BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated for an opportunity in Product Manager, 603 

Position Title: Product Manager, 603 

Location: Columbus, OH

Expected Duration: 12+ Months

Job Type: Contract

 Pay Range: $70.00/ hr on W2

Responsibilities:

Description: 

Job Title: Product Manager, 603 

Location: Columbus, OH

Duration: 12 months

Rate: $70.00/ hr on W2

Job Description

Responsibilities

·        Develops a product strategy and product vision that delivers value to customers

·        Manages discovery efforts and market research to uncover customer solutions and integrate them into the product roadmap

·        Owns, maintains, and develops a product backlog that enables development to support the overall strategic roadmap and value proposition

·        Builds the framework and tracks the product's key success metrics such as cost, feature and functionality, risk posture, and reliability

·        Partner with Area Product Owners and product team for ongoing refinement of product backlog and execution of the product roadmap

·        Define and present strategy for features, write epics, user stories, acceptance criteria and participate in all agile events of the product group as a team member

·        Act as voice of the customer and drive product vision; identify and partner with business stakeholders to implement changes in operational policies, process flows, procedures, and specialist tools and customer messages

·        Manage existing product features and actively lead the research definition and development of new features to advance the product roadmap

·        Facilitate and drive customer focused solutions across the organization in direct support of the Product Owner and Area Product Owners; act as subject matter expert with respect to major business processes and supporting applications/capabilities

·        Work with other product teams, legal, risk, operations, design and technology teams to define, prioritize, deliver and align solutions to product vision and roadmap

·        Support feature teams with minimum viable product (MVP), testing, user experience testing, product backlog refinement, research and Support Product Owner and Area Product Owners with developing business cases and measuring/improving operational results

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills (max 11 bullets)

·        5+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in product management or a relevant domain area

·        Advanced knowledge of the product development life cycle, design, and data analytics

·        Proven ability to lead product life cycle activities including discovery, ideation, strategic development, requirements definition, and value management

·        Agile project management experience, including use of agile project management tools (i.e. Confluence, JIRA, Git, etc.).

·        Ability to manage backlog; analytical, problem solving skills

·        Effective presentation and interpersonal skills; excellent skills in communicating ideas both written and verbal

·        Work effectively in a team environment by being team-focused; supportive team member, always willing to be of assistance to others

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills (max 7 bullets)

·        Demonstrated prior experience working in a highly matrixed, complex organization

·        Leadership and negotiation skills with prior experience managing a team of product associates; experience working with globally distributed scrum teams a plus

·        Attention to detail and ability to manage shifting business priorities

·        Self-motivated and confident in ambiguous circumstances

·        Demonstrated prior experience working in a highly matrixed, complex organization

·        Understanding of the financial services industry and Regulatory, Legal, and Risk environments

·        Performs data collection and analysis, financial modeling, forecasting, market assessments, and other research activites that can be used for reporting or other deliverables. 

Benefits: 

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k. 

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About BCforward: 

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward’s 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally. BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work. BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process. This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.