Prod Mgr, 3-8 yrs experience, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, USA, relo=maybe

Prod Mgr, 3-8 yrs experience, McGraw-Hill
New York, NY, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: VP Product Management

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PRODUCT MANAGER

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

FOR ONLINE VERSION OF A BUSINESS PUBLICATION

Founded over 100 years ago, our client is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2006 were $6.3 billion.

 

1.      PURPOSE:   The primary goal of the Associate Product Manager and Product Manager positions is to help drive the overall development of product strategy for Our Client and to execute on that strategy. As Our Client pursues a new strategy of competing for Internet traffic and advertising dollars within the business & information segment, it must develop new competencies.  These include: approaching the development of new features/applications from a formal software development perspective, using current product management methods and elevating the voice of users above all others in helping set our product priorities.  Our Client is looking for talented, self-motivated, hard-working technical strategists to guide our products through conception, development, and eventually, launch. If you are entrepreneurial, ambitious, and have a proven track record of excellence in these areas, we have several projects waiting for you!  As a product manager you will be given access to unparalleled resources within our parent company to grow and develop both personally and professionally.

2.      ESSENTIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:     

Essential Accountability   Develop product strategy by balancing user needs,  advertising needs and needs of internal stakeholders.  The end result is a focused and user-validated product that generates more traffic (page views and unique users). Execute the entire product development lifecycle including: gathering and analyzing needs from various stakeholders and then prioritizing those needs based on rigorous criteria. Chief among those criteria is the growth of sustainable incremental traffic and revenue. Research markets and competitors to ensure a healthy ‘realistic’ view of the outside world. Work with engineers to define products and ensure that requirements are clearly articulated and that a productive, creative and open culture is supported. Form and maintain key relationships with senior management and executives in the Product, Engineering, Operations, Sales, and Business Development teams to ensure strategic alignment and transparency. Project-manage multiple projects to ensure milestones are met and dependencies are identified. Analyze and help select 3rd party technologies and applications. Work closely with business development and engineering to help identify and evaluate partners. Promote a fun, open and dynamic environment to stimulate leading-edge thinking.

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This position will have direct impact on increasing Internet traffic to Our client (page views and unique users). Each major product managed by a product manager will have measurable traffic results (e.g. how many users use the feature measured in terms of page views and unique users).  Revenue will directly flow from this traffic and can also be measured.

 

5.      KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:             Describe the knowledge and skills needed for competent performance of the position.  Specify why the knowledge or experience is required by referring to how it is used in performing the essential accountabilities.

 

·         BA/BS in Computer Science, related technical field (MS or MBA a plus) OR equivalent industry experience with a non technical degree.

·         3-8 years experience in a software or online environment (either in an enterprise or consumer software company).

·         Interest in, and knowledge of, new and "bleeding-edge" technology.

·         Excellent written and oral communication skills.

 

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If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Margot Finley-Aguilera
President
Avondale Search International
margot@avondalesearch.com

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