Lead Product Manager - Enterprise Data Inventory

About the role

The FINRA’s Office of the Chief Data Officer is seeking an experienced Lead Product Manager to lead the development and delivery of an enterprise-wide Data Inventory platform. This role will drive a strategic initiative to identify, document, and manage sensitive data assets across structured and semi-structured data sources, enabling the organization to implement focused, risk-based data protection controls.

Responsibilities

• User Insight & Product Definition
• Develops deep understanding of the business and product areas within the product group, as well as the relevant data that can be used to inform key decisions.
• Defines multiple products and/or complex products and identifies gaps and user needs by creating vision, strategy, and requirements documents for product(s).
• Utilizes available data or commissions new research to identify user needs.
• Performs experiments and organizes primary research to uncover additional user value.
• Product Portfolio Management
• Develops, manages, and owns the product roadmap for multiple products and/or complex products.
• Makes trade-off decisions for multiple products in a product group.
• Demonstrates expertise across multiple products which facilitates discovery and drives enterprise capabilities.
• Buils partnerships with relevant stakeholder teams.
• Coordinates with interdependent teams and influences leadership to drive efficiencies.
• Buils and leverages solid working relationships with business and product stakeholders, UI/UX, architecture, and technology teams to facilitate product and user success.
• Participates in the intake process for their product domain.
• Product Planning & Prioritization
• Leads the product planning process across multiple products and/or complex products by overseeing the development of requirements documents (user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases) for products or product releases.
• Maintains a prioritized backlog based on defined user value, aligning with product strategy and resource capacity; uses data and analytics to prioritize the product backlog appropriately.
• Works closely with UI/UX to set the direction for the design of the user experience for their products.
• Determines and monitors release goals, prioritization, implementation, and iteration plans for their products according to user value.
• Resolves problems that are escalated during the process.
• Product Development
• Facilitates the development process by reviewing demos with the technology team and validating acceptance criteria for multiple products and/or complex products.
• Provides UX/UI approval for the assigned products.
• Tracks the development work and drives resolution of escalated issues and bugs for their products.
• Identifies issues that will keep their products from delivering on time or at the right level of quality, assesses alternatives to resolve, builds a plan for resolution, and directly resolves or communicates to leadership.
• Launch
• Leads large and sometimes highly complex product launches by working with relevant stakeholders to develop launch plans.
• Identifies, reviews, and resolves issues and blockers in partnership with team members that may delay the launch or impede the success of product(s).
• Coordinates formal UAT where necessary.
• Develops product documentation and training materials for users in support of product launches.
• Tracks and reports on product launch metrics, utilizing feedback to drive associated actions and product iteration.
• Leads post-launch reviews and drives incorporation of feedback in future product releases.
• Operate
• Works with internal and external teams and users to identify, classify, and resolve product and product group-level user issues.
• Identifies new and innovative methods and metrics for tracking product success, works with the technology team to improve reports and monitoring.
• Works with stakeholder teams to actively monitor metrics.
• Tracks performance trends and gathers user feedback to determine product group-level gaps, development opportunities, and if necessary, product end-of-life plans.
• Represents team in product group-level discussions with stakeholders.
• Attends business reviews, providing critical input and expert insights to inform the business cases, business strategy, and development of new products.
• Team Development & Continuous Improvement
• Provides coaching and guidance to more junior-level product management team members.
• Works with cross-functional leaders and experts to establish best practices and identify opportunities to improve the product development and delivery process.
• Follows, understands, and applies relevant industry trends, research, and best practices in technology and product management.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Communications, or related field (or equivalent work experience in a related field)
• 7 years of experience in one or more of the following: product management, project management, business analysis, program management, or product marketing
• 5 years of experience in product and/or experience management
• Strong writing ability
• Strong business acumen
• Experience with Agile software development
• Experience working cross-functionally in a large organization
• Experience working closely with senior leadership
• Experience translating data into quantifiable actions/deliverables
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration or similar advanced degree
• CSPO Certification
• Experience in the Financial Services industry
• Strong financial acumen
• Experience collaborating closely with senior leadership
• Experience providing guidance and direction to cross-functional resources