Senior Product Manager (Virtual, Fulltime)

WealthCounsel, LLC • Remote (NJ, United States) • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

WealthCounsel is the premier provider of solutions for estate planners and business lawyers. Our combined offerings of drafting technology, legal education and practice development help attorneys elevate their practices and achieve greater success. We believe in the power of service and the strength of an elite member community to make a difference in the lives of our customers and their clients.

SUMMARY:

The Senior Product Manager is responsible for defining the purpose and future direction of WealthCounsel products based on an understanding of customer needs and the competitive landscape, as well as in support of the company’s overall strategies and objectives. The Senior Product Manager will outline the product roadmap, gather and prioritize requirements for necessary features, and work with the UI/UX, engineering and QA teams to ensure the successful delivery and maintenance of WealthCounsel products throughout the product lifecycle.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Collaborates with business staff to thoroughly understand the needs that must be supported by the products and technology.
Works with the stakeholders and product owners to build product roadmaps.
Maintains an awareness of the competitive market to observe trends and emerging technology, conducts market research and analysis as needed.
Provides recommendations regarding the evolution of the system and products.
Responds to inquiries and provides advice regarding current and potential system inputs, processes, and outputs.
Analyzes and synthesizes business requirements to develop and document detailed technical requirements.
Communicates product requirements to UI/UX team to drive designs and software behavior.
Outlines product features and phases in line with roadmap to communicate dependencies and timeline to engineering.
Coordinates with the engineering team to prioritize and implement software changes.
Provides necessary guidance to the QA team to ensure that requirements are met and components are ready for delivery.
Performs product demonstrations to stakeholders (including management, staff and customers).
Sets and monitors goals for defined product success metrics.
Leads the design and institution of a feedback handling process in cooperation with operational teams.
Synthesizes feedback and product metrics to generate and test hypotheses for WealthCounsel products.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS:

5-10 years in product related roles for software products.
Strong experience in user testing and project management.
Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams.
Detail-oriented and organized with solid analytical skills.
Strong team player with ability to negotiate and settle differences quickly and peacefully.
Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills across varied audiences.
Experience in software UX and feature design.
Experience analyzing trends and market developments.
Ability to define, monitor and analyze product success metrics.
Strong intuition for and communication of customer experience strategy.
Ability to manage ambiguity, complexity and interdependencies in an organized and disciplined manner.
Ability to break complex problems down and synthesize data to identify core problems and opportunities.
Fluent in product development methodologies: agile, continuous improvement, lean, strategic prioritization systems.
Experience with leveraging JIRA (or similar systems) to define and plan work as well as communicate key process health indicators and output forecasting.
Some travel may be required.

BENEFITS:

We value our employees' time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our competitive salary and bonus/commission plans. Our extensive benefits package includes a generous paid time off program, paid holidays (including federal and floating holidays), paid volunteer time, paid parental leave, medical/dental/vision benefits, employer paid life insurance and short-term disability, employer matching 401k, and future growth opportunities within the company. We also offer monthly gym membership and home internet reimbursements.