Director Product Development Position Description The Director of Product Development will be responsible for overseeing product strategy product development product life cycle management and aligning products with business goals. The Director will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams from all departments to get products from design to market launch. Responsibilities: - Lead market research initiatives to investigate potential new products and ensure existing products are relevant.
- Lead cross-functional teams of product managers IT developers marketing and sales to bring products from inception to market launch.
- Lead product strategy.
- Lead product life cycle management.
- Lead business intelligence efforts that monitor existing products.
- Oversee the identification acquisition and management of vendor contracts used within products.
- Interfacing with company executives to address market priorities and resource availability.
- Attend conferences and client (or potential client) meetings to provide expertise around CostQuests products. Presentations may be required.
- Travel to other CQA offices to develop relationships with other department team members.
Required Skills - Strong project management skills.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Proven ability to hire mentor and develop talent.
- Analytic strategic and critical thinking.
- Intellectually curious engaged in learning new technologies and applying them to customer needs.
- Flexibility to respond to quickly changing market conditions.
- Being self-driven and being a strong team player are mandatory.
Additional skills - Knowledge of MS Excel Word PowerPoint (or similar applications).
- Knowledge of database manipulation via SQL Python KNIME or other means.
- Knowledge of GIS applications.
- Knowledge of telecommunications or data networks.
- Knowledge of product management.
Who We Are CostQuest Associates is a broadband consulting firm offering a variety of specialized consulting services GIS data and application products. Our team utilizes GIS (Geographic Information System) solutions to design develop and implement economic models applications and geographic data to support the broadband telecommunications ecosystem. We are a small company with a large profile in constant pursuit of new challenges to expand our customers range from Fortune 100 companies such as AT&T and Comcast to government departments at the Federal and State we are proud of our accomplishments we define ourselves by the courage to always do whats right and the resolve to leave no stone unturned. CostQuest Associates is based in Cincinnati Ohio with an office in Seattle Washington a presence in Washington D.C. and a network of experts across the US.
What We Do CostQuest Associates services government clients and the broadband industry with services related to valuation appraisal public policy engineering cost and business planning. We excel in custom broadband telecommunication economics work and the creation of niche datasets and applications that enable companies and regulators to make effective informed decisions and allocate their capital more efficiently. Clients such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the US Department of Commerce have relied on our expertise to inform policy and regulatory addition our valuation and appraisal services support the tax and merger and acquisition initiatives for large services providers and other providers of broadband services. Compensation & Benefits: - Competitive Salary and Benefits
- Job Type: Full-time Permanent
- Bonus Pay and Profit Sharing
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Company paid Dental Vision Life and LTD insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health savings account
- Vacation (10 days increasing with years of service) Sick (5 days)
- (Days will be adjusted first year based on date of hire)
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
Schedule: Work Location: Hybrid schedule is an option in Cincinnati OH 45202 or Seattle WA (Fremont) Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability CostQuest is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on any protected basis. If you have a disability and need assistance during the application and selection process as a result please let us know. Arrangements can be made to provide an accommodation to assist you in applying for an open position using our online system or completing any other related paperwork interviewing or any portion of the employment process. Please contact Betsy Thrush at if you need an accommodation or other assistance.
| Required Experience:
Director
Director Product DevelopmentPosition DescriptionThe Director of Product Development will be responsible for overseeing product strategy product development product life cycle management and aligning products with business goals. The Director will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams fro...
Director Product Development Position Description The Director of Product Development will be responsible for overseeing product strategy product development product life cycle management and aligning products with business goals. The Director will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams from all departments to get products from design to market launch. Responsibilities: - Lead market research initiatives to investigate potential new products and ensure existing products are relevant.
- Lead cross-functional teams of product managers IT developers marketing and sales to bring products from inception to market launch.
- Lead product strategy.
- Lead product life cycle management.
- Lead business intelligence efforts that monitor existing products.
- Oversee the identification acquisition and management of vendor contracts used within products.
- Interfacing with company executives to address market priorities and resource availability.
- Attend conferences and client (or potential client) meetings to provide expertise around CostQuests products. Presentations may be required.
- Travel to other CQA offices to develop relationships with other department team members.
Required Skills - Strong project management skills.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Proven ability to hire mentor and develop talent.
- Analytic strategic and critical thinking.
- Intellectually curious engaged in learning new technologies and applying them to customer needs.
- Flexibility to respond to quickly changing market conditions.
- Being self-driven and being a strong team player are mandatory.
Additional skills - Knowledge of MS Excel Word PowerPoint (or similar applications).
- Knowledge of database manipulation via SQL Python KNIME or other means.
- Knowledge of GIS applications.
- Knowledge of telecommunications or data networks.
- Knowledge of product management.
Who We Are CostQuest Associates is a broadband consulting firm offering a variety of specialized consulting services GIS data and application products. Our team utilizes GIS (Geographic Information System) solutions to design develop and implement economic models applications and geographic data to support the broadband telecommunications ecosystem. We are a small company with a large profile in constant pursuit of new challenges to expand our customers range from Fortune 100 companies such as AT&T and Comcast to government departments at the Federal and State we are proud of our accomplishments we define ourselves by the courage to always do whats right and the resolve to leave no stone unturned. CostQuest Associates is based in Cincinnati Ohio with an office in Seattle Washington a presence in Washington D.C. and a network of experts across the US.
What We Do CostQuest Associates services government clients and the broadband industry with services related to valuation appraisal public policy engineering cost and business planning. We excel in custom broadband telecommunication economics work and the creation of niche datasets and applications that enable companies and regulators to make effective informed decisions and allocate their capital more efficiently. Clients such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the US Department of Commerce have relied on our expertise to inform policy and regulatory addition our valuation and appraisal services support the tax and merger and acquisition initiatives for large services providers and other providers of broadband services. Compensation & Benefits: - Competitive Salary and Benefits
- Job Type: Full-time Permanent
- Bonus Pay and Profit Sharing
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Company paid Dental Vision Life and LTD insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health savings account
- Vacation (10 days increasing with years of service) Sick (5 days)
- (Days will be adjusted first year based on date of hire)
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
Schedule: Work Location: Hybrid schedule is an option in Cincinnati OH 45202 or Seattle WA (Fremont) Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability CostQuest is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on any protected basis. If you have a disability and need assistance during the application and selection process as a result please let us know. Arrangements can be made to provide an accommodation to assist you in applying for an open position using our online system or completing any other related paperwork interviewing or any portion of the employment process. Please contact Betsy Thrush at if you need an accommodation or other assistance.
| Required Experience:
Director
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