Associate Product Manager

The Associate Product Manager assists with the process of defining product and product feature requirements and communicating those requirements to user experience and technology delivery teams.

This includes leveraging user feedback, business strategy, data / analytics, and input from design and technology teams to develop features that result in seamless user experiences.

Although this role is focused on execution, the individual role must understand the end-to-end vision for a product and the impact it has on individual features.

With direction from more senior product management staff, this role owns the vision and success criteria for the specific feature(s) within their scope of responsibility.

Essential Job Functions :

User Insight & Product Definition

• Gathers understanding of the business and product areas within focus, as well as the relevant data that can be used to inform key decisions in the product area supported
• Provides recommendations and insight to support the process of defining the product and identifying gaps and user needs by creating vision, strategy, and requirements for a feature or set of features
• Uses available data to identify user needs
• Assists with experiments and participates in primary research to uncover additional user value and determine new features

Product Portfolio Management

• Supports the process of developing and managing the product roadmap by providing input related to individual product features that has a more immediate, near-term, impact
• Coordinates with others on dependencies that impact individual product features
• Builds and leverages solid working relationships with business and product stakeholders, UI / UX, architecture, and technology teams to facilitate product and user success

Product Planning & Prioritization

• Supports the planning process by developing requirements documents (user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases) for product features
• Makes recommendations for the prioritization of the product backlog supported
• Provides input into the design of the user experience
• Determines release goals, implementation, and iteration plans for product features according to user value

Product Development

• Facilitates the development process by reviewing demos with the technology team and validating acceptance criteria for product features
• Tracks development work and identifies bugs at a feature level
• Identifies issues that will keep the feature from delivering on time or at the right level of quality and communicates to leadership

Launch

• Supports product launches by working with relevant stakeholders to develop launch plans for product features
• Identifies issues and blockers that may delay the launch or impede the success of a feature and communicates any concerns to leadership
• Assists in developing product documentation and training materials for users in support of product launches
• Tracks and reports on product launch metrics
• Contributes to post-launch reviews and drives incorporation of feedback in future feature releases

Operate

• Works with internal teams and users to identify, classify, and resolve feature-level user issues
• Assists Product Managers in developing new metrics to measure feature and product success
• Works with stakeholder teams to actively monitor metrics
• Assists with tracking performance trends and gathering user feedback to determine feature-level gaps or development opportunities
• Attends business reviews, supplying product / feature results as necessary; provides input into business cases when new products / features are being developed
• Team Development & Continuous Improvement
• Follow, understand, and apply relevant industry trends, research, and best practices in technology and product management

Other Responsibilities :

Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Education / Experience Requirements :

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Communications, or related field (or equivalent work experience in a related field)
• 3 years of experience in product management, project management, business analysis, program management, product marketing, or related field
• Strong writing ability

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a related field
• 1 year of experience in product design and / or product management
• Experience in the Financial Services industry
• Strong business and financial acumen

Working Conditions :

• Work performed in an office environment.
• Extended hours may be required.

For work that is performed in CA, Washington, DC, CO, HI, New York, NY and WA, the chart below outlines the proposed salary range for the corresponding location.

In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s skill set, level of experience, education, and internal peer compensation comparisons .

California : Minimum Salary $91,500, Maximum Salary $170,900

Washington, DC : Minimum Salary $91,500, Maximum Salary $163,700

Colorado / Hawaii : Minimum Salary $79,500, Maximum Salary $142,300

New York, NY : Minimum Salary $95,400, Maximum Salary $170,900

Washington State : Minimum Salary $79,500, Maximum Salary $163,700

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