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Apex Systems, Inc. Product Manager -API/Data Mapping/Data Integration - 2034263 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Job#: 2034263
Job Description:
Apex has an immediate need for a Product Manager to drive product discovery, development, and delivery for our Fortune 20client. Ideal candidates will have the following:
- Product Management experience supporting B2B or B2C products
- Experience with contract management, program management, and/or project management
- Prior experience road mapping & a deepunderstanding of stakeholder management & requirements gathering
- A sense of urgency & the ability to speak up and escalate potential issues & roadblocks quickly & proactively
- Experience working on product solutions that involve one or more of the following criteria and/or activities:
- API Integration, API creation and implementation with a third party vendor team
- Data mapping & Data attribute ingestion
- Data reporting & analysis for complex data sets
- Data Integration
- Data Exchange for Product SKU list with a third party
**Open to remote candidates for the right experience and fit, but strongly prefer candidates local in one of the following locations:
- Cincinnati, OH
- Charlotte, NC
- Chicago, IL
- Portland, OR
- San Jose, CA
- Boca Raton, FL
**Required Working Hours - Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm EST
This Product Manager will be responsible to driveproduct development through delivery by ->working with cross-functional teams, -> solvingbusiness problems, and ->demonstrating the companys core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. Key Responsibilities * Create, maintain and communicateproduct roadmap(s), including near-term delivery and 1-2 year product evolution, to stakeholders across the organization while aligning and supporting company and business unit strategies * Develop a product plan and deliver product capabilities and enhancements to market by working with technical and non-technical partners; measuring output, improving execution and continuously delivering production expectations * Create and maintain robust product documentation including technical requirements, product plans and roadmaps in appropriate systems (Jira, Productboard, Confluence, etc.) in collaboration with multiple teams * Move identified product requirements and feature enhancements through completion via cross-functional collaboration with product stakeholders and while keeping line-of-site into the overarching strategy. * Support vendor-managed capabilities including but not limited ongoing oversight of vendor roadmap and technical requirements, submission of change requests / support tickets to vendor as needed, QA and oversight of vendor owned capabilities, collaborative discovery / guidance for vendor-owned capabilities as needed. * Leverage data, analytics and insights to measure and improve KPIs * Model Agile principles by maintaining a groomed backlog and providing 1-N prioritization for backlog * Execute criteria within Minimum Viable Product timeframes, and any subsequent key milestone dates - enforcing the speed/frequency with which enhancements and new capabilities need to be delivered * Remain flexible and adaptable to business priorities / needs * Escalate critical issues, gaps, blockers or risks to leadership in a timely manner so as not to delay implementation * Build highly collaborative cross-functional partnerships across the matrixed organization * Identify new product requirements and feature enhancements through collaborative engagements to support product strategies, as needed * Confidently manage relationships with a vast range of stakeholder types including: Corporate/Business leaders, Technology managers,external B2B and/or vendor partners, and more. * Execute regular meetings with s