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WGU

Senior Software Product Manager

Salt Lake City, UT · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$144k-$223kDetected 8 days ago
Product ManagementProduct StrategyAgileLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
  • You will make hard, high-stakes trade-offs between features, choosing those that are most likely to ensure that both business goals and user needs are met.
  • Someone who, as an excellent storyteller, can represent the interests of the users they serve and influence teams to generate the outcomes that resolve their most pressing problems.

Responsibilities

  • You will collaborate with a cross-functional team and product peers to develop strategic product roadmaps that ensure a holistic end-to-end user experience.
  • You will measure and report on the efficacy of your initiatives and develop action plans accordingly.
  • We look for candidates who can demonstrate a history of delivering outcomes through a partnership with design, engineering and the business.
  • Works toward creating shared outcomes with multiple teams to deliver impact for customers.
  • Defines product release strategies, ensuring the readiness of the various business partners.
  • Creates, manages, and regularly presents a strategic roadmap to both stakeholders and delivery teams.
  • Manages expectations by understanding when initiatives are at risk and proactively communicates with stakeholders.
  • Participates in and sometimes leads the RFI and RFP vendor selection process.
  • Builds mentorship relationships and initiates guidance of less senior Product Managers.
  • Provides strategic direction to less senior product managers who lead delivery on Scrum teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 7 years of experience as a Software Product Manager or Product Owner or other related and applicable experience.
  • Experience working in agile environments
  • experience and training
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.

Nice to have

  • Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position.
  • It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs.
  • Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.
  • Position & Application Details
  • Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses
  • accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages

Compensation

  • $143,700.00 - $222,700.00

Benefits

  • You will build business cases, articulate strategy, and evangelize the product vision to stakeholders and cross-functional team members.
  • Works closely with cross functional team of stakeholders, end-users, engineers, UX designers, and product leaders to understand the problems to solve, inform the product vision, and define requirements.

Equal opportunity

  • Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
  • Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

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