Product Manager

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Product Manager for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities:
Work with business sponsors/stakeholders and IT staff to implement and manage the product life cycle. Specifically:

• Responsible for ownership and prioritization of the technology solution delivery teams' backlog(s).
• Ensures that business requirements and technical documentation are aligned with the business inputs by writing and/or approving business rules, user stories, integration dependencies, etc.
• Plays a significant role in quality control as the only team member empowered to accept stories as done.
• Advocates for business needs by applying a deep understanding of business processes, goals, and problems.
• Ensures product vision is communicated to the technology delivery teams.
• Accountable for attesting that the delivered outputs align with business requirements.
• Responsibilities involve implementation of product and service solutions through business engagement, knowledge of business needs and perspectives, active decision-making, and technology delivery knowledge

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, Information Technology or similar
• Typically has 5 - 8 years in developing innovative, technical products
• Possesses project management skillsets and experience, ability to gain consensus, make decisions and escalate in a timely and clear fashion
• Working knowledge of software development processes including the ability to evaluate and prioritize enhancement requests for software products, set software product release schedules and create software product forecasts

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of several software development life cycle methodologies; Agile SCRUM is desirable
• Certified Product Manager is desirable

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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