Sr. Product Manager

As a Senior Product Manager, you will be responsible for the strategy and definition of high-quality software products (or features within existing software products) that meet our client’s needs and business objectives. You will work closely with cross-functional teams (client and Astreya), including various engineering departments, to ensure successful product launches, feature releases and ongoing product success. This role will also serve as a strategic product team leader for products and features, product ecosystem improvements and/or efficiency and key POC for the client stakeholders you serve.

Key Responsibilities

Product Vision, Strategy and Roadmap: Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap to stakeholders (client and Astreya), owning the alignment with business objectives and outcomes. Collaborate with product and client leadership to shape the product direction.

Market Research & Analysis: Conduct market research and analyze similar internal or external products and features to identify opportunities, trends and improvements. Use these to inform product decisions.

Product Requirements: Define, document and prioritize user stories, turning them into product requirements based on research, customer feedback, and business objectives. Define or work with other product managers to define the acceptance criteria. 

Product Launches: Plan and execute product launches and/or feature releases, including launch plans, demos and training. Develop test plans and facilitate user acceptance testing. Incorporate feedback back into product plans.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely and communicate effectively with the people and teams that exist within the ecosystem of the product lifecycle. Manage stakeholder customers to understand their needs, pain points and priorities. Feedback solutions, timelines, pro and con decisions. Work with design to bring requirements and the product vision to life. Communicate with engineering teams on requirements, resources and timelines, identifying blockers and assisting in sprint rituals. Make data driven decisions or features by collaborating with data science teams. 

Team Leadership: Oversee a team, providing guidance, mentorship and support to new or junior members of the product team or broader cross-functional team(s). Ability to lead by influence for those whom the Senior Product Manager is not a direct report. 

Process Improvement: Identify areas for team efficiency or effectiveness improvement. Assist or lead these changes to facilitate identified improvements.

Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate risks that could impact the organization's ability to achieve its goals and objectives via the software products and/or product feature set.

Metrics & Reporting: Develop and maintain centralized dashboards and reports to track product features, roadmaps, associated key performance indicators (KPIs), leveraging data analysis and visualization skills to inform decision-making and drive business outcomes.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical & Professional Skills

• Experience building cloud-based enterprise software tools (SaaS or other) for internal use or external customers (B2B).

• Proficiency with product development tools, such as Jira, Asana, or Trello.

• Solid understanding of software development lifecycles and agile development methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban.

• Experience with data analysis and visualization tools, such as Tableau or Power BI.

• Familiar with programming languages, such as Java/Java Script, Python, SQL, HTML/CSS.

• Experience using and deploying design thinking methodologies, wireframing and UX concepts.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for complex feature challenges.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and product management skills.

Leadership & Interpersonal Skills

• Think on your feet, can-do entrepreneurial spirit and work ethic.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in a dynamic, fast-paced and often ambiguous environment.

• Outstanding facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution abilities.

• Demonstrated success in helping teams manage stakeholders, competing priorities, deadlines, and budgets.

• Ability to form and present an opinion on why or how a product or feature should be built, weigh pros and cons and drive a decision with stakeholders. 

• Leadership experience as a Senior Product Manager or higher role a nice-to-have but not required.

Industry Experience

• 5+ years of experience in product management, software development, or related fields.

• Experience managing enterprise-level projects with multiple stakeholders.

• Familiarity with data center and fiber optic networking solutions and/or utility  operations a plus but not required.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Management, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required.

• Professional product management or agile certifications are nice to have but not required.

Additional Requirements

• Occasional ability to travel to various company sites as needed up to 15%.

• Flexibility to work extended hours or weekends when project timelines require.

Salary Range

• Please note that the salary information provided herein is base pay only (gross); it does not include other forms of compensation which may or may not apply to this specific position, namely, performance-based bonuses, benefits-related payments, or other general incentives - none of which are guaranteed, may be subject to specific eligibility requirements, and are wholly within the discretion of Astreya to remit.
• Further, the salary information noted above is a range that consists of a minimum and maximum rate of pay for this specific position. Where an applicant or employee is placed on this range will depend and be contingent on objective, documented work-related considerations like education, experience, certifications, licenses, preferred qualifications, among other factors.

Astreya offers comprehensive benefits to all Regular, Full-Time Employees, including:

• Medical provided through UHC (PPO, HSA, Surest options) / Medical provided through Kaiser (HMO option only) for California employees only

• Dental provided through UHC

• Nationwide Vision provided by UHC

• Flexible Spending Account for Health & Dependent Care

• Pre-Tax Account for Commuter Benefit/Parking & Transit (location-specific)

• Continuing Education and Professional Development via various integrated platforms, e.g. Udemy and Coursera

• Corporate Wellness Program provided by Goomi Group

• Employee Assistance Program

• Wellness Days

  401k Plan

• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance

• Short Term & Long Term Disability

• Critical Illness, Critical Hospital, and Voluntary Accident Insurance

• Tuition Reimbursement (available 6 months after start date, capped)

• Paid Time Off (accrued and prorated, maximum of 120 hours annually)

• Paid Holidays

• Any other statutory leaves, paid time, or other ancillary benefits required under state and federal law