Product Group Leader

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The Product Group Leader is a critical role in our Product Development organization. This key leader enables multiple teams to achieve their highest level of performance and empowers team members to fulfill career goals, through his/her leadership of the Product Team Leaders aligned to them. This position acts as a servant leader, removing external distractions, and thinks and executes strategically on their vision for product delivery and talent alignments.

This position requires commitment to exceptional results, a strong desire for continuous improvement and the ability to build a collaborative culture across teams. This in-turn will ensure we continue to innovate and expand our market-leading product suite.

Are you the teammate we are looking for?

Who you are:

  • At ease working at all levels of the organization
  • Relentlessly curious about current market and technology trends, able to adapt accordingly
  • Passionate about quality and controls
  • Unflinching in your desire for production stability
  • Highly emotionally intelligent, possessing the ability to adjust style to meet the needs of the audience
  • Supportive and savvy about change communication
  • Proactive in communication, relationship building, gap identification, and risk mitigation
  • Strategic thinker in terms of talent development and delivery across multiple product teams

During the first three months, you will:

  • Provide visibility across the organization through delivery, team enablement, talent development and community engagement
  • Manage Product Team Leaders and empower them to remove impediments and enable their teams to be their best
  • Develop and implement measurable continuous improvement plans
  • Manage dependencies across product teams / business
  • Effectively manage production issues and communicate business impact to stakeholders
  • Nourish a collaborative environment with a willingness to share ideas, where open and honest feedback flourishes
  • Facilitate longer-term career plans with each direct report, support their development and find opportunities for team members to fulfill their goals
  • Develop a strategic plan for talent alignment, growth and succession, in support of both the projected needs of the teams in the future and the potential of team members
  • Reward top-performers and addressed performance issues in a timely and respectful way
  • Oversee delivery of features and enhancements across multiple products

What you bring:

  • Experience working in a .Net environment
  • Minimum 7-9 years in building and/or managing applications in a SaaS web development environment
  • Experience directly managing teams of Software, QA and/or Dev Ops Engineers in continuous delivery environment, both virtually and locally
  • Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture and developer tools, strongly preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, preferred
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification or Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), a plus
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Our office has modern workspaces, a cafe, and a gym. But since we're a talent-anywhere company, you may find our team members all over Chicagoland.

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