Senior Director of Product

The Campaign Finance Board is a nonpartisan independent city agency that empowers New Yorkers to have a greater impact on their elections. Our mission is to make local democracy more open transparent and equitable by removing barriers to participation.

We make it easier for New Yorkers to vote meaningfully support candidates for city office and run for office themselves. NYC Votes our voter engagement initiative meets people where they are to share trustworthy election information and help New Yorkers make a plan to vote. We publish the citywide Voter Guide which delivers information about candidates directly to voters doors. Our public matching funds program ensures small contributions can make a big difference allowing regular people to run for office by relying on the support of other regular people not just wealthy donors and special interests. And we lift the veil on how candidates raise and spend money increasing transparency and accountability in local government.

We believe that when every New Yorker is empowered to participate meaningfully in elections candidates will better reflect the communities they serve elected leaders will be more accountable to the public and New Yorkers will have a democracy they can truly trust.

The Strategy Products and Innovation division is the agencys newest division and leads the strategic planning and policy work working across the agency to test out and implement new ideas. This division also creates the agencys product roadmap to take us into future elections while maintaining and improving existing systems. The new Product Strategy vertical will be responsible for creating the overall roadmap for tech modernization and process improvements; prioritize tech projects to pursue and liaise between technical engineers and subject matter experts; and align tech projects with the agencys strategic plan and objectives. Plans for this vertical include building new teams for product management as well as user experience and service design as well as some reorganization of existing PMO functions.

The Director of Product will lead the NYC Campaign Finance Boards first Product Management office. This office will be responsible for strategy planning and managing delivery of technical products for CFB including:

Iterative improvements of current systems (ex: improve the interfaces and portals by which candidates and the public interact with NYCCFB).
Legacy overhauls and upgrades (ex: move core databases to the cloud).
New products and features (new payments platform salesforce public outreach platform).
Creating and maintaining roadmaps.
User research and data analysis.
Feature selection and prioritization.
Project management of technical efforts.
Ticket creation maintenance and agile ceremonies.

This position will require the selected candidate to obtain NYC residency within 90 days of starting their job and be inperson in the CFB Manhattan office a minimum of 1 day a week.

The Director role will be a managerial position over the offices PMs a key component of the hiring pipeline a strategic partner for CFB leadership and be able to chip in and act as a seniorlevel Product Manager and Product Strategist when needed. The Director will report to the First Deputy Executive Director.

The Director will also be responsible for understanding the needs of CFB and helping to craft the job description and hiring pipeline for future individual contributor PMs to build out their office. This is a dynamic role that will have a large impact on elections in the City of New York and the future of the CFB.

The ideal candidate will be a senior product manager with people management experience have worked in government civic or political tech before and have a background in engineering user research or design. A strong get things done attitude high emotional intelligence and excellent communication skills are essential. Responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to:

Product Management & Product Strategy
Build an overall product roadmap including prioritization of new features vs. improving old ones risk analysis of legacy systems and plans for rollout/change management.
Work with other leaders to identify and agree on actionable and measurable goals.
Set a cadence for measuring and revisiting these goals.
Report regularly to leadership team on progress and metrics.
Ensure open and frequent channels for feedback internal and external qualitative and quantitative.
Incorporate humancentered design and datadriven decision making into all areas of work.
Occasionally act as PM on direct project work including discovery sprints running development teams and overseeing launches.

Product Delivery
Overhaul IT delivery pipeline to make best use of existing talents more efficient and effective delivery of products and incorporate industry best practices.
Create and uphold standard expectations for agile development including short development sprints iterative feedback cycles and strong practices for QA privacy and security.
Identify and improve any current methods of task identification and prioritization.
Ensure Product team is working smoothly in partnership with project and engineering teams listening to their input and setting realistic expectations.

Leadership & Hiring
Build a model for CFBs Product Management practice and work with other CFB leaders to integrate this model with their methods of working.
Help create and actively participate in the pipeline for hiring Product Managers.
Manage a team of Product Managers including onboarding offboarding regular 1:1s recurring constructive feedback and mentorship.
Occasionally advocate for CFB in a public setting at public speaking engagements recruiting events etc.


ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS ABILITIES & OTHER BEHAVIORS (KSAOs)

Were seeking individuals eager to make an impact even if they dont tick every box on our job description. We believe in the power of diverse perspectives and the unique blend of lived experiences nontraditional education pathways practical knowhow and a variety of skills and abilities that each candidate brings to the table. If youre ready to learn and grow with us we encourage you to apply and be part of our dynamic team.

Knowledge
Proficiency in the standards of agile software development and human centered design practices.
Uptodate market awareness of technology products and practices.
Deeper knowledge and background in one of: engineering data design user research or project management.

Skills
Strong problemsolving skills with a focus on data and the human experience.
Ability to prioritize and make future plans knowing theyll probably have to change.
Knows how to put together a roadmap and metricbased goals.
Solid and objective hiring evaluation skills.
Empathy and emotional intelligence.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Collaborative working style with both internal colleagues and external stakeholders.
Excellent people management skills with experience mentoring staff for career growth.

Abilities
Works well under pressure.
Able to plan and then be flexible enough to change that plan.
Creative problem solver.

Other
Able to take and give feedback well.
Strong attention to detail even when operating at a senior level.
Ability to operate at both a high senior strategy level and participate as an individual contributor on project work.
Commitment to diversity equity and inclusion including leading a diverse staff.
Exhibits passion and energy for the work and the agencys mission.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Five 5 years of experience in product management with a demonstrated track record of discovery and delivery of technological projects.
Three 3 years of hiring and managing people.
Previous work in government civic or political tech.
Experience building a Product team from scratch.
Experience modernizing legacy products.

TO APPLY: All applicants must apply through NYC Government Jobs Explore Careers City of New York

Please search and apply to the job ID number listed above.
Resume and cover letter are required for consideration.
Note that only applicants under consideration will be contacted.

For more information on careers with the NYC Campaign Finance Board visit our website at to access the full listing of job opportunities and to learn more about our agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The City of New York provides generous medical benefits (including dental and vision through respective unions or funds) retirement tuition reimbursement and additional ancillary benefits. CFB offers a flexible and hybrid work schedule opportunities for career development learning & development (leadership training and coaching) wellness programs and much more!

As a prospective employee of the City of New York you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information please visit the U.S. Department of Educations website at CFB is an equal opportunity employer firmly committed to diversity. All individuals are encouraged to apply. If you anticipate needing any type of reasonable accommodation to apply for an employment opportunity please contact or.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MA 06939

Qualifications :

1.A bachelors degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by at least twelvesemester credits (or the equivalent of twelvesemester credits) in accounting auditing business or public administration computer science economics finance statistics graphic design personnel or human resources administration user experience design or a closely related area of study and one year of satisfactory fulltime experience in accounting auditing (including compliance or investigative auditing) business or public administration business analysis computer science database administration economics finance fiscal or economic management or research statistics graphic design personnel or human resources administration user experience design or a closely related field; or
2.A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of experience as described in 1 above; or
and/or experience equivalent to 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime