Colorado Springs, CO, 80932, USA
2 days ago
Product Manager
Our client, T. Rowe Price, is seeking a Sr. Product Manager to join their team. **Job Title: Sr. Product Manager** **Location: Remote (based in Owings Mills MD)** **Pay Range: $75 - $79/hr W2** Job Description Role Summary Owns and leads the transformation lifecycle including the scoping, planning, and task execution for a cross functional end-to-end transformational process assessment in a highly collaborative team environment. Further responsible for owning and delivering the product roadmap in conjunction with active backlog maintenance. The Product Manager acts as an expert advisor for the assessment sponsors to define their vision and produce tangible plans allowing for the effective realization of the assessment objectives. Expert-level artifacts including steering committee presentations, planning frameworks and team policies established and governed throughout the assessment. Daily and weekly activities include leading scrum stand-up meetings and team huddles, overseeing task execution, drafting status updates and effective communications across a varied audience. Acting in an advisory role to the Lead Manager, establish standards and strategy along with leveraging complex problem-solving measures to ensure a seamless transition of solutions to business partners. Further accountabilities include managing the performance of team relative to success measures, SME resources and the quality of output presented to business line partners. Able to direct and lead in a fast-paced hybrid Agile environment working with a Lean Six Sigma practitioner, Data & Business Analyst and Project Coordinator. Responsibilities: 1. Develop a consultative partnership with Lead Manager and Business Sponsors to develop a vision statement and associated foundational documents including scope definition, success measures, product roadmap, reporting approach, agile sprint cadence and overall governance. 2. Develop detailed yet transparent product roadmap that aligns to the sponsor vision and established timeline. Identify and appropriately sequence tasks that will allow for timely and transparent execution by all team members. When roadblocks arise, diplomatically provides expert analysis and fit for purpose action plans to mitigate any risks or delays. Actively owns and manages product backlog to reach approved milestone dates while ensuring on-time delivery of assessment results. 3. Leads and directs team members throughout the planning and execution of Agile activities such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Acceptance Demos and Retrospective Discussions. 4. Utilizes existing standard artifacts and frameworks, develops, or enhances new artifacts or presentations when needed, balancing bespoke needs with standard ways of working. 5. Prepares for individual conversations, group update meetings and working sessions by establishing clear agendas designed to produce meaningful output. Facilitates all relevant discussions with tact and purpose. Provides thoughtful direction while respecting opposing points of view and instilling confidence across meeting attendees. Ensures that task execution and team administration are effectively addressed while leading high frequency team scrum stand-up meetings. 6. Acts as an expert and an advisor to the Lead Manager to establish internal strategies and reach alignment across stakeholders and varying levels of leadership. Upon reaching alignment, we will articulate continuous improvement recommendations to business unit leaders. 7. Provides complex analysis and illustrates expertise in storyboarding skills for SLT presentations along with ad-hoc visuals to concisely market the effectiveness of the assessments results and progression. Is further able to establish and instill storyboarding best practices across the Transformation Office. 8. Determines where measurement gaps exist and implements measurement plans and designates ownership to fill those gaps. Reviews operational data/metrics, analyzes and synthesizes the data, then compiles it into reports or presentations. 9. Engaging and directing business leaders; sets goals, manages expectations, and provides detailed plans (ownership, operational responsibility, management, continuity, knowledge, benefits realization) for business unit transition. 10. Responsible for building-up and developing team members regarding Project Management, Agile Methodologies and Product Ownership. Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND 8+ years of total relevant work experience • Experience leading project or agile teams • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification or higher • PMP and PROSCI (or equivalent Change Management) certification required • Advanced Agile Certification or 5 years of equivalent experience **About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of:** **Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells** _ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands –_ **_Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells_** _–_ creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent. ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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