About the Role
The Platforms Practice specializes in mission-critical, intelligent platforms for the world’s most ambitious organizations. Using a product-driven, AI-centric approach, this role empowers organizations to build for the intelligent digital future. The elite team of product leaders, data scientists, designers, and software engineers enable clients to solve complex product challenges and positively impact people and the world. As a Product Manager, you will own the vision and strategy for products on behalf of clients, define the product roadmap, and deliver clear requirements for designers and engineers. You’ll conduct customer research, monitor and respond to feedback and metrics, and continuously drive improvements to the customer experience. You will drive day-to-day execution and delivery with re-prioritization and adjustments made along the way to respond to an evolving business landscape. We are looking for a true product owner who can be counted on to innovate and make business, technical and strategic decisions along with running day-to-day execution. You will be working on deeply technical platform and artificial intelligence products and services, so a strong technical background (preferably as a developer) is a must.
Responsibilities
- Own the vision and strategy for products on behalf of clients
- Define the product roadmap
- Deliver clear requirements that designers and engineers will use to bring your vision to life
- Conduct customer research
- Monitor and respond to feedback and metrics
- Continuously drive improvements to the customer experience
- Drive day-to-day execution and delivery with re-prioritization and adjustments
- Develop product roadmaps and functional requirements
- Launch new products/features
- Conduct customer research and/or facilitate user testing
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver products and projects on tight deadlines
- Coordinate complex product development cycles and software development schedules
Requirements
- Equivalent professional experience as a product manager defining and delivering commercial-grade software products and services
- Significant customer-facing experience related to planning, requirements gathering, prioritizing, and scoping
- Experience delivering software platforms, products, and services targeted at highly technical audiences (i.e. software developers)
- Experience working in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team to deliver products/services
- Proficient in Agile delivery and development methodologies
- Experienced in application delivery processes and application development tools
- Strong understanding of quality assurance and testing practices
- Knowledgeable in system development lifecycle and technology integration
- Success in delivering products/services in a high-growth environment
- Demonstrated ability to identify and solve ambiguous customer-focused problems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to align with stakeholders on expectations
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use data and metrics to make recommendations and measure success
- Background as a software engineer (application/system development and quality assurance) is a big plus
- Proficient in application development tools
- Skilled in technology business requirements definition, analysis, and mapping
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills
- Effective change management abilities
- Proven track record of leading teams
- Ability to build and manage relationships with key stakeholders including internal teams, clients, and vendors
- Passionate about delivering commercial software products and platforms to market
- Deeply technical and constantly in a state of learning
- Able to communicate clearly and efficiently with a variety of audiences including developers, clients, customers, partners and executives
- Fearless in getting “hands-on” with technology and execution
- Strong understanding of modern software engineering processes
- Deep understanding and interest in AI, cloud, and distributed systems architecture
- Comfortable with ambiguity with a drive for clarity
- Experience in managing change effectively
- A track record of leading teams successfully
- Individuals who are technically proficient and possess emotional agility, digital fluency, and commercial acumen
- Top performers demonstrate the ability to build trust and value with clients while leading teams through change and innovation
Skills
- Technical skills
- Business skills
- Relationship building
- Effective communication
- Team leadership
- Agile delivery and development methodologies
- Application delivery processes
- Application development tools
- Quality assurance and testing practices
- System development lifecycle
- Technology integration
- Data and metrics analysis
- Negotiation
- Influencing
- Change management
- AI
- Cloud
- Distributed systems architecture
Location
- Anywhere in Country
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 4-6 years relevant experience in professional platform engineering experience or similar role in software development and system administration
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree (4-year degree) in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- US base salary range: $125,900 to $231,100
- New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) base salary range: $151,200 to $262,600
Benefits
- Medical and dental coverage
- Pension and 401(k) plans
- Wide range of paid time off options
- Flexible vacation policy
- Time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence
About the Company
- At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
- We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
- Join EY and help to build a better working world.
- At EY, our purpose is to shape the future.
- The insights and quality services we provide help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and economies all over the world.
- We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all our stakeholders.
- In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.
- EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
- Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
- EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions.
- Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
- EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.
Equal Opportunity
- EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.
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