Senior Product Manager
As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for managing core CCC products through all phases of the product lifecycle from inception through retirement. Responsibilities will include determining customer/new market needs and priorities, building business cases for new products and significant product enhancements, partnering with leadership to ensure effective development and implementation of product plans. Also, you will work with the existing markets/customers to ensure effective product, pricing, and positioning for the market. Job Duties
Drive roadmap for core CCC products
Collaborate with marketing, sales and development team and manage customer expectation around product delivery
Engage with internal and external stakeholders to elicit analytics requirements and understand priorities
Prioritize product enhancements and customer requests by making smart, decisive trade-offs using data-driven analysis and sound judgment
Conduct visits with customers, perform competitive analysis, and work with internal teams - Sales, Consulting, Development, Technical Support, etc. - to understand market needs
Be an innovator with demonstrated ability to craft a vision, get people excited by ideas and get them quickly to market
Develop business cases for new products and significant product enhancements including: identification of problem, proposed solution, market sizing, sales projection, costs, execution planning/management etc.
Communicate product positioning and strategic value both internally and externally.
Proactively engage customers, partners, and internal stakeholders on the product roadmap
Develop, maintain, and direct implementation of product roadmaps across entire organization and business units
Lead the product launch process to ensure the organization is ready to train, deploy, and support the product in the market
Measure the actual results of the release/product against the business case revenue expectations Qualifications 5 years + of Software Product Management experience
Previous experience with a highly regulated for financial services line of products preferred
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or Engineering. MBA preferred
Good understanding of software development life cycle
Business requirements authoring/management, Workflow Diagramming
Working knowledge of all aspects of Microsoft Office suite of products
Training and experience with Pragmatic Marketing process preferred
Excellent written communication skills - documentation, presentations, and flowcharts
Excellent verbal communication skills - communicate w/business partners, internal audience, senior management executives, technical analysts, developers, & other cross functional staff