[Hiring] Product Manager @Fora Financial

Role Description

We are seeking a Product Manager to join our in-house Agile team focused on our Fintech platform and users. Be part of our digital transformation with our industry leading FinTech platform. Your ideas will be valued, your work will be impactful.

In this role you will be responsible for building an end-to-end internal product development capability while fostering a culture of innovation for the company. Working closely with the CTO, VP of Engineering, Project Manager/Scrum master, and functional leaders, you will be tasked with evaluating, and launching new product initiatives that leverage the company’s capabilities, fulfill a need in the marketplace, and ultimately create long-term economic value. You will refine the product/project roadmap and services offered to the small business community. You will directly contribute and be responsible for requirements elicitation, success criteria, KPI metrics, and prioritization.

Let’s jointly challenge norms and disrupt for new levels of success!

Key Deliverables:

• Participate in product management lifecycle process including technical requirements, success criteria, product implementation and launch.
• Own and manage assigned product/project initiatives and issues/bugs addressing prioritization as well as any contentions.
• Work closely with Business, Product, and Technology stakeholders for prototyping and technical development and delivery of products, understanding how new product ideas will leverage the capabilities of the company’s proprietary technology platform.
• Perform as Product Owner for Agile Sprint delivery, managing requirements, acceptance criteria, stakeholder signoffs, and prioritization of user stories as well as bugs/issues.
• Responsible for BAU Ops enhancements, analysis, issues prioritization as well as requirements management.
• Responsible for business requirements gathering/management, throughout the entire agile delivery lifecycle, and conveying to technical resources for implementation.
• Involved with elicitation, organization, translation, of both business level and functional requirements. Probing and challenging stakeholders to get to the right level of detail including identification of success criteria metrics.
• Perform as product owner for a Sprint and Scrum team, prioritizing and managing backlog and grooming based upon Prioritization Committee decisions.
• Confirm interpretation of requirements with stakeholders followed by user story communication and clarification for technology stakeholders.
• Development and execution of independent verification and validation test cases and plans, as well as production-based operational acceptance testing.
• Obtain Level of effort estimate from development engineering team, any resourcing contention, and communicate to Project Prioritization Committee.
• Act as a liaison between key business stakeholders and technical resources.
• Partner closely with project manager/scrum master.

Qualifications

• Track record of delivering high value products in a high growth, fast paced environment.
• Experience within financial services, FinTech, or technology related industries is preferred. Knowledge of the SMB customer/market is a plus.
• Experience driving business centric product strategy, road-mapping, requirements management, and execution across a fast-moving organization.
• Diverse skill set demonstrating a big picture, strategic mindset, attention to detail, literacy across business functions, technology savvy, and financial proficiency.
• Strong project management and leadership skills, the ability to direct cross-functional initiatives at the management level, and comfort interacting with/influencing senior stakeholders.
• Ownership mentality and accountability for driving business impact, in a data-informed, experiment-driven product culture, ideally in SMB or Consumer Growth.

Requirements

• Base Salary Range: $130,000-$150,000

Benefits

• A good work/life balance
• Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage
• 401K Match
• Life Insurance at No Cost to Employees
• Generous Time Off Plan Including Rollover Vacation Days
• Commuter Benefits
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
• Opportunity for Advancement
• Year End Bonus Eligibility