Product Manager

About Nerdery and Being a “Nerd.”
Nerdery is a digital product consultancy. Much more than consultants, we’re allies and guides on our clients’ digital journey – helping them to grow their business and delight their customers through intuitive, thoughtfully designed technology. As true partners, we prepare our clients for the opportunities in front of them, help them achieve their goals, and quickly deliver value for their customers. We do this by solving problems in creative ways across strategy, design, and technology.

At Nerdery, we’re not defined by our job titles but by the impact we make. You’ll work directly and closely with some of the world’s best brands to help create innovative digital products that serve everyone. As Nerds, our insight, innovation, and expertise are celebrated, and our growth is not only encouraged but expected. Being a Nerd means stepping up and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.  We’re curious, fearless (well, not totally fearless – there are heights and spiders, after all), and always our authentic selves.

We are looking for a Product Manager to join our team!  We invite you to check out the details below and consider whether becoming a Nerd is the next step in your career journey.

Our ideal candidate thrives in a dynamic and collaborative environment, leveraging their expertise to guide our clients towards crafting innovative concepts. As a key part of our team, you'll lead the charge in developing cutting-edge digital products that achieve strategic business goals. The breadth and depth of your role will span not only spearheading new product development, but also honing existing products on the market. You will cater to the dual responsibility of creating and delivering the product for our clients. As the strategic force behind our products, you will develop solutions that are both user and business centric, providing invaluable support to both our internal teams and clients to help them realize their vision

Requirements

• Proven ability to navigate, influence, and facilitate communication between internal and external networks; experience developing and leading stakeholder relationships through establishing lasting and impactful partnerships
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, active listening, critical thinking, and presentation skills, with experience presenting to executive leadership and facilitating decision making
• Must be able to provide structure, be proactive, navigate ambiguity, manage stakeholders, and take responsibility for client deliverables; able to go between “in the weeds” analyses and “big-picture” thinking rapidly
• Experience working with clients to ideate, build, launch and support enterprise digital products
• Experience and willingness to execute work with internal and external cross-functional teams using proven approaches and frameworks, applied to a consulting setting (including Agile, Design Thinking, and Lean Startup)
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 5-7+ years of consulting experience in the Product space for a consulting firm or creative agency, or similar experience

What Things Will You Do As A Nerd?

• Define the product scope, while identifying what makes the product stand out and deliver value for the business and user needs. Should be able to articulate the purpose and positive change the creation of these solutions will bring about.
• Accountable for developing and representing the product strategy, roadmap and scope to appropriate internal and external resources.
• Collaborates with other Nerdery domains (business consulting, insights, analytics, technology & experience design) to:
  
  • Create & define the vision of the product or a suite of products based on client needs.
  • Identify & define objectives and key results to track product success against.
• Serve as the key person responsible for carrying the product from ideation through delivery. This includes:
  
  • Serve as primary partner for client in the product development lifecycle
  • Create, manage and prioritize backlog
  • Direct the Product design and development teams
  • Drive consensus in achieving solutions, remove roadblocks
• Evaluate product progress against the goals and adjust as needed
  
  • Set up measurement framework that aligns product to OKRs
  • Measure and adjust scope based on user feedback and product analytics
• Support the continued evolution of Nerdery’s offering on digital product development by creating trainings/artifacts/solutions for our teams and clients to use
• Demonstrate leadership skills and expertise guiding teams and supporting the development of individual team members

What Skills Will Help You Be A Successful Nerd?

• You like to lead the pack and are a trusted partner. You are proactive and self-motivated with a proven track record in driving solutions forward. Eager to learn and succeed in everything that you do. 
• You have a strong point of view and distinct voice to confidently lead a variety of technical projects with a team of contributors and leaders. Your communication skills are easily tailored to address the various players involved. 
• You push yourself and those around you to accomplish the goals at hand and know how to juggle multiple complex projects simultaneously. You know how to identify an issue before it arises and maintain a positive attitude.
• Experience managing large scale web and/or mobile projects with multiple work streams and diverse teams (business consulting, insights, analytics, technology & experience design) across remote locations. 

Are We the Right Fit For You?

The best way to get the scoop on whether Nerdery is the right place for you is to chat with current Nerds.  We would be delighted to have a conversation with you and share insight into what it’s really like to work at our organization and if it’s a place where you can thrive.  Our interview process will provide you ample opportunity to talk with other team members and assess whether the role is a good fit for your next chapter.  Take the first step and apply today – our Talent Advocates will then reach out to you to get the ball rolling!