape the product roadmap, investment areas, and outcome measures
• Conducts PI planning with Product and Team resources to prioritize the product roadmap
Customer Experience Research, Insights, and Execution
• Demonstrates deep understanding of the customer / user through research and insights development (e.g., personas, journeys, product chartering)
• Utilizes research and insights from the customer / user, competitive landscape, and market environment to determine the product-market fit
Product Design and Development
• Prioritizes the product roadmap across product teams to maximize business value across development of new products, reimagining existing products, and maintenance
• Partners with the Product Owners to oversee product development and actively engages cross-functional stakeholders to enable faster speed to market (customers / users)
Go-to-Market and Sales
• Engages with enabling functions (e.g., marketing, sales, operations, etc.) to position and promote products to achieve business objectives

Channel Alignment / Management
• Gathers competitive, customer, market, and internal business priorities to prioritize digital solutions (epics / features) that drive customer interactions
• Manages product capabilities across channels to deliver product objectives
• Leverages shared channel platforms to improve product speed to market and drive cost efficiencies for both development and ongoing support costs
Adoption
• Drives product demand, activation, and engagement based on customer experience research and insights and delivering product solutions that customers / users need
Marketing and Analytics
• Supports marketing to define and execute the product’s marketing strategy, budget, and key performance indicators to drive growth
Performance Measurement and Optimization
• Develops, analyzes, monitors, and reports on performance metrics at the product level to identify key trends and opportunities; uses insights to drive progress on identified strategies

What we offer

Culture of caring. At GlobalLogic, we prioritize a culture of caring. Across every region and department, at every level, we consistently put people first. From day one, you’ll experience an inclusive culture of acceptance and belonging, where you’ll have the chance to build meaningful connections with collaborative teammates, supportive managers, and compassionate leaders. 

Learning and development. We are committed to your continuous learning and development. You’ll learn and grow daily in an environment with many opportunities to try new things, sharpen your skills, and advance your career at GlobalLogic. With our Career Navigator tool as just one example, GlobalLogic offers a rich array of programs, training curricula, and hands-on opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Interesting & meaningful work. GlobalLogic is known for engineering impact for and with clients around the world. As part of our team, you’ll have the chance to work on projects that matter. Each is a unique opportunity to engage your curiosity and creative problem-solving skills as you help clients reimagine what’s possible and bring new solutions to market. In the process, you’ll have the privilege of working on some of the most cutting-edge and impactful solutions shaping the world today.

Balance and flexibility. We believe in the importance of balance and flexibility. With many functional career areas, roles, and work arrangements, you can explore ways of achieving the perfect balance between your work and life. Your life extends beyond the office, and we always do our best to help you integrate and balance the best of work and life, having fun along the way!

High-trust organization. We are a high-trust organization where integrity is key. By joining GlobalLogic, you’re placing your trust in a safe, reliable, and ethical global company. Integrity and trust are a cornerstone of our value proposition to our employees and clients. You will find truthfulness, candor, and integrity in everything we do.

About GlobalLogic

GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a trusted digital engineering partner to the world’s largest and most forward-thinking companies. Since 2000, we’ve been at the forefront of the digital revolution – helping create some of the most innovative and widely used digital products and experiences. Today we continue to collaborate with clients in transforming businesses and redefining industries through intelligent products, platforms, and services.