Product Manager Senior #1011278
Job Description:

• We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical IT Product Manager for our OGC Legal Practice Product team.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IT product management and possess advanced skills in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a plus.
• This role requires a professional with excellent collaboration skills, gathering and documenting high level requirements working with business customers, capable of managing the end-to-end lifecycle of IT products, from conception to deployment, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• This position is ideal for the multi-faceted individual who has experience as a Software Engineer, Solution Architect, Business Analyst, Designer and Product Manager, and is interested in working with a portfolio of cutting-edge tools, COTS products, multiple PDO organizations and business customers.
• This person will manage a Product Team that develops/supports multiple products.
• We are looking for a person who will act as both a participative technical leader and a Product Manager.
• Work with multiple organizations (Business Customers, PDOs, ITO) to understand business requirements, develop/manage product roadmaps and develop new products per the product backlog.
• Act as the single point of contact for your products.

 
Skills Required:

• Roadmap Planning: Develop and maintain a detailed product roadmap, working closely with product owners and end users to ensure alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive product backlog: Create user stories, epics, and features, ensuring alignment with the product roadmap and business goals.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including product owners, software engineers, end users, and customer support, to gather requirements, prioritize features, and ensure successful product delivery.
• Product Development: Oversee the product development lifecycle, including defining requirements, creating user stories, and working closely with engineering teams to deliver high-quality products on time.
• UI Workflow Design and Development: Lead the design and development of user interfaces and workflows to ensure intuitive and efficient user experiences.
• GCP Expertise: Utilize advanced skills in Google Cloud Platform to design, implement, and manage cloud-based solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• SRE and DORA Practices: Implement Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and leverage DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) metrics to enhance product reliability, performance, and deployment efficiency.

 
Skills Preferred:

• Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage data analytics and user feedback to make informed decisions about product features, enhancements, and prioritization.
• Agile Methodology: Implement and promote Agile best practices to ensure efficient and effective product development processes.
• Performance Monitoring: Establish KPIs and metrics to monitor product performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Customer Focus: Ensure that customer needs and feedback are at the forefront of product development efforts, enhancing user experience and satisfaction.
• Overall Product Support: Provide comprehensive support for the product, including post-launch maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

 
Experience Required:

• As a Product Manager, work closely with Business Partners to understand their Product Vision, and break it down into an actionable Backlog of User Stories for the Development team.
• Experience in designing and implementing data models to support product features and analytics.
• A track record of driving innovation and delivering cutting-edge solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Coordinate communications between the supplier and various interface teams and IT team
• Identify and manage issues and risks, as well as any mitigation and contingency plans
• Investigation of defects and suggestions for resolution
• Final verification of system functional readiness for deployments including cutover planning and execution
• Support the deployments by working with end users
• Implement existing program-level standards for design, security and controls, user interface and documentation
• Capture lessons learned and communicated to team.
• Facilitate development of business requirements within the domain
• Conduct Requirements gathering, System Analysis, Gap Analysis, Business process modelling and user Acceptance testing
• Develop project testing plans and coordinate testing with internal applications

 
Experience Preferred:

• Develop impact analysis for projects
• Interface with Project Leads, Business, and IT analysts to ensure accurate and timely delivery of projects within the domain
• Develop, execute test scripts
• Ensure appropriate use of IT processes, tools and methodologies.
• Works hands-on with the development team to Prioritize, Plan, and Deliver Software that meets Client Requirements.
• Helps Business Partners understand our Iterative Development approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) through careful and deliberate prioritization.
• Works with Design Resources (Product Designers internal and/or external) to ensure timely delivery of Designs and Assets of REST APIs to the Development team.
• Mentors and Train Product Teams to help them learn Agile methods and build skills.
• Identify potential Success stories and share them with the Communications team.
• Help Innovate and Iterate on Agile PM processes and share our learnings.

 
Education Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and equivalent work experience

 
Education Preferred:

• 10+ years of Product Management experience, with duties including but not limited to: o Experience in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Deep understanding of customer needs and the ability to translate them into actionable product features.
  • Excellent collaboration skills, with a track record of working effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• 10+ years as a Product Manager/Business Analyst focused on cloud-based solutions. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is preferred, but experience with other cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) is acceptable.

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
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