Dir Prod Mgmt, Info Commerce/Content Mgmt, Macrovision, New York, NY, USA, relo=maybe

Dir Prod Mgmt, Information Commerce/Content Mgmt, Macrovision
New York, NY, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: VP Product Management

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Director of Product Management

New York, New York (Midtown)

Please send resume to: margot@avondalesearch.com

Our client provides digital lifecycle value management solutions that enable the delivery and enhanced use of software and content. The Company solutions include anti-piracy and content protection technologies and services, digital rights management, embedded licensing technologies, usage monitoring for enterprises, and related technologies and services from installation to update to back-office entitlement management. It markets the (product name) licensing platform and the suite of software installation, repackaging, and update solutions. The Company also operates a distribution network for downloadable personal computer (PC) games. It develops and markets an array of digital lifecycle value management technologies for three distinct customer groups: Entertainment and Content Producers and Distributors, Software Publishers, and Enterprise End Users.

Responsibilities:

Product: Information Commerce/Content Management

Market Analysis:
• Be customer advocate. Understand the customers' requirements inside and out and vigorously defend the customers' needs in internal meetings. Develop key customer personas and get the organization to embrace them
• Be product strategist. Master the competition, industry trends, product financials and product's marketing strategy. Provide quarterly product reviews.
• Organize & chair customer councils on a regular basis. Provide constant flow of communication to and from advisory members.

Strategic Planning:
• Build the business case for new initiatives. Perform financial modeling, NPV estimation, product development costing; market sizing, market needs assessment and validation.
• Work with Marketing to set product pricing.
• Set strategic direction for partnership opportunities for your product. Work with business development on partner opportunities.

Product Planning:
• Drive development. Author product roadmap, MRD's, PRD's, and drive engineering requirements.
• Embrace user-centered product design in all product releases.

Product Promotion:
• Marketing communications strategist. Provide foundational elements for effective marketing communications: product positioning, product description, product benefits, key messages, top features.
• Product Launch: Develop and guide a company-wide go-to-market plan, work with all departments to execute.
• Work with marketing manager to develop and promote lead generation programs including tradeshows, advertising, email marketing, webinars, and any other clever means of increasing awareness and generating leads.

Sales Tools & Support:
• Be the internal product evangelist. Act as the focal point and become the recognized expert for all assigned products and related issues. Act as the main communication funnel between sales, customers, support and development.
• Ensure the Web site always reflects the correct information on your assigned products.
• Work with Marketing Communications team on creation of product collateral (data sheets, whitepapers, demos, call scripts, etc.)

Qualifications, Education and Experience:

Required:

Product Management and Business skills:
• Product management
• Business strategy
• New product development
• Market research

Excellent Communication skills:
• Visual - able to reduce complex ideas into simple diagrams
• Written - strong writing skills
• Verbal - persuasive, eloquent speaker

Strong Work ethic:
• Reliable (time keeping, delivers when promised)
• Attention to detail
• Willingness to put in extra time to get the job done
• Strong Initiative

Critical Thinking Skills:
• Product Creativity (proclivity to think up new features)
• Business Creativity (proclivity to think out of the box, question existing business practices)
• Logical

Leadership Skills:
• Instills Confidence
• Persuasive Evangelist
• Good Salesmanship

Professional Maturity:
• Presents solutions not problems
• Ability to independently problem solve
• Organized

Technical Skills:
• Knowledge of software engineering
• Knowledge of latest technology trends

Personality traits:
• Passion for excellence
• Self-starter with strong achievement orientation
• High energy
• Fun
• Strong customer focus (actual customers & internal customers)
• Team player

Desired:

Domain Expertise:
• Experience with information access control
• Experience with information commerce

Business skills:
• Financial modeling
• Marketing communications
• Collateral creation

Education / Experience:
• Minimum 3-5 years product management experience - ideal candidate would have information commerce and B2B software experience
• EE or CS undergraduate degree and/or engineering work experience preferred.
• MBA highly desirable

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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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Dir Prod Mgmt, security and/or storage ideal, 4th largest sw company in world, Silicon Valley, CA, USA, relo=maybe

Dir Prod Mgmt, security and/or storage ideal, 4th largest sw company in world
Silicon Valley, CA, USA
relo=maybe
Reports To: VP of Services Product Management

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Our client is the 4th largest Software Company in the world and the Global Services organization is the fastest growing of the four business units in the company. Recently Forbes Magazine called the company one of "The Best Managed Companies in America.” FORTUNE Magazine named it as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America. In addition, our client was ranked 32 on BusinessWeek’s 2005 Top 50 Performing Companies


o Own and Drive the overall offering strategy and product road map for Support offerings for all Customers globally.
o Help to drive initiatives focusing on Customer Satisfaction with regards to Support and Support offerings.
o Drive the process of taking an objective and “fresh look” at what the company has for support offerings and lead the effort to make appropriate improvements for Best in Class support offerings
o Assess the market for Best Practices models at companies that have had great success in Support.
o Work extremely closely with all product divisions for input to determine how to best address and provide the Support Product offerings.
o Develop and implement policies that affect all areas of the company.
o Drive competitive analysis and benchmarking of Support offerings to an outcome that improves the company’s position and revenue for support offerings.
o Look at and address particular pain points that customers and partners are having in order to build new support/services offerings (i.e. ”Business Critical Services” becoming its own business)
o Defining and developing innovative programs for support services that increase awareness and revenue.
o Manage a globally dispersed team of approximately 5 support product management professionals.
o Work and continue to build relationships with Support Industry analysts and professional support organizations.
o Work closely and in collaboration with Support Product Marketing do deliver Go to Market and Sales Readiness for the support offerings.

Requirements

o 10-20 years overall success and experience with related work in the IT Industry
o Experience managing globally distributed teams of 5+
o A minimum of 5 years total management experience
o In depth knowledge of the Product Management process, specifically for IT services, and preferably for Technical Support services
o Solid fundamental business skills including analysis, business case development
o Exceptional influence management skills for extensive cross functional work
o Experience working effectively at a large global matrixed companies
o Particular strengths in communications skills both in the form of written and stand-up presentations
o Have owned a business planning process and have been success executing against that plan
o Experience in Support operations is strongly preferred
o Pricing, experience in Support is strongly preferred
o Relevant bachelors degree from a prestigious University is preferred; Top 10 MBA, also preferred.

Interview of Job Poster (Gene Zaccor) by Cynthia Typaldos (of SPM Jobs)

Cynthia: "Gene - what is the most exciting aspect of this job?"

Gene: "This job is in USD1.4B division of the company -- it offers the opportunity to step into this role and reshape the all of the support service offerings - this includes best practices, customer feedback, eliminating non-performing support services, basically everything is up for grabs. The client is looking for a product person who can create support products rather than a person who has a only a history of being in software support."

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

Gene Zaccor
VP
Vantage Partners
gene@vantagepartners.net

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Sr Prod Mgr, Info Commerce/Content Mgmt/DRM, Macrovision, SF/Bay Area, CA, USA, relo=maybe

Sr Prod Mgr, Info Commerce/Content Mgmt/DRM, Macrovision,
SF/Bay Area, CA, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: VP Product Management

See also the newer job posting for this position.

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Senior Product Manager

San Francisco/Bay Area

Please send resume to: margot@avondalesearch.com

Our client provides digital lifecycle value management solutions that enable the delivery and enhanced use of software and content. The Company solutions include anti-piracy and content protection technologies and services, digital rights management, embedded licensing technologies, usage monitoring for enterprises, and related technologies and services from installation to update to back-office entitlement management. It markets the (product name) licensing platform and the suite of software installation, repackaging, and update solutions. The Company also operates a distribution network for downloadable personal computer (PC) games. It develops and markets an array of digital lifecycle value management technologies for three distinct customer groups: Entertainment and Content Producers and Distributors, Software Publishers, and Enterprise End Users.

Responsibilities:

Product: Digital Rights Management

Market Analysis:
• Be customer advocate. Understand the customers' requirements inside and out and vigorously defend the customers' needs in internal meetings. Develop key customer personas and get the organization to embrace them
• Be product strategist. Master the competition, industry trends, product financials and product's marketing strategy. Provide quarterly product reviews.
• Organize & chair customer councils on a regular basis. Provide constant flow of communication to and from advisory members.

Strategic Planning:
• Build the business case for new initiatives. Perform financial modeling, NPV estimation, product development costing; market sizing, market needs assessment and validation.
• Work with Marketing to set product pricing.
• Set strategic direction for partnership opportunities for your product. Work with business development on partner opportunities.

Product Planning:
• Drive development. Author product roadmap, MRD's, PRD's, and drive engineering requirements.
• Embrace user-centered product design in all product releases.

Product Promotion:
• Marketing communications strategist. Provide foundational elements for effective marketing communications: product positioning, product description, product benefits, key messages, top features.
• Product Launch: Develop and guide a company-wide go-to-market plan, work with all departments to execute.
• Work with marketing manager to develop and promote lead generation programs including tradeshows, advertising, email marketing, webinars, and any other clever means of increasing awareness and generating leads.

Sales Tools & Support:
• Be the internal product evangelist. Act as the focal point and become the recognized expert for all assigned products and related issues. Act as the main communication funnel between sales, customers, support and development.
• Ensure the Web site always reflects the correct information on your assigned products.
• Work with Marketing Communications team on creation of product collateral (data sheets, whitepapers, demos, call scripts, etc.)

Qualifications, Education and Experience:

Required:

Product Management and Business skills:
• Product management
• Business strategy
• New product development
• Market research

Excellent Communication skills:
• Visual - able to reduce complex ideas into simple diagrams
• Written - strong writing skills
• Verbal - persuasive, eloquent speaker

Strong Work ethic:
• Reliable (time keeping, delivers when promised)
• Attention to detail
• Willingness to put in extra time to get the job done
• Strong Initiative

Critical Thinking Skills:
• Product Creativity (proclivity to think up new features)
• Business Creativity (proclivity to think out of the box, question existing business practices)
• Logical

Leadership Skills:
• Instills Confidence
• Persuasive Evangelist
• Good Salesmanship

Professional Maturity:
• Presents solutions not problems
• Ability to independently problem solve
• Organized

Technical Skills:
• Knowledge of software engineering
• Knowledge of latest technology trends

Personality traits:
• Passion for excellence
• Self-starter with strong achievement orientation
• High energy
• Fun
• Strong customer focus (actual customers & internal customers)
• Team player

Desired:

Domain Expertise:
• Experience with information access control
• Experience with information commerce

Business skills:
• Financial modeling
• Marketing communications
• Collateral creation

Education / Experience:
• Ideal candidate would have information commerce and B2B software experience

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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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Prod Mktng Mgr, enterprise sw , Coverity, San Francisco, CA, USA, relo=no

Prod Mktng Mgr, enterprise sw , Coverity
San Francisco, CA, USA
relo=no

Reports To: Director

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We have a truly a fantastic opportunity for a person with the right combination of skills, experience and drive.

 

For our Product Marketing Manager, we seek someone that can make an immediate impact in our current Marketing program. The Product Marketing Manager will work collaboratively with Product Management, Sales, and Engineering to deliver marketing content, product positioning, sales tools, and public relations direction and guidance. S/he will be responsible for converting technical content into compelling, benefits-oriented sales and marketing messages. 

 

The Product Marketing Manager will also be responsible for ensuring that all outbound content clearly and accurately highlights the key features and functionality of Coverity's product offerings. This position will collaborate with the other staff in Marketing on web content, PR, events, and other promotional activities.

 

This person will have a passion for defining and communicating the benefits of software products that will change the way software is produced. 

 

Coverity

Coverity provides the most advanced and effective source code analysis solution and removes the barriers to writing and delivering complex software.  Coverity was founded in 2002 by leading Stanford University scientists whose four-year research project resulted in a breakthrough solution to the costliest problems in the software industry.  Coverity’s technology and sophisticated, automated tools allow software developers to pinpoint software defects and vulnerabilities that could cause catastrophic failures or security breaches -- without imposing any additional burden on the development cycle. We remain privately-held with headquarters in San Francisco and approximately 75 employees.

 

For more information – please view the complete job profile via www.coverity.com/jobs

 

 

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

Lori
Recruiting Programs Manager
Coverity
resumes@coverity.com

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VP Biz Dev, mobile media, Mobicious
Waltham, MA, MA, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: CEO

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VP of Business Development

Mobicious is searching for an outstanding VP of Business Development with a track record of success in creating mutually beneficial partnerships in the digital media and mobile spaces. The successful candidate will lead all business development efforts to create strategic partnerships with mobile content publishers and on-line/off-line media brands for Mobicious. As a member of the senior management team, this individual will report directly to the CEO.

Responsibilities

· Develop a strategy to identify prospective partners, evaluate against fit criteria, and prioritize accordingly

· Identify partners with large existing consumer audiences that would benefit from Mobicious’ consumer service

· Explore and creatively define mutually beneficial corporate-level opportunities

· Structure deals, negotiate contracts and close partnership agreements

· Manage and enhance ongoing relationships with partners

· Manage planning and execution of overall business development activities

Qualifications

· Highly motivated, entrepreneurial individual with raw start-up experience in a fast-paced environment with changing constraints, limited resources and aggressive deadlines

· 3+ years of relevant industry experience in our target markets (mobile content, digital media and entertainment, and internet)

· Ready contacts with key decision makers/companies in some of our target segments

· Proven track record with initiating and developing senior level relationships

· Excellent presentation, communication, and influencing skills

· Demonstration of working with a sense of urgency, identifying and overcoming obstacles

· Ability to think creatively about deal structures and long-term business impact and experience with crafting, negotiating, and closing complex revenue-sharing deals

· MBA/JD preferred

About Us

Mobicious is creating an easy way for people to discover the best content, services, and applications available for their mobile phones. In one place, consumers can find useful text-based services such as weather, news and sports, the most popular music and videos, trustworthy places to buy ringtones, images and games, and well-designed mobile websites. In addition, people can rate, review, and tag everything on the Mobicious website and mobile website to ensure that the community highlights the best of the mobile world. As a result, leading content providers can reach a targeted audience of highly qualified consumers. Mobicious is venture-backed and headquartered in Waltham, MA.

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

David Chang
VP of Marketing
Mobicious
david@mobicious.com

VP Mktng, Social Netwrkng Dating, Stealth Mode
San Francisco, CA, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: Owner Confidential

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I am a head hunter in the UK. My company (www.iperium-consulting.com) is a boutique consultancy assisting start-up technology ventures by connecting them with experienced industry professionals. I am currently working with a group of entrepreneurs in the US and Europe, one of these has an opening in their portfolio for a VP of Marketing.

They are still in stealth mode but are fully funded and well staffed for launch. They have a next gen dating concept that will federate the markets of dating and social networks and allow for the monetisation of these networks.

The company has been backed heavily by the founders of Skype as their concept within this space seems to be quite unique. The site experience is more akin to online gaming than traditional dating with genuine immediate video and voice communication, as a result if the individual has experience within this area that would be ideal.

The founders are looking for a very hands on individual with extensive experience in affiliate marketing programmes, not just banner led. You must have true entrepreneurial edge as this is a role taking a start up to market not an established start up to IPO.

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

Steve Brumwell
Director
Iperium Consulting
steve@iperiumconsulting.co.uk

Dir Prod Mktng, value proposition, positioning, Confidential, Palo Alto, CA, USA, relo=no

Dir Prod Mktng, value proposition positioning, Co. Confidential
Palo Alto, CA, USA
relo=no

Reports To: VP Marketing

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Director, Product Marketing / Product Marketing Leader - Palo Alto CA

Nosal Partners LLC has been retained to find a Product Marketing Leader (equivalent of Director / VP with hands on individual contributor responsibility) for this well funded cutting edge start-up. The opportunity will be based in Palo Alto.

Their disruptive XML-based application platform is transforming the enterprise software landscape with mashups / web 2.0 / dynamic visualization. A powerful enterprise-class XML application development platform, which unifies data from any XML source and vocabulary allowing organizations to connect business critical information and dynamically present visual data in real-time.

This individual will own the product delivery of this product, providing the value proposition, content and support necessary for the program strategy, sales readiness and channel support. He/she will have complete understanding of target market opportunities, competitors, and solutions; maintaining synchrony between product marketing and corporate strategy. This opportunity reports directly to the Vice President of Marketing.

An attractive compensation package will be provided to the successful candidate.

If interested in exploring further, please send a best resume to dan.grosh@nosalpartners.com.

Thank you.

Dan Grosh
Partner

NOSAL PARTNERS LLC
http://www.nosalpartners.com/

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

Dan Grosh
Partner
dan.grosh@nosalpartners.com

Dir Prod Mgmt, edu sw, SchoolNet
New York, NY, USA
relo=no

Reports To: VP Product Management

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SchoolNet Inc. is ranked # 98 in Inc. Magazine's Top 500 fastest growing Private Companies in America. With an impressive three year growth rate of 891%, SchoolNet is a software company founded to improve the world's education systems by using data to increase academic achievement

As a dynamic and rapidly growing company, SchoolNet is seeking talented, dedicated people to join our team. SchoolNet staff comes from a variety of backgrounds but we all have some essential qualities in common, the most important of which is a passion for education and the enabling power of technology.

At SchoolNet, we work hard and are adamant about results. We believe in teamwork and mutual respect, and strive to provide a work atmosphere that is challenging and rewarding and provides opportunities for growth.

We offer a very pleasant and friendly work environment/organizational culture where everyone shares the same passion for improving education systems and the performance of students in school districts around the country.

If you are interested in being part of our exciting, growing business, and team, Please see below for our latest product management opportunity.

Only candidates under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

SchoolNet's award winning software solutions help increase efficiency and improve performance in K-12 school systems. SchoolNet's customers include some of the nation's largest school districts including Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Atlanta, New York, D.C., Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. In October 2005, the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Awards identified SchoolNet as one of New York's top 10 fastest growing technology companies for the third year in a row.

SchoolNet has won two 2005 Codie Awards and is currently nominated for a third. This Software & Information Industry Association peer-recognition program, which highlights the industry's finest products and services, named SchoolNet's Solutions winner in two education technology categories: "Best Interoperability Product for Schools" and "Best Classroom Instructional Management Solution." SchoolNet offers an exciting and entrepreneurial atmosphere, competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus, health and welfare benefits and 401(k). We are a drug free and Equal Employment Opportunity Employer-M/F/D/V.

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Position Title: Director, Product Management
Location: New York, NY

SchoolNet, Inc. is ranked #98 in Inc. Magazine’s Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. With an impressive three year growth rate of 891%, we are a software company founded to improve the world's education systems by using data to increase academic achievement. SchoolNet is actively seeking a Director, Product Management who will oversee the strategy, execution and support of our suite of software products. This hire will report to the VP, Product Management and Marketing and will manage Product Managers.

Primary Responsibilities

• Gather and analyze information on SchoolNet clients, competitors and other vendors in the education market place, monitor competitive trends and government legislation that impacts education
• Identify key product development requirements through interaction with internal departments (sales, marketing, technology, user experience, client services) and external parties including vendors, content partners, and our end-users
• Produce product plans and concept documentation. Ensure documents clearly state requirements that will be understandable by cross-functional teams who contribute to the product development lifecycle.
• Utilize in-depth product, user, buyer and market knowledge to answer questions and resolve issues internally and externally. Capability to speak authoritatively about our software products, education market, competition, vision, users, and buyers.
• Prioritize new functionality by balancing market needs with the needs of the company and existing clients given technology constraints and overall company goals
• Assist executive management in defining product vision, creating business and functional requirements, driving our product launch and software release strategy.

Desired qualifications and background

• 7-15 years of product management experience with web-based products and services
• 5+ years managing and coaching product management professionals
• MBA degree required; undergraduate degree with a technical concentration ideal
• Strong technical background and aptitude – e.g. knowledge of data and content management, Microsoft development platforms, etc.
• Solid understanding of commercial internet applications and the ability to work closely with software engineers and user experience teams to understand and document product functionality
• Demonstrated capability to write clear deliverables, such as marketing requirements documents and customer product presentations
• Skilled in group collaboration including managing relationships with cross departmental teams, customers, technology development leads and other product and marketing professionals
• Solid analytical skills to grasp business problems and customer requirements and synthesize those into potential changes in technical, marketing or channel strategies for new and existing products and services
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Prioritization of competing deliverables and decision making capabilities are essential

For Consideration
If your background fits the above description and you thrive in a fast paced environment, we want you to bring your talents to work for us. Resumes will only be accepted if submitted into our applicant tracking system by visiting our website www.schoolnet.com and going to the “Careers” section.

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Job posted by:

Avi Blitman
HR
SchoolNet
ablitman@schoolnet.com

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Prod Mgr, web-based, SchoolNet, Inc.
New York, NY, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: Director, Product Management

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SchoolNet, Inc. is ranked #98 in Inc. Magazine’s Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. With an impressive three year growth rate of 891%, we are a software company founded to improve the world's education systems by using data to increase academic achievement.

SchoolNet is actively seeking a Product Managerwho will oversee the build and launch of two new software modules focused on K-12 employees’ professional development. The successful candidate will have strong communication and presentation skills to clearly articulate ideas; represent product features, functionality, and benefits to technical and non-technical audiences. This position will report to the Director, Product Management.

SchoolNet’s goal is to improve the world’s education systems. We are a software technology company, but what sets us apart is that our products ultimately help children improve their education. We are passionate about helping school districts, educators and students achieve extraordinary results. SchoolNet is seeking candidates who understand technology, love product marketing and want to know that their work is bettering the world by impacting change in the education system. This is a very exciting year for SchoolNet’s Product Management and Marketing department. In addition to adding several staff members to our department, we are developing new software modules, adding features/functionality to our existing software modules and determining what software products should be built as we focus on selling to different types of school districts.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage software development resources, including the development of project plans; review and prioritize issues during QA; ensure timely sign-off from internal departments.
• Collaborate with application engineers to determine data models, deployment process, authentication, security issues, etc.
• Produce detailed documentation of business and functional requirements for both products that will be understandable by cross-functional teams who contribute to the product development lifecycle.
• Identify key product development requirements through interaction with internal departments (sales, marketing, technology, user experience, client services) and external parties including vendors, content partners, and our end-users
• Support product marketing group on messaging around launching the products to the marketplace and product training for internal departments
• Utilize in depth product, user, buyer and market knowledge to answer questions and resolve issues internally and with prospects in pre- and post-sales efforts.
• Gather and analyze information on competitors, other vendors in the education market place, and government legislation that may impact employees in the education sector
• Prioritize new functionality by balancing market needs with the needs of the company and the marketplace given technology constraints and overall company goals.

Desired qualification and background:

• 5-8 years of full lifecycle product management with web based products and services
• Proven success in building a beta version and deploying a final version of a commercially viable software product
• Strong technical background and aptitude – e.g. knowledge of data and content management, Microsoft development platforms, etc
• Undergraduate degree with a technical concentration ideal; MBA preferred
• Solid analytical skills to grasp business problems and customer requirements and synthesize those into potential changes in technical, marketing or channel strategies for new and existing products and services
• Proven project management skills with PMP certification desirable
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, both written and verbal
• Familiarity with competency models, e-learning design and/or job function analysis is desirable

About SchoolNet

SchoolNet’s award winning software solutions help increase efficiency and improve performance in K-12 school systems. SchoolNet's customers include some of the nation’s largest school districts including Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Corpus Christi, D.C., Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In October 2005, the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Awards identified SchoolNet as one of New York's top 10 fastest growing technology companies for the third year in a row.

SchoolNet won two 2005 Codie Awards. This Software & Information Industry Association peer-recognition program, which highlights the industry's finest products and services, named SchoolNet's Solutions winner in two education technology categories: "Best Interoperability Product for Schools" and "Best Classroom Instructional Management Solution." SchoolNet offers an exciting and entrepreneurial atmosphere, competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus, health and welfare benefits and 401(k). We are a drug free workplace. Equal Employment Opportunity – M/F/D/V

For Consideration

If your background fits the above description and you thrive in a fast paced environment, we want you to bring your talents to work for us. Resumes will only be accepted if submitted into our applicant tracking system by visiting our website www.schoolnet.com and going to the “Careers” section. Only candidates under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please.

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Job submitted by:

Jenna Chung
HR Manager
SchoolNet, Inc.
jchung@schoolnet.com

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Dir Prod Mktng, edu sw, SchoolNet, Inc.
New York, NY, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: VP, Product Marketing and Management

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SchoolNet, Inc. is ranked #98 in Inc. Magazine’s Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. With an impressive three year growth rate of 891%, we are a software company founded to improve the world's education systems by using data to increase academic achievement. SchoolNet is actively seeking a Director, Product Marketing, IMS who will be responsible for all product marketing activities related to SchoolNet’s Instructional Management Solutions (IMS) suite of school performance product offerings. This hire will be expected to blend product concepts, features, benefits, pricing and competitive positioning into a cohesive and competitive story to enhance SchoolNet’s market penetration. The Director, Product Marketing, IMS will report to the VP, Product Marketing and Management.

SchoolNet’s goal is to improve the world’s education systems. We are a software technology company, but what sets us apart is that our products ultimately help children improve their education. We are passionate about helping school districts, educators and students achieve extraordinary results. SchoolNet is seeking candidates who understand technology, love product marketing and want to know that their work is bettering the world by impacting change in the education system. This is a very exciting year for SchoolNet’s Product Management and Marketing department. In addition to adding several staff members to our department, we are developing new software modules, adding features/functionality to our existing software modules and determining what software products should be built as we focus on selling to different types of school districts. We are looking to take our product marketing to the next level and need someone who is prepared to be creative, assess our products, understand our market, make recommendations and act on them.

Primary Responsibilities

· Create timely and effective product marketing plans for new and current products in SchoolNet’s IMS suite of products, as well as determine feasibility of additional modules, products and/or service offerings, in order to achieve budgeted revenue goals

· Manage product launches and rollouts, including pricing, features, benefits and competitive positioning

· Monitor and track industry trends, competitive movement and strategies to modify IMS offerings and maintain SchoolNet’s competitiveness in the marketplace

· Assist in RFP responses to proposals for IMS products

· Interface with SchoolNet clients and prospects to stay abreast of market needs/trends and effectively disseminate appropriate information across the SchoolNet organization

· Support SchoolNet’s sales team in their efforts to engage and sell new clients by providing oversight and direction, with an emphasis on value proposition and differentiating features

· Work in conjunction with SchoolNet’s Corporate Marketing Department on marketing communications, public relations, advertising, direct marketing, conferences, case studies and other promotional activities

· Lead market research efforts and work closely with business development staff to adapt existing capabilities, identify strategic business partners for product enhancements and opportunities and monitor products as per the evolving needs and interests of the marketplace

Desired qualifications and background

§ Minimum of 7 years experience related to product marketing in the software industry with proven ability to drive product strategy, vision, and positioning

§ High-level understanding of successful direct marketing and channel strategies and best tactical practices, with an emphasis on high value software and service products

§ Extensive marketing, budgeting, trend analysis and forecasting experience

§ Strategic thinking with ability to understand big picture issues

§ Demonstrated experience in managing day-to-day relationships with third party vendors

§ Excellent multi-tasking, presentation, strategic, analytical and operational skills

§ Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate effectively with cross functional groups to achieve specific objectives

§ Business-to-business, training and/or publishing experience is desirable

§ Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA desired

About SchoolNet

SchoolNet’s award winning software solutions help increase efficiency and improve performance in K-12 school systems. SchoolNet's customers include some of the nation’s largest school districts including Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Corpus Christi, D.C., Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In October 2005, the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Awards identified SchoolNet as one of New York's top 10 fastest growing technology companies for the third year in a row.

SchoolNet won two 2005 Codie Awards. This Software & Information Industry Association peer-recognition program, which highlights the industry's finest products and services, named SchoolNet's Solutions winner in two education technology categories: "Best Interoperability Product for Schools" and "Best Classroom Instructional Management Solution." SchoolNet offers an exciting and entrepreneurial atmosphere, competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus, health and welfare benefits and 401(k). We are a drug free workplace. Equal Employment Opportunity – M/F/D/V

For Consideration

If your background fits the above description and you thrive in a fast paced environment, we want you to bring your talents to work for us. Resumes will only be accepted by submitting your resume along with cover letter, salary requirements and where you saw this ad into our applicant database by visiting the “Careers” section of SchoolNet’s website at www.schoolnet.com. Only candidates under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please.

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Job posted by:

Jenna Chung
HR Manager
SchoolNet, Inc.
jchung@schoolnet.com

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Sr Prod Mgr, internet dev, TRUSTe, San Francisco, CA, USA, relo=no

Sr Prod Mgr, internet dev, TRUSTe
San Francisco, CA, USA
relo=no
Reports To: Vice President of Business Operations

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TRUSTe

Senior Product Manager
Internet Technology Product Development

Help TRUSTe accomplish its mission to build consumer confidence in e-commerce, email and downloadable software. In 2007, TRUSTe will celebrate its 10^th anniversary as the world’s largest online privacy seal program. Over 2,400 websites rely on TRUSTe to provide best practices for consumer choice, monitoring of privacy practices, and resolution of consumer privacy complaints. TRUSTe was formed in 1997 as a non-profit association and counts Internet leaders AOL and Microsoft among its sponsors. Since then TRUSTe has expanded its standards for consumer choice to address issues in email and downloadable software. Our culture combines a mission to preserve consumer choice on the internet with an entrepreneurial spirit to infuse new programs with market incentives.

TRUSTe is located in San Francisco’s Financial District.

Job Description

TRUSTe seeks an experienced, dynamic product management professional to own and manage the development of individual product lines in our evolving set of online trust products. Our mission, to enable trusting relationships between individuals and organizations in the networked world, serves as an exciting platform for product development.

Responsibilities

• Own the success of one or more specific products/product lines, including market and business vision, value proposition, product management /development activities from technical specification through delivery, and accountability for attaining product goals.
• Evangelize the product(s) inside and outside TRUSTe.
• Manage key partner relationships
• Oversee creative development, including the translation of new business and technology concepts into clean, simplified presentations and summarized documents for businesses and consumers
• Provide cross-functional product team leadership and ‘Internal Marketing’ and support for new concepts, strategic directions, and products across the organization, interfacing with TRUSTe’s policy and legal, marketing, sales, information technology and operations areas.
• As a key report to a vice president, contribute to overall product strategy for the organization.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in web technology related product/project management, including experience with successful internet technology product launches.
• Specific professional experience in at least one of the following industries: privacy, email marketing, anti-spam, adware/ trackware, anti-spyware, accreditation, web/network security.
• Proven ability to understand and present complex market dynamics and complex technologies
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
• Contract negotiation experience
• Budgeting experience
• Experience managing contractors
• Excel/PowerPoint/etc required; Dreamweaver/Fireworks/Photoshop a plus
• BS/BA; MBA an asset

Please send cover letter and resume to:

Human Resources
TRUSTe
operationscareers@truste.org
www.TRUSTe.org

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

Michele Popiel
Human Resources
TRUSTe
operationscareers@truste.org

Sr Prod Mgr, cross functional projects, Amazon.com, Seattle, WA, USA, relo=yes

Sr Prod Mgr, cross functional projects, Amazon.com
Seattle, WA, USA
relo=yes

Reports To: Manager

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Title: Senior Technical Product and Program Manager - Amazon.com
Company: Amazon.com
Location: Seattle, WA

The Retail Customer Experience Group is looking for an experienced TPPM to deliver key Amazon initiatives. As a TPPM in the Retail Customer Experience team you will have the unique opportunity to shape and impact Amazon.com global retail initiatives, our products and strategy. You will be driving large scale software initiatives, with a direct and visible impact on Amazon.com bottom line. In this role you will be responsible for collecting business and product requirements, writing product specifications, driving the product development schedule from design to release, making appropriate tradeoffs to optimize time-to-market, and clearly communicating goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to cross-functional project teams. The position will require working closely with category managers, software development, web development, site design, merchandising, and technology on product development and business requirements. You will also be responsible in part for managing business relationships as they relate to the products and services developed.

Finally, as a leader within RCX, you will strive to recruit and hire the best, to mentor and develop members of the team that delivers best in class products.

Qualified candidates must have 5 to 10 years of experience with a proven track record of delivering large scale, cross functional projects. The candidate must have excellent product and project management skills, demonstrated technical aptitude and experience, great analytical skills, strong business judgment, ability to resolve conflicts and set priorities.

Ideal candidate will also have direct and relevant experience in Online Retail, Consumer or eCommerce domains with a deep understanding of what constitutes an effective website, when to use new web and imaging technologies and insights into consumer shopping trends.

Please email your resume to 021582-resumes@amazon.com and include "Yahoo Groups - SPMjobs" in the subject line.

Amazon.com
work hard, have fun, make history

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

Amazon.com
Recruiting Department
021582-resumes@amazon.com

Prod Mgr, Technology Industry, Pragmatic Marketing, Scottsdale (or remote), AZ, USA, relo=maybe

Prod Mgr, Technology Industry, Pragmatic Marketing
Scottsdale (or remote), AZ, USA
relo=maybe
Reports To: President Phil Myers

Truly Unique Product Manager Job Opportunity

An opportunity to work at the company that defines Product Management for thousands of customers.

A chance to lead an organization that willingly eats its own dog food!

Live the Pragmatic Marketing Framework every day.

Pragmatic Marketing®, pioneer of the market-driven model for managing and marketing technology products and the industry standard for product management training, is offering a unique and exciting opportunity to work with the company that ‘wrote the book’ on product management. Reporting directly to the company President, and working with a team of experts in the field serving more than 3,000 of the top technology companies in the world, this product manager position will provide the opportunity to work with the best-of-the-best to define and deliver the next generation of Pragmatic Marketing’s offerings.

As Product Manager, you will guide current and future product line strategies for the Pragmatic Marketing curriculum of training and services offerings. This includes plans for increasing the productivity and profitability of existing seminars, such as Practical Product Management® and Effective Product Marketing, along with directing teams to develop new offerings for the company. All offerings will be generated and aligned to the Pragmatic Marketing Framework. New offerings will be based on your industry experience and your contact with customers and prospects.

You must possess a unique blend of business and technology industry savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality. You must enjoy spending time in the market understanding problems, and identifying innovative solutions for the broad and growing technology industry. You must be able to communicate with all areas of the company. You will work with instructors and services team counterparts to define new release requirements. You will work with sales and marketing to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer. You will also serve as the internal and external evangelist for your product offering, occasionally working with the sales channel and key customers.

A product manager's key role is strategic, not tactical. The other organizations will support your strategic efforts; you won't be supporting their tactical tasks.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities
• Specifying market requirements for current and future offerings by conducting markeresearch, supported by on-going visits to customers and non-customers
• Driving a solution set across the company from market requirements to business planning to development contracts to positioning and launch
• Developing and implementing a company-wide go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute
• Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of technology marketing/product management experience
• Intimate knowledgeable in the Pragmatic Marketing vision for creating market-driven technology companies, the strategic role of product management and the new rules of marketing
• Published author for online and print industry newsletters; track record as a speaker at industry events
• Business, Marketing and/or Computer Science degree

This job is located in Scottsdale, AZ with relocation assistance considered. We will also consider this position as remote (virtual). Job requires up to 25% travel to customer and non-customer sites in North America and Europe.

CONTACT

Please send your resume to jobs@pragmaticmarketing.com with Product Manager in the Subject line.

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If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:
Phil Myers
President
Pragmatic Marketing
jobs@pragmaticmarketing.com

Marcom Mgr, online finance, Prosper, San Francisco, CA, USA, relo=no

Marketing Communications Manager
Prosper
www.prosper.com

Reports to: Chief Marketing Officer
Location: San Francisco, CA - Downtown

About the Company

Prosper is America's first person-to-person lending marketplace and was recently named the #1 Website of 2006 by Time Magazine and one of tech firms to watch in 2007 by Business Week. Founded by former E-LOAN founder and CEO Chris Larsen, Prosper is revolutionizing the consumer credit market. Since its launch 1 year ago, Prosper has generated over $30 million in loans between strangers. Because the innovative business model gives consumers the opportunity to both borrow from and lend to other individuals without the restrictions and expense of a traditional bank, Prosper has a rare opportunity for dramatic growth. Prosper has excellent financial backing (Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, Fidelity Ventures and Omidyar Network) and a strong experienced management team.

Job Description

As Prosper's Marketing Communications Manager, you will be a key team member directly involved in the growth of our dynamic company. You will be responsible for the execution of strategic, tactical and other very tangible activities for Prosper's marketing efforts. You will also be on the front lines of Prosper's customer interaction in traditional and non-traditional marketing channels, such as trade shows and events. Responsibilities will include writing key communications (e.g. newsletters, site copy, user emails), research coordination, agency management, client follow up, presenting to customers as well as senior staff, collateral production management, event planning and management, and online Forum participation. This is a full-time position, ideally for a person who has 3-5 years of experience as a marketing manager, and who possesses strong writing skills. Flexibility, motivation and intellectual curiosity are a must. Compensation is competitive and includes equity incentives.

Responsibilities

The marketing communications manager will have two primary responsibilities:

Communications management:

• Write, edit, and launch customer email newsletters and other direct marketing efforts
• Marketing collateral coordination (printing, signage, promotional items)
• Manage promotions and fulfillment (delivery, shipping, etc.)
• Write, edit, and launch customer surveys and other research
• Program budget management
• Vendor/agency management

Event management

• Live event planning and management and budget oversight
• Ensure Prosper is represented flawlessly at numerous trade shows and events requiring reserving space, renting booths, and handling all associated details

Required Skills and Experience

• B.S. or B.A.
• At least 3 years professional experience in one or more of the following positions: MarComm, media planning, program and event management. Candidate should have identified and communicated business opportunities to management and implemented these programs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Outgoing, friendly personality
• Technically competent
• Sophisticated use of Excel and Power Point
• Proficient in HTML and basic web page building a plus
• Experience with a other web analytics tools a plus
• Ability to report and present to coworkers at all levels
• Creative problem-solving attitude

If interested, send the following to prospermarcom@gmail.com (no calls, please)

• Resume
• 2 writing samples (preferably marketing materials)
• 3 references, including name, email, and phone number