Retirement Service - Product Manager

Job Description

Job Title : Retirement Services Product Manager Communication Solutions

Location : Hybrid - Kansas City, MO, Braintree, MA, New York City, NY or Remote Only for California, Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Tennessee, Virginia

Get To Know The Team : Join a fast-growing company that provides market-leading solutions to US retirement providers.

Why You’ll Love It At SS&C!

• Flexibility : Hybrid Work Model & Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future : Generous 401(k) Matching Program, Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement Opportunities.
• Work / Life Balance : Unlimited Personal & Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave Policy, Paid Company Holidays
• Your Well-being : Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability, Global Employee Assistance, Parental Leave, and more
• Diversity & Inclusion : Committed to Being an Organization that Welcomes, Celebrates, and Thrives on Diversity
• Training : Hands-On and Customized by your Team, including Technical and E-Learning Resources
• Extra Perks : Discounts on fitness memberships, cell provider, childcare, travel, and more!

What You Will Get To Do :

Develop and implement a product strategy, including marketing, messaging, and launch, to align with the company's goals.

This involves new feature / capability development and product ideation.

• Participate in roadmap development and creation. Define solutions that assist our clients in their evolution from print to digital.
• Analyze market opportunities to anticipate industry direction leading to new product innovation.
• Work with leading clients in the financial services industry to bring our solutions to life.
• Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of the US Retirement Services industry, helping to influence and drive potential build, buy, partner approaches to expand our capabilities.
• Lead business case definition for major initiatives, including the feasibility and financial justification for new products and / or new releases of existing products.
• Oversee and be accountable for end-to-end product delivery from ideation through software delivery and business implementation.

Works closely with functional teams, including implementation and development teams, to ensure that appropriate processes are being adhered to meet financial, timing, and customer expectations.

• Assist with bringing new clients onto our communications platform, and drive towards increased revenue opportunities with current clients.
• Assist in sales lead generation as well as efforts including but not limited to, sales demos and RFPs. Recognize internal or external business challenges or regulatory issues, and recommend process, product, or service improvements.
• Advise senior leaders and contribute to the development of functional strategy or company objectives.

The Impact You Will Make :

• Strong understanding of competitors in the participant communications space, and insight into ways to excel and differentiate our solutions.
• Knowledge around regulatory and legal requirements for participant communications, specifically compliance notices, and be able to communicate those in sales discussions.
• Extensive understanding of customers' and market needs, the competitive environment (including our position), and the market forces required to launch a successful product solution.
• Technical acumen is critical to ensure product owners and development teams deliver products and capabilities aligned to product strategy, client needs, and end users as well as to influence technology modernization efforts.
• Passion and curiosity for new and emerging technologies and their potential intersection with the Retirement industry and our products and applications for the end consumers they serve.
• Extensive knowledge of overall product development processes, marketing strategy, technology strategy, and has an analytical / project management mindset to thrive in a demanding environment.
• Leadership qualities to help drive, influence, and collaborate with peers in a matrixed environment.
• Strong background in requirements gathering and documenting a project from concept through launch.
• Demonstrates a unique set of skills or a depth and breadth of expertise within a discipline or function to solve significant and complex issues that have a broad impact on the business.
• Minimally requires a Master's degree and 6 years of retirement industry experience , or Bachelor's degree and 8 years of retirement industry experience , or high school degree and 10 years of retirement industry experience .
• Able to work in the local office 6 days per month .
30+ days ago