Remote Product Manager

Summary

Join the CDC Foundation as a Product Manager to lead the delivery of high-quality products and systems that improve the availability and use of public health data to inform decision making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager for the development of IT systems
• Experience developing products using Agile methodologies, particularly in the role of Product Owner
• Experience developing a product vision and strategy and have led multi-disciplinary teams to achieve that vision from concept to launch
• Experience collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to translate the product vision and lead the team through smooth and continuous delivery
• Experience working on a mature product balancing the need to address technical debt with new product enhancements through continuous iterations
• Knowledge and experience with project management methodologies, principles and processes
• Experience and an understanding of product objectives, goal and metrics to oversee the development and implementation of both small and large-scale projects
• Experienced in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out
• Experience using data to make decisions, gathering data insights by design to improve product outcomes
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external partners and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints
• Experience providing guidance in the areas of digital systems/products, data sources and the collection and context of data
• Strong understanding of technical concepts and legacy systems
• Capability to embed privacy and security into product delivery processes and design
• Knowledge of user experience design and user research principles and concepts
• Ability to communicate and articulate problems and resolutions to designers
• Ability to translate user or data insights into actionable design comments and critiques
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners
• Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with public health agency programs and technical teams to develop and deliver high-quality, user-friendly technologies that improve access to data for decision making
• Work to understand public health agency needs and processes. Collaborate with the public health agency technical team to create a shared vision for how to best prioritize and address the most critical challenges
• Produce and maintain documentation to communicate the shared vision and guide development strategy including context diagrams and logical data models
• Develop, maintain and facilitate prioritization of the product backlog in alignment with the product Vision
• Oversee the delivery of technical solutions from concept to release, while ensuring smooth operations and continuous product improvement
• Create and maintain feature level requirements documents including use cases, business rules, data element specifications and report specifications
• Test products and new features to confirm alignment with documented requirements and usability, and identify bugs
• Contribute to product strategy and success metrics, which may include Key Performance Indicator (KPI) models and analytics
• Collaborate in the creation of product development and management documents, including roadmaps, project briefs and user stories
• Be strategic and tactical to help define the product strategy
• Build solid relationships with partners to understand users' needs, program goals, and the program's policies and operational constraints so that you can develop products that are valuable, usable and feasible
• Provide product management advice and guidance to the public health agency and the CDC Foundation to share expertise and build capacity

Benefits

$103,500 - $143,500 per year, plus benefits