Boston Area, MA, USA
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Reports To: Marketing
Product Manager – Education Loans
Innovative Financial Services Company
Boston Area – West Suburban
Excellent Salary, Outstanding Benefits, and Bonus Opportunity
Edelman & Associates is an executive search and technical recruiting firm specializing in the software, biotech, and other high-tech industries. Our client is a rapidly growing financial services company that offers borrowers alternatives to conventional, expensive forms of credit. Its innovative borrowing ideas have created a smart niche market that facilitates lending between friends and family. These private loans are organized and administered by our client. They seek a bright and seasoned Product Manager to play a lead role in understanding the business drivers and customer demands for new product development and partners for their new education loan product. This role is an opportunity for the right individual to contribute to the entire product development lifecycle.
As Product Manager, you will champion the consumer's product and process needs by leading the development of the strategy, use case, product definition, design, and implementation of core functionalities and content offerings that maximize revenue, improve customer satisfaction and enhance the value of our client’s brand. This is a new position and reports to the Vice President of Product Management. As part of the broader business, you will play a key role in accelerating our client’s entry into student markets and channels.
RESPONSIBILITIES
--Support the development of all revenue pertaining to the student market (strategic alliances and new product development efforts) that expand the range of our client’s product and service offerings
--Participate in Product Management team planning and project prioritization
--Perform market research and opportunity analysis on markets and channels adjacent to our client’s business
--Build and present internal business cases for alliances/new product ideas
--Analyze customer business processes and author business requirements for new product or services that meet market demand
--Identify, research, evaluate, contact, and screen potential strategic partners and solution providers
--Represent the Product Management function in cross-functional teams responsible for launching new products and services
--Coordinate the needs of customers and activities of participating solution partners to facilitate successful prototyping and pilot test efforts
REQUIREMENTS
--Bachelor’s Degree (MBA is a plus)
--Minimum of 1-3 years of recent e-Business experience
--Solid student loan proficiency, including federal and private lending
--Understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods and the ability to analyze results to improve customer experience
--Ability to translate business objectives into business requirements and work closely with 3rd parties to deliver program
--Proven ability to drive student loan volume in a Direct to Consumer (DTC) role through channel management, conversion programs and cost of acquisition
--Strong knowledge of best practices for product development, segmentation, and analysis
--Experience working with technical staff to build, enhance and troubleshoot management infrastructure
--Understanding of customer service tools and best practices
--Ability to excel in a small team environment
If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:
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