Sr Product Manager

Job Description

Responsibilities
The Sr. Product Manager, is responsible for the product planning, execution and delivery of NBC Sports Next's FinTech Platforms. This includes, but is not limited to: gathering product requirements, writing user stories based upon requirements, assisting in defining the platform vision and working collaboratively with engineering, sales and support to ensure that the FinTech platform meets the agreed upon goals and functionality. This role must also ensure that the platform is aligned with NBC Sports Next's overall business strategy. In delivering the key priorities of the role they will;
• Be responsible for overall functional product ownership and quality
• Lead team efforts to execute on product strategy and tactical roadmap, including the translation/creation of user requirements into stories based on both internal and external feedback
• Develop core positioning and messaging regarding the product, as well as defining success metrics and reporting structure
• Work with assigned engineering resources to develop and implement the product, and manage/own the lifecycle using collaborative tools such as JIRA and Confluence
• Provide on-going status reports to senior management
• Manage betas and proof-of-concept trials as required throughout the FinTech platform lifecycle, utilizing face to face customer experiences as often as needed
• Create and develop user documentation for new and existing features within the portfolio
• Gain a deep understanding of the customer and user experience for features developed, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that improve customer experience and meet their current and future requirements.
• Act as a functional product SME, as well as a functionality/feature evangelist to build awareness and understanding
• Keep apprised of product, portfolio and industry trends
• Proactively identify and resolve product issues
• Lead agile product ceremonies such as sprint planning and backlog grooming/prioritization

Qualifications/Requirements
• 4+ years experience of agile product management experience
• Experience in managing multiple concurrent and complex projects, as well as a demonstrated ability to drive those projects to completion
• Deep understanding of a product's life cycle, with a specific focus on the development and implementation phases
• Ability to lead and motivate teams
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to communicate complex concepts and ideas clearly and concisely with both internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data and make informed decisions upon analysis
• Experience in reporting on project status to senior management
• Solid background in creating/writing user stories/requirements
• Strong presentation, interpersonal, and communication skill, and the ability to work well in a team environment
• Ability to think and work autonomously

Desired Characteristics
• Strong FinTech experience and background
• Experience working with leading card processors, bank sponsors, and networks in working through product definition, capability evaluations, implementation & integration approaches is preferred
• Experience with collaboration/planning tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Roadmunk
• Bachelors Degree in Business, Computer Science or related field
• Experience with user interface design and wireframing tools such as Sketch
• Experience with Point-of-Sale technology/industry
• Experience working with cloud-based technology

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8o45m-18-188-40-207-42 in your application.