The Digital Product Manager will lead a team of direct and cross-functional resources across multiple business, IT, and operational teams. This is a critical and highly visible role requiring significant stakeholder influence and relationship management both internally (Line of Business Leadership, Marketing and Technology Senior Leaders and other functional experts) and externally (Strategic Partners, Vendors, and leading technology companies). This individual will lead a team of Digital Product Owners and Business Analysts in execution.
Position Accountabilities
Lead team of product managers responsible for the following:
Assist each Line of Business in creating and implementing digital visions, strategies and roadmaps that address the business needs and future growth
Assess digital platforms in the external marketplace and make recommendations for potential partnerships
Identify opportunities to leverage digital techniques for greatest strategic impact and defining the priority capabilities required to succeed
Develop the business cases and business requirements for digital opportunities and drive to execution
Lead multi-disciplinary teams to shape and implement digital strategies, programs, and initiatives
Bring the voice of the customer/client and the voice of the advisor/employee into our product features, ensuring that features delivered are aligned with the intended business outcomes, and align work with our target architecture road map
Develop and manage goals and key performance indicators
Partner with Marketing for acquisition support, product positioning, promotion of digital products and services and onboarding activities
Understand all aspects of the internal and external environment including customer met/unmet digital needs through research efforts, in-depth understanding of voice of the customer, industry trends, vendor/platform capabilities and best practices for servicing the digital needs of our customers
ontinuously assesses competitive moves and monitors performance against objectives.
Present data, strategies and recommendations to senior management to build buy-in to strategic recommendations
Prioritize product requirements and coordinate release plans with IT and key constituents.
Serve as primary business point of contact for implementation activities and work closely across with key constituents to meet scheduled milestones
Guide and direct complex projects, identify key stakeholders and gain participation
Lead team of analysts responsible for the following:
Document business requirements and translate into technical requirements to guide the implementation of new features, systems, and enhancements.
Meet with decision makers, systems owners, and end users to help identify business, financial, and operations requirements and systems goals.
Serve as the technical focal point for the business in the presentation of the new system/application.
Lead design sessions in prototyping new system or functionality for the purpose of enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow.
Develop and maintain design documentation working across the organization for documenting integration points between systems.
Improve systems by studying current practices and designing modifications.
Recommend controls by identifying problems and opportunities; controls to include system access and configuration management.
Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
Act as liaison to IT and Operations teams for managing change/release management efforts and troubleshooting system and end user issues
Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems, and other post-implementation support.
Organizational Relationship
Assignment reports to Head of Digital Strategy
Position Qualifications
Education & Experience
Bachelor's Degree required
10+ years of financial services experience
5+ years of experience in the digital space
Experience as a people manager
Knowledge & Skills
Excellent verbal, writing and presentation skills
Program management and leadership experience
Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills to assemble & lead executive presentations
Demonstrated experience developing and executing against a strategic plan
Proven ability to develop product roadmaps, define requirements and lead implementation efforts successfully.
Demonstrated interpersonal and management skills; ability to work well as part of a cross-functional team and lead across the organization at multiple levels
Ability to influence diverse, cross functional team to success without direct authority over the team
The target hiring compensation range for this role is $61.28 to $68.09 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.