Exemption Status: Non-exempt
Supervisor’s Title: VP Information Systems
We are looking for a Product Manager/Owner to join our team that will plan, manage, and coordinate projects across the organization as well as communicate project status to senior leadership and stakeholders. Our ideal candidate will have a proven ability working with software development teams to ensure project objectives, goals, and commitments are met according to project schedules.
Responsibilities
- Develops project initiation processes by defining project scope, ensuring project requirements are complete, determining action items, assigning ownership, creating project timetables, and tracking execution and workflow
- Prepares, presents, and distributes project status reports
- Performs issue/risk/change management activities and mitigation strategies
- Facilitates work across technical and business-oriented individuals
- Serves as liaison to project sponsors, project teams, and stakeholders; works with internal and external groups to optimize success of project deployment
- Ability to work effectively with software development teams, while managing shifting business priorities against project backlogs
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience interacting with individuals of all levels including executive level
- Experience with industry Project Management tools such as Jira or equivalent
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
- 1-3 years of relevant experience required