Tech Product Manager 4- IT Security Products

Manager 4 (TPM4) is a professional master position responsible for the overall success of the products for which the individual has responsibility. This role involves a deep understanding of end-user customer needs the customer journey producing and prioritizing requirements and working with others to deliver products which customers love. This position requires deploying qualitative and quantitative customer understanding methods to isolate and prioritize needs and assess solution fit.

The TPM4s accountability extends beyond technology and includes anything that affects the customer experience relating to product scope. The TPM4 develops and maintains a long-term product vision and roadmap to guide the organizations future. As product advocate the TPM4 also oversees customer awareness and enablement programs to ensure that stakeholders and end-users are aware of product capabilities availability and can successfully deploy and manage products and receive adequate product support.

As the individual responsible for product success the TPM4 ensures that funds invested yield the maximum customer benefit and organization return. Ongoing product and customer measurement provides feedback that enables the TPM4 to gauge success and focus on areas of needed improvement

This individual works with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel.

We value early mid and late-career candidates and encourage all applicants with the posted skills and abilities to apply.

Identify customer segments/personas and deeply understand needs context and journey

Document and prioritize customer needs

Be a customer advocate helping others understand the customer context and representing customer needs

Gain and maintain deep knowledge of the industry in which customers/products/technologies converge

Identify and collaborate internal stakeholders; understand and prioritize their needs and direction

Develop business cases and conduct feasibility analysis to justify product need/viability

Understand business risks and develop/execute risk mitigation plans when required

Oversee every global aspect of technical product management for products that are complex in nature and often enterprise-wide

Translate customer needs into product requirements

Document and prioritize a backlog of product requirements with acceptance criterion

Establish requirements for a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

Establish product vision objectives and strategies

Manage the product lifecycle from customer understanding to end of life

Establish and maintain a product plan and three-year roadmap

Understand customer perceived product strengths weaknesses and overall value

Establish and regularly report customer-facing product objectives and success metrics

Ensure product success against product objectives and customer acceptance

Evaluate if product meets customer needs and approve product release accordingly

Approve the customer service/support model

Partner to ensure that product training meets customer needs

Develop plans to increase product trial adoption and usage

Develop and execute product messaging launch and ongoing awareness plans

Create customer-facing product training and order fulfillment materials

Manage and track Total Cost of Ownership

• Bachelors degree in related field or equivalent professional experience
• Nine years of relevant professional experience including eight years industry track record of successful product development or product management
• Communication Strong verbal and written communicator who conveys ideas clearly to all levels of the organization
• Collaboration Strong collaborator who listens respectfully understands empathetically and brings unity
• Creativity Ability to look beyond the conventional to solve customer needs and business problems
• Organization Highly organized and driven by repeatable system and set of work practices
• Leadership/ Influencer Proven ability to build and lead high-functioning cross-functional teams
• Customer Understanding Experience handling complex customer needs in technical environments
• Product Lifecycle/Planning Extensive experience in Agile and Scrum environments including methods tools systems and application.
• To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment

Preferred:

• Thorough knowledge of and experience with network infrastructure product (e.g. DDI OSI Layer 1 VXLAN EVGP MPLS)
• Masters of Business Administration or Masters Degree in Information Technology