Product Manager

Summary

Join Nerdery as a Product Manager and become a critical part of our client engagements. Partner with clients to create innovative digital products and solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams from idea to launch. You will develop and articulate product vision, manage roadmaps, build client relationships, and conduct market analysis. Responsibilities include defining product requirements, overseeing development, executing go-to-market strategies, and optimizing product performance. This role requires strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, along with experience in product strategy and development within a consulting environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 5-7+ years of consulting experience in the Product space for a consulting firm or creative agency, or similar experience
• Proven ability to navigate, influence, and facilitate communication between internal and external networks; experience developing and leading stakeholder relationships through establishing lasting and impactful partnerships
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, active listening, critical thinking, and presentation skills, with experience presenting to executive leadership and facilitating decision making
• Must be able to provide structure, be proactive, navigate ambiguity, manage stakeholders, and take responsibility for client deliverables
• Experience working with clients to ideate, build, launch and support enterprise digital products
• Experience and willingness to execute work with internal and external cross-functional teams using proven approaches and frameworks, applied to a consulting setting (including Agile, Design Thinking, and Lean Startup)
• Must be legally authorized to work within the country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status

Responsibilities

• Develop and articulate a compelling product vision that aligns with client goals
• Create and manage the product roadmap, prioritizing features and initiatives based on business value and user needs
• Build strong relationships with clients, acting as their trusted advisor throughout the product lifecycle
• Collaborate closely to define requirements, gather feedback, and ensure product success
• Ensure that the product scope is feasible given the resources and constraints of the delivery timelines
• Work seamlessly with other Nerdery domains (business consulting, insights, analytics, technology & experience design) to bring products to market
• Foster a collaborative environment and drive consensus among internal team and external stakeholders
• Alone or in collaboration with Insights, conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities to inform the product strategy
• Develop a deep understanding of target customer segments and their needs and align product strategy and features accordingly
• Define product requirements, create detailed user stories and acceptance criteria, and manage the product backlog
• Oversee the product development efforts and ensure timely delivery and quality standards
• Develop and execute the go-to-market strategy for the product launch
• Monitor product performance, gather user feedback, and implement improvements based on KPIs and other data-driven metrics
• Contribute to the growth of the organization by sharing best practices and developing internal frameworks and capabilities in product management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform is a strong plus
• Experience leading client stakeholder workshops to drive alignment is a strong plus
• Passion for data analysis is a plus
• Prior experience in working State and Local government is a plus
• Prior experience in ecommerce platforms, transactions, order management is a plus