Senior Product Manager

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Job Description Summary:

The Senior Product Manager is responsible for product planning and assisting with marketing for selected products. This includes managing the product throughout its lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing requirements, clarifying the product vision, and working closely with Engineering and Sales to deliver winning products. It also includes working with Marketing and support to drive revenue and customer satisfaction. They will ensure that the product and marketing efforts support the overall business strategy and goals. They are responsible for education, championing and implementation of Product Management best practices throughout the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Partner with and support cross-functional teams with respect to requirements interpretation, product decisions, specification reviews, customer satisfaction issues, and scheduling. 
• Gather and prioritize requirements with input from Customers, Support, Development and other market sources. 
• Responsible for insight into the international competitive environment to ensure Rocket’s products are best positioned relative to our strategy. Spends time with customers gathering feedback to inform strategy. 
• Represent the customer: build strong customer relationships, develop deep insights on evolving customer requirements, be the champion and voice of the customer, bring the customer's voice into the product development process. 
• Collaborate with Engineering to develop and implement solutions to highly technical problems based on detailed knowledge of core product and platform technology. 
• Be an expert on the domain, the market, and the trends.  
• Evangelize our vision constantly so all stakeholders are aligned, have context and understand where we are going. 
• Help to manage the roadmap: execute prioritized decisions to adjust based on engineering tradeoffs and customer feedback, own development of business cases to support proposed investment priorities. 
• Work with third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities.  
• Brief internal sales force and business partners on product releases, lifecycle, and policies. 

Required Qualifications:

• An experienced Product Manager with a strong, demonstrable track record of delivering successful products and driving meaningful business outcomes.
• The ability to ensure the confidentiality of sensitive information and thrive in a fast-paced, intellectually demanding and service-oriented environment. 
• The ability to manage time and schedules to meet aggressive deadlines and influence through persuasive written and verbal communication. 
• Possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy that includes a big-picture vision and the drive to make that vision a reality.
• Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products.
• Track record of using qualitative and quantitative data to prioritize and drive decision-making.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Domain knowledge of database and development tools.
• Effective presentations to customers.
• Excellent teamwork skills.
• Outstanding attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority. 

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science or Marketing, or equivalent business experience. 

MBA or related Master’s degree preferred.

Travel Requirements:

<25%, including international travel, fluctuates to meet business and customer needs.

Information Security:

Information security is everyone’s responsibility.  A fundamental principle of information security at Rocket Software is that all individuals in the organization have a responsibility for the security and protection of company information and IT Resources over which they have control, according to their role.

Diversity, Inclusion & Equity:

At Rocket we are committed to an inclusive workplace environment, where every Rocketeer can thrive by bringing their full selves to work. Being a Rocketeer means you are part of our movement to continually drive inclusivity, diversity and equity in our workforce.

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Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

As part of our commitment to a safe and trustworthy workplace, we include background and reference checks in our hiring process.

Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.  If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to [email protected].  We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!