16 Oct
Head of Product
Vacancy expired!
USEReady has a great career opportunity for a Head of Product in NY City! The Product Team has the following core responsibilities:
- Co-ownership of Digital product strategy and roadmap with the business team.
- Providing recommendations and impact statements to business owners.
- Delivering critical thinking and solutions that solve key business & customer problems.
- Defining the why, when, and what of the product that is being built.
- UI/UX design decisions.
- Measure, analyze and optimize product performance
- Understand key priorities for the organization and work with division leaders to prioritize product development accordingly
- Work with division leaders to develop long-term product strategy
- Serve as a sounding board and resource for business stakeholders on new digital product development
- Participate in and facilitate new digital product development workshops with business stakeholders
- Manage and assign digital product management workloads
- Proactively refine and implement digital product management processes
- Facilitate cross-functional digital product management among divisions using established processes
- Issue resolution among business units through creative options and out of the box thinking
- Collaborate with Global Technology Service leadership team on delivery of service to business units
- Define and track KPIs for measuring product team success
- Generate insights from data, industry trends, and customer feedback to inform decisions on product prioritization and what goes on the roadmap
- Develop and maintain deep understanding of the needs of the customers, and the competitive landscape
- Build bridges between business divisions who share product responsibility but can have competing priorities.
- Work cross-functionally with marketing, sales, development, editorial, project management, and customer service on product development priorities
- Present product milestones and status to corporate leadership quarterly
- 5+ years of experience managing a cross-functional digital product team, ideally in a multi-business unit environment
- 10+ years of overall product management experience
- Ability to evaluate talent and optimize structure
- Extensive experience with subscription and advertising-supported products, with an emphasis on products that mix both elements
- Working technical understanding of content management systems, marketing automation platforms and development processes, both Agile and Waterfall
- Solid understanding of audience data and how they are used to drive product growth
- Excellent organizational skills, process oriented thinking, strong attention to detail, and good grasp of business concepts
- Experienced with the various phases of product management including requirements gathering, business analysis, documentation, budgeting, scope management and success metrics
- Resilient and able to add value to a team of seasoned senior product executives
- Knowledgeable about current trends in digital media including leading web, production, and/or business enterprise vendors, as well as outsource/off-shore companies and services
- Excellent people skills and a team oriented attitude are essential
- Experience with product and project management software and platforms
- Bachelor's Degree
- Co-ownership of Digital product strategy and roadmap with the business team.
- Providing recommendations and impact statements to business owners.
- Delivering critical thinking and solutions that solve key business & customer problems.
- Defining the why, when, and what of the product that is being built.
- UI/UX design decisions.
- Measure, analyze and optimize product performance
- Understand key priorities for the organization and work with division leaders to prioritize product development accordingly
- Work with division leaders to develop long-term product strategy
- Serve as a sounding board and resource for business stakeholders on new digital product development
- Participate in and facilitate new digital product development workshops with business stakeholders
- Manage and assign digital product management workloads
- Proactively refine and implement digital product management processes
- Facilitate cross-functional digital product management among divisions using established processes
- Issue resolution among business units through creative options and out of the box thinking
- Collaborate with Global Technology Service leadership team on delivery of service to business units
- Define and track KPIs for measuring product team success
- Generate insights from data, industry trends, and customer feedback to inform decisions on product prioritization and what goes on the roadmap
- Develop and maintain deep understanding of the needs of the customers, and the competitive landscape
- Build bridges between business divisions who share product responsibility but can have competing priorities.
- Work cross-functionally with marketing, sales, development, editorial, project management, and customer service on product development priorities
- Present product milestones and status to corporate leadership quarterly
- 5+ years of experience managing a cross-functional digital product team, ideally in a multi-business unit environment
- 10+ years of overall product management experience
- Ability to evaluate talent and optimize structure
- Extensive experience with subscription and advertising-supported products, with an emphasis on products that mix both elements
- Working technical understanding of content management systems, marketing automation platforms and development processes, both Agile and Waterfall
- Solid understanding of audience data and how they are used to drive product growth
- Excellent organizational skills, process oriented thinking, strong attention to detail, and good grasp of business concepts
- Experienced with the various phases of product management including requirements gathering, business analysis, documentation, budgeting, scope management and success metrics
- Resilient and able to add value to a team of seasoned senior product executives
- Knowledgeable about current trends in digital media including leading web, production, and/or business enterprise vendors, as well as outsource/off-shore companies and services
- Excellent people skills and a team oriented attitude are essential
- Experience with product and project management software and platforms
- Bachelor's Degree
Vacancy expired!