Product Manager

Job Location – Burbank, CA (Hybrid)

Type – Contract (12 Months)

Rate – $88.97 Per Hour

Your New Role
The Product Manager will guide the success of the product and lead the cross-functional team that is responsible for implementing and continuously improving the portal. The Product Manager will work with Technology & Business Sponsors to set the strategic product vision as well as create and update the product roadmap, define features for the product and prioritize them into a realistic and rationalized release plan based on a prioritized backlog.

Job Responsibilities / Typical Day in the Role
Product Roadmap: 60% of time
Work with the business users and Business Analysts to define the product strategic vision, and roadmap for Star Labs. This role will facilitate the elicitation, analysis, documentation, and organization of requirements and KPIs into a clear, concise, and actionable product backlog that will deliver prioritized incremental business value throughout the product’s lifecycle. The Product manager will provide product oversight to ensure consistent product experience of user controls, data definitions, business logic, and product aesthetics.

User Acceptance & Adoption: 30% of time
Maintains a deep empathy for business users and wants to creatively solve problems with a user-first mentality. Facilitate User Acceptance Testing and work with the Change Management team to ensure adoption through firsthand training.

Continuous Delivery: 10% of time
Evaluate and recommend product innovations and enhancements that drive business value and maximize the ROI for the product. Partner with peer Product Managers, Project Managers, Architecture, Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Program Management to identify, evaluate, and integrate 1st and 3rd party strategic technical solutions. Enumerate and identify clear business KPIs, for setting annualized objectives and partnering with GTM and Financial Planning teams to meet the business and product goals.

Must Have Skills / Requirements

• 5+ years of Product Management Experience
• Experience in the Licensing and Consumer Products industry
• A high-level understanding of the product lifecycle
• A high-level understanding of Digital Asset Management process and tools
• Previous experience working with visualization tools (Tableau, Einstein Analytics, Looker)
• Experience defining and managing business requirements and outcomes with our business partners, and collaborating with technical teams to create and integrate relevant features into the product roadmap
• Experience with Agile development approach and tools
• Experience in creating and maintaining product vision and roadmap
• Experience with production release cycles and product planning
• Experience writing detailed epics and user stories with measurable acceptance criteria
• Experience working in a cross-matrixed teams with several active workstreams and integration points
• Ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
• Functional knowledge of these additional applications and processes:
  • Tableau
  • Snowflake
  • MongoDB
  • Nuxeo
  • Work Management/Project Management Tools
  • com
  • Workfront
  • Jira & Confluence
  • MS O365 Office (Must be proficient in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project, Visio, SharePoint, Teams)

Nice to Have Skills / Preferred Requirements
Experience in Media & Entertainment Industry

Soft Skills

• Experience building positive relationships with internal and external team members
• Experience communicating and working with technical and non-technical senior stakeholders
• High degree of commitment, independence, and self-motivation; enthusiasm for challenging work
• High level management and leadership skills
• Ability to collaborate with diverse multi-disciplinary teams
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and client engagement skills
• Excellent analytical, trouble shooting and critical thinking skills
• Conflict resolution and critical thinking skills

Education / Certifications
Undergraduate Degree Preferred
Scrum Master and Agile certification is preferred