Dayforce Product Manager

Product managers determine and oversee delivery of the strategy and roadmap for their products to achieve business outcomes and financial objectives. Their responsibilities include coordinating with technical, business, and financial stakeholders to set priorities, managing new development and operations, and providing direction and oversight to product teams.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develop a deep understanding of business goals and processes to inform product priorities and improvement recommendations.
• Managing the implementation of Dayforce for Client with a managed services partner
• Develop strong relationships and regularly communicate with product stakeholders and customers to shape the product strategy and surface and prioritize needs.
• Lead product strategy, planning, and life cycle management efforts.
• Monitor business, market, and technology trends to inform product strategy and proactively propose new solutions.
• Establish product roadmaps and release plans that satisfy requirements and achieve business outcomes.
• Contribute to translating business requirements into actionable product and technical requirements.
• Continuously monitor and evaluate product performance and proactively champion product improvements.
• Determine internal and contract/external resources and skills required for the product team to deliver on the product roadmap.
• Guide the product engineering team to scope, plan and deliver work, applying established delivery methodologies (e.g., agile methods) and best practices (e.g., reusability).
• Proactively identify and resolve blockers to achieve business objectives for the product, including technical and resourcing challenges.
• Ensure alignment and adherence to corporate, financial and IT standards (e.g., architecture, compliance, security).
• Increase adoption and consumption of product capabilities.
• Manage investment decision making and finances for the product, taking a return-on-investment approach to increasing the value while minimizing product costs.
• Define, track, and communicate relevant KPIs for the product to measure performance and contribution to business goals and strategy.
• Performs related work as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This person would be responsible for vendor management of a managed services team.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• Relationship building and collaboration skills across diverse and matrixed stakeholders and customers.
• Ability to surface, prioritize, and balance multiple stakeholder priorities.
• Strong project management skills to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Experience determining and overseeing software development initiatives and estimating resource requirements.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, including experience leveraging data to inform decision-making and independently solving software engineering problems.
• Expertise in strategic thinking and strong business acumen.
• Strong experience in understanding business partner and client needs.
• Demonstrated success in defining and building products.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
• Adherence to established client safety policies and good industrial and office safety practices
• Compliance with client standard operating procedures and personnel policies and procedures

QUALIFICATIONS Mandatory:

• Bachelor's Degree in business information systems (IS), finance, computer science, technology, engineering, or another related field, or 5+ equivalent working years experience
• Must have strong technical expertise, including a solid understanding of Agile principles, and possess excellent communication skills.
• 7+ years of experience with Dayforce and/or Ceridian
• Demonstrated five plus-year history of successful IT and/or asset project/product delivery through planning, analysis, and control, including risk assessment, cost management, and change control
• Demonstrated three years of experience helping accomplish culture change in highly developed employees who work in a large, multi-division, complex organization
• Evidence-based ability to effectively address distractions, disruptions, and obstacles so that the team is free to focus on the work of producing output that will generate the desired project outcome
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government National Agency Check (NAC) clearance and/or security clearance if required
• Must be able to speak, read, and comprehend English to perform contract requirements and comply with emergency procedures
• Ability to successfully pass any employment background checks and/or drug testing required on the contract
• Valid US state Driver's License with acceptable driving record pertinent to the position

Preferred

• Graduate-level work or degree (e.g. MBA) in Information Systems, business, or a related field
• Three or more years in diverse roles and increasing responsibilities across business and IT, although a business-only career is acceptable if business roles include sufficient technology focus to equip the candidate to communicate effectively with delivery teams.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Organizational change management training and certification
• Business relationship management training and certification