Principal Product Manager

Job Description

Job Title:

Principal Product Manager

Location:

Austin, TX

Duration:

06 Months Purpose of the Team and key projects: Accounts payable domains, people soft. Building business cases, system features, assess the gaps. This Team Member will design, develop, and manage activities for a specific product or group of products from product definition and planning through production, release and end of life. Also serve as the central resource with design, process, manufacturing, test, quality, and marketing as the product(s) move to production and distribution. Involvement lasts throughout all stages of a product's lifecycle including modification, upgrades, and maintenance of the product or product line. Task Breakdown and Workflow Owns the translation of business intent, customer needs, and/or technical direction into clear, concise, well-documented business requirements or product backlog for one or more complex applications (or a product family) spanning one or more technical domains. Bridges conversations between business users and development teams using knowledge of complex business processes and technical integration spanning one or more business domains. Develops longer-term (12 months or more) product roadmap, ensuring product development plans align with and support stakeholder business and application objectives. Contributes and actively participates in Product Increment Planning sessions. Authors BRDs (business requirements docs) and champions higher documentation standards. Identifies, describes, and continually evaluates end user personas, target users and/or user journeys and aligns solution delivery to their business and quality needs. Partners with business to develop business case for new or existing solutions with supporting documentation, gain stakeholder support and approval, and acquire necessary resources. Partners with business and tech stakeholders to map business processes to the Systems features supporting Accounts Payable domain. Monitors industry trends, stakeholder satisfaction, usage trends, and related metrics to identify product / process improvement opportunities. Influences strategic thinking across the organization, ensuring cross-functional and cross-product collaboration and integration. Designs, segments, and recruits for user testing, A/B testing, E2E testing, interviews, and user surveys and synthesizes outputs to create actionable insights and drive product improvements. Shared understanding of the impacts within systems and business processes cross functional workstreams Top 3 Must Have Hard Skills (Top 3 ranked in importance) 1. Workday experience 2. People soft experience 3. Accounting experience Nice to haves (Top 3 ranked in importance) 1. Masters 2. Experience at Amazon 3. Experience building out systems without bias

Degree/ Certification Requirements :

Bachelors degree What background does someone have that is successful in this role? Advanced knowledge in Workday Financial and Accounting modules, Accounts Payable, Suppliers, PeopleSoft. Advanced knowledge of and experience with custom and packaged/SaaS software design tools and development methodologies and ability to mentor junior team members. Working knowledge of complex technical and integration architecture patterns and effectively present technical information and tell impactful user stories. Advanced knowledge of application deployment, software testing and support processes and tools. Advanced knowledge of requirements or backlog management software. Experience developing product road maps and using product analytics tools, tagging approaches, and accurately interpreting metrics. Knowledge of designing, segmenting, and recruiting for user testing, A/B testing, interviews, and user surveys and supporting tools and create actionable insights. Able to play a key and influential role working with others, in groups, in cross-functional settings and with diverse stakeholders internally and externally. Able to integrate customer, partner and technical /utilization feedback and performance metrics into product design, development, and application. Advanced knowledge of software engineering practices, developing products and technologies. Applicant Notices & Disclaimers For information on benefits, equal opportunity employment, and location-specific applicant notices, click here At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $65.00/hr.