Senior Product Manager

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive the strategy, design, and delivery of high-profile IT initiatives. This role is responsible for articulating a clear product vision and strategy, ensuring the team understands the "why" behind every feature. You will manage the full product lifecycle through Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live phases, balancing tactical design with long-term roadmap evolution. The ideal candidate acts as a bridge between technical teams and senior executives, continually de-risking product direction through validated user problems and data-driven decision-making.

Pay Rate: $562.69- $598.13/Diem

Advantages
- Strategic Influence: Shape the foundational strategy of products that impact large-scale organizational objectives.

- Executive Visibility: Represent the product team in high-level steering committees and forums.

- Modern Methodology: Work in a "Balanced Team" environment that prioritizes user experience and rapid iteration.

- Professional Growth: Manage complex, high-visibility initiatives that define the digital future.

Responsibilities
- Product Strategy & Vision: Define the "north star" for the product and create a roadmap that describes how the solution will evolve over time to meet business opportunities.

- Backlog & Feature Prioritization: Manage and groom the product backlog using tools like JIRA or Azure DevOps, ensuring the team remains focused on high-value tactical work.

- Risk & Issue Mitigation: Proactively identify potential risk events before they occur. Articulate and prioritize technical and operational risks for senior executive-level decision-makers.

- Agile Leadership: Lead a balanced team (UX designers, developers, and stakeholders) utilizing Agile (SCRUM) methodologies. Ensure timely, cost-effective, and high-quality results.

- Stakeholder Mediation: Act as a mediator between business teams and core technical members to resolve conflicts, build consensus, and maintain momentum.

- Release Management: Decide when to ship software to ensure users experience benefits early while maintaining a feedback loop for continuous iteration.

Qualifications
- Relationship Management: Extensive experience in team building, consensus building, and mediation between business and technical teams.

- Product Lifecycle Mastery: Deep experience overcoming resistance to change during all delivery stages (Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live).

- Risk Management: Proven track record of recommending mitigation strategies to program management and senior executives.

- Technical Toolset: * Proficiency in Backlog Management tools: JIRA, Azure DevOps, or Pivotal Tracker.

- Agile Expertise: Strong experience delivering products with a balanced team using Scrum; Scrum Master experience is highly preferred.

Summary
If you are a Senior Product Manager who excels at turning complex business problems into validated product features and possesses the diplomacy to align stakeholders across a large organization, we encourage you to apply today!

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