BCforward is looking for Product Manager in Columbus, OH (Hybrid)

Title: Product Manager

Location: Columbus, OH (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 months contract to hire

Job responsibilities

• Partners with the Product Manager to identify new product opportunities that reflect the needs of our customers and the market through user research and discovery
• Considers and plans for upstream and downstream implications of new product features on the overall product experience
• Supports the collection of user research, journey mapping, and market analysis to inform the strategic product roadmap and provide insight on potential product features that provide value to customers
• Analyzes, tracks, and evaluates product metrics including work to time, cost, and quality targets across the product development life cycle
• Writes the requirements, epics, and user stories to support product development
• Keep up-to-date with industry best practices, emerging trends, and advancements in "at desk" endpoint technologies, including both hardware and software.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration by working closely with engineering, design, marketing, and stakeholder/supplier teams to bring the product to fruition.
• Engage with various customer and business stakeholders to gather and analyze feedback, shaping product requirements accordingly.
• Oversee the daily operations of development and product teams to ensure alignment with the delivery roadmap.
• Manage risk by developing contingency plans and mitigation strategies to minimize technical debt and ensure audit readiness.
• Prepare reports, documentation, and presentations to effectively communicate insights, findings, and recommendations as needed.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 3+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in product management or a relevant domain area
• Proficient knowledge of the product development life cycle
• Experience in product life cycle activities including discovery and requirements definition
• Developing knowledge of data analytics and data literacy
• Proven experience working with large enterprises and managing products involving multiple stakeholder groups.
• Proficient in Agile methodology, with strong skills in planning, goal setting, and analysis.
• Knowledgeable in Windows OS-based systems and associated management practices.
• Experienced with technical tools such as Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, and possesses strong project management skills.
• Skilled in roadmap planning, market analysis, feature planning, time and cost analysis, and enterprise release management.
• Strong communication, critical thinking, and project management abilities.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience in financial management planning.

Proficiency in data visualization.

Experience in managing hardware vendors.

Over 2 years of experience in uncovering data insights and visualization, as well as designing and executing product experiments.

Background in end-user support to effectively address and meet the needs of SRE/Operations partners.

Ability to manage multiple scrum teams' Book of Work, accurately refining and analyzing the backlog to maintain an up-to-date view of product tasks.

Willingness to challenge the status quo and push the team to deliver high-quality results.