Product Manager - Innovation

Company: Withum
Location: Portland
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

Withum is a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm, helping clients to Be in a Position of StrengthSM---in today's modern business landscape. Withum empowers clients with innovative tools and solutions to address their accounting, tax, and overall business management needs. Withum is a place where talent thrives. We recruit only the best and brightest people, with a genuine passion for the business.The Innovation team is seeking a Product Manager based out of any of our office locations within the US. This role will develop and drive the product vision and strategy, in partnership with business drivers/sponsors, as one of the closest people in the business to the client, providing constant feedback to the team and helping to set and drive toward the vision.Withum's brand is a reflection of our people, our culture and our strength. Withum has become synonymous with teamwork and client service excellence. The cornerstone of our success can truly be accredited to the dedicated professionals who work here every day, whose mission is to help our clients grow and thrive - to be in a position of strength. But our commitment goes beyond our clients as we continue to live the Withum Way, promoting personal and professional growth for all team members, clients, and surrounding communities.How You'll Spend Your Time

• Setting ambitious and clear product vision and communicate 'the story' effectively to key stakeholders and the rest of the team
• Owning the end-to-end product strategy from inception and determine business value once solution enters production
• Ensuring alignment of product features and stories, i.e., review, give feedback, and prioritize user stories in line with own vision
• Being accountable for the execution of controls within the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Continuously improving backlog with the team, ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated, and prioritized
• Ensure customer-driven design considering user pain points & usability test results, using market & industry knowledge as well as continual research, to deliver a well-positioned product
• Approving each feature and providing valuable feedback for the team
• Driving sprint and release plans together with the Scrum Master and organizational technology teams
• Exercising strong decision-making mandate from executive group to own product end-to-end
• Working with Business and Build Team to build a modular & reusable solutionThe Kinds Of People We Want To Talk To
  • Required Education Level: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Technology, Information Technology, Management Information Systems
  • Required Years of Experience: 5-7 years experience preferred
  • Uses deep business knowledge, including industry/competitor trends, to educate Innovation Solution team and improve product delivery
  • Effectively problem-solves product-related questions in a way that aligns key stakeholders and utilizes deep domain knowledge
  • Pre-emptively sees potential product roadblocks with useful idea on how to prevent them
  • Shows curiosity and innovation, by seeking out, testing, and incorporating ideas to improve team's product
  • Exhibits comfort trialing new ideas, even when different from status quo - and shares successful ones with peersWithum will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because they are a protected veteran.

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