Associate Product Manager - Commercial
Equifax · Chicago, IL · 2 wk ago
MarketingFull-time
About the role
As an Associate Product Manager for Equifax’s Commercial Risk suite, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the lifecycle of both new product development and existing data-driven solutions. Partnering closely with cross-functional teams—including engineering, analytics, and go-to-market—you will execute core product management strategies that help businesses confidently assess and manage risk. This role offers an excellent opportunity to drive impactful, day-to-day product objectives while delivering high-value insights to our B2B customers.
Responsibilities
- Market Opportunity Assessment: Analyze data and evaluate competitive landscape to identify potential opportunities to support overall Market Understanding; Gather data to support identification of customer needs and define elements required to meet customer needs.
- Product Definition: Contribute to prioritization of opportunities & begin to understand product trade-offs; Support review of buy, build, partner approach to further develop product understanding and options.
- Product Strategy & Planning: Contributes to the development of business cases and product roadmaps used in product strategy and planning sessions across the Product Delivery Value Stream.
- Product Delivery & Launch: Provide descriptions and requirement definition for product development; Prepare for and support product release.
- Growth & Portfolio Management: Monitor product adoption and use, and collect customer feedback to support product lifecycle management; Track and monitor product performance including revenue and margin for the products supported; Collect, analyze and interpret data to support conclusions and/or present insights and findings.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline strongly preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
- 2-5 years of product management or business analyst experience or related coursework and project-based experience.
- General understanding of Agile methodologies and/or project management methodologies preferred.
- Proven experience working in a Product Management environment in Technology, Financial Services or Data & Analytics is a plus.
Skills
- Domain Expertise: Demonstrated knowledge of the commercial risk, credit, or B2B financial services landscape.
- Commercial Acumen: A strong track record of actively monitoring product adoption, revenue, and margin performance to proactively guide product lifecycle and growth decisions.
- Advanced Analytics: Exceptional ability to translate complex market, competitive, and customer data into compelling business cases and strategic product roadmaps.
- Agile Execution: Hands-on experience collaborating closely with cross-functional engineering and analytics teams in an Agile environment to define requirements and successfully launch data-driven products.
- Strategic Evaluation: Prior experience navigating complex product trade-offs, including conducting "build, buy, or partner" analyses to accelerate innovation and meet market needs.