Senior Product Manager - Createspace, USA Based

General Description

Responsibilities

• Exercise curiosity and empathy in order to build products that our customers love. Initiate and involve both internal and external stakeholders in user empathy and discovery sessions.
• Develop and maintain the product and feature roadmap for Analytics products that consider business viability, value to the customer, feasibility and usability in collaboration with engineering and design;
• Solicit inputs for your roadmap by collaborating with engineering, marketing, sales, customer engagement and other stakeholders that addresses pressing customer requirements;
• Work closely with the leadership and strategy teams to translate the organizational strategy, business/market requirements, product backlog into a product roadmap;
• Effectively translate the product vision and roadmap into product requirements for each initiative, including functional needs, supported use cases/workflows constraints, and success criteria;
• Lead the complete product development lifecycle in an agile environment from developing use cases to product delivery in market, to post release and end of life;
• Collaborate with engineering, design, functional areas with senior management or executives to ensure unit objectives are met;
• Demonstrate the ability to drive product innovation, advocate for product direction and build new industry-leading analytics products or cloud services;
• Ensure all the portfolio’s release candidates meet product requirements;
• Collaborate with customers, Market Strategy, Architecture, Design, Engineering, PMO, Implementation, Support and Marketing teams throughout the product life cycle to ensure new solutions meet our business and market objectives;
• Develop and regularly maintain a data-driven product backlog to deliver on the product vision and roadmap. Regularly collect market input (customers, sales, service, competitive intelligence, etc.) and update the backlog accordingly;
• Conduct feasibility analysis (ROI, etc.), business case development and build/buy/partner evaluations;
• Represent D2L thought leadership at industry events.

Competencies

Skills

• Creates a strategy & vision for larger initiatives, smaller experiences, or smaller cross-cutting initiatives
• Creates roadmaps for tools or smaller experiences aligned to strategy
• Plans, prioritizes, and visualizes thin slices
• Go-To-Market planning
• Acumen with Artificial Intelligence Tools

Education and/or Job Knowledge or Skill Requirements

• We are looking for a highly motivated, results-driven strategic thinker, who has strong business and technical skills. You should have demonstrated expertise in Product Management including product planning, market research, competitive analysis, product positioning, enablement, evangelism and product marketing. Typically candidates will have 8+ years’ experience in software product management to meet these requirements.
• The expected base salary range for a new hire in this role is listed below. The annualized base salary offered is determined by each candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, education, training and experience. It is aligned to ensure both internal and external competitiveness using market data for the geographic location and industry. As part of the total compensation at D2L the role may be eligible for additional benefits including a Wellness Subsidy, Equity Grants, Variable Incentive, and more.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

• We strongly encourage you to still apply! At D2L, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We encourage your application even if you don't believe you meet every single qualification outlined, because we love to help our people grow and develop!

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