Overview
On Site
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Full Time
Skills
PROGRAM MANAGER
PRODUCT MANAGER
BUSINESS MANAGER
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
STAKEHOLDERS
ROADMAP
BUSINESS CASES
ARTIFACTS
AGILE
SCRUM
JIRA
Job Details
APN Consulting, Inc. is a progressive IT staffing and services company offering innovative business solutions to improve client business outcomes. We focus on high impact technology solutions in ServiceNow, Fullstack, Cloud & Data, and AI / ML. Due to our globally expanding service offerings we are seeking top-talent to join our teams and grow with us.
Direct Client Requirement
Job Title: Business Technology Senior Manager
Location: Piscataway, NJ 08854 (Hybrid)
3 days Office, 2 days Remote in a Week.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Summary
Drive technology strategies for a designated functional/product area(s) within an Organization Unit. Collaborate with product owners to bring technology to bear on expressed and latent business needs. Provide creative thinking to the analysis of technology trends and the identification of new opportunities to help drive product strategies. Working within its Product Operating Model, ensure consistent roadmaps for value-added features and functionality for products within assigned areas, ensuring technology programs are aligned with product strategies. Prepare the Quarterly Impact/Business Review to demonstrate the value delivered from technology strategies and programs.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy Development
Direct Client Requirement
Job Title: Business Technology Senior Manager
Location: Piscataway, NJ 08854 (Hybrid)
3 days Office, 2 days Remote in a Week.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Summary
Drive technology strategies for a designated functional/product area(s) within an Organization Unit. Collaborate with product owners to bring technology to bear on expressed and latent business needs. Provide creative thinking to the analysis of technology trends and the identification of new opportunities to help drive product strategies. Working within its Product Operating Model, ensure consistent roadmaps for value-added features and functionality for products within assigned areas, ensuring technology programs are aligned with product strategies. Prepare the Quarterly Impact/Business Review to demonstrate the value delivered from technology strategies and programs.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy Development
- Help define and implement the system's strategy for the assigned product area, aligned to business objectives and encompassing traditional and emerging technologies
- Identify and sequence the programs/projects that deliver the strategy in conjunction with Product Owners
- Craft a compelling story that aligns key stakeholders to the product strategy, guides product activities, and calls people to action
Stakeholder Engagement/Relationship Management
- Cultivate, maintain, and grow relationships with key stakeholders, including but not limited to departmental staff, its IT staff, and Volunteers
- Interpret customer business needs (expressed and latent) and translate them into technology strategies and projects in line with overall product area strategies and objectives
- Work closely and collaborate with IT platform and service teams, and with the other Business Technology colleagues
- Represent assigned OU/Functional Areas in IT forums and champion necessary feature requests with IT shared services
Technology Leadership
- Provide strategic technology advisory services to the assigned product teams
- Sell-in existing products and services as a first line to enable business strategies and objectives, where applicable
- Support the Agile/Scrum program management approach for product technology projects, ensuring cohesion between the various Scrum teams
- Engage with IT development resources/partners and other IT to oversee the delivery of new capabilities and tooling
Program Management
- Manage the prioritization and governance process for technology programs and projects
- Produce artifacts, including e.g., business cases, feature roadmaps, to ensure strategic alignment of an agreed-upon book of work
- Promote transparency between the various product groups within and across OU/functional areas
- Provide clear and consistent communications across technology and the OUs as relates to program/product governance
Functional Thought Leadership
- Provide recognized thought leadership and points of view on the application of technology to affect product strategies
- Identify and bring new and emerging technologies to bear on product strategies (both expressed and latent)
- Remain up-to-date on relevant news, best practices, and trends within the functional area and technology landscape, and share this knowledge
Travel Information
- Up to 30% Domestic and International
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience Computer Science, Engineering, Management, Business Req
Work Experience
- 7-10 years Relevant work experience Req
- Management consulting experience Pref
- 2-4 years Direct experience with Agile/scrum activities, project or program management Req
- 2-4 years Product development experience Pref
Skills and Requirements
- Proven experience implementing technology strategy with business cases aligned to strategic objectives
- Strong customer relationship skills
- Proven program management and governance skills in a product model environment
- Experience with agile development ceremonies and artifacts, including proficiency with JIRA, is desirable
- Comfort engaging and consulting with and presenting to business leadership
- Ability to work cross-team and promote a culture of joint problem-solving
- Strong communications and collaboration skills with the ability to express technical concepts in business terms
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills necessary to collaborate with all IT functions
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