Product Manager II

About the role

The Product Manager II is responsible for the overall growth and profitability of a product within the ABS Wavesight product portfolio. The Product Manager will satisfy client expectations and ensure the product is competitive in a global maritime market. In addition, the product manager is responsible for ensure sales and operational teams have the necessary capabilities, training, and documentation to sell and implement the solution.

Responsibilities

• The Product Manager is responsible for the overall vision, growth, and profitability of the assigned product.
• Responsible for the creation, communication, and maintenance of the product roadmap and backlog to ensure visibility and transparency of work planned.
• Ability to communicate progress to leadership and explain why key results are/or are not being achieved.
• Make decisions and maintains a value-based prioritized backlog of opportunities for products which align to the business strategy and goals.
• Exercise considerable judgment to make key tradeoff decisions.
• Develops business cases and economic models backed by data.
• Use product discovery techniques to move from idea to prototype.
• Maintains awareness of third-party capabilities that provide viable product solutions.
• Stays current with industry trends as well as competitors’ enterprise software capabilities.
• Partners with Design, Engineering, and Scrum masters to work within an agile team to deliver the product backlog; serves as the voice of the customer and communicates the value behind each product and prioritization decision.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with stakeholders across the organization to communicate status, align priorities, and ensure operational support for go to market plans.
• Develops user stories granular enough to be achieved in a single sprint, elaboration of Epics and Features, creating and maintaining the product backlog, supporting user and application testing, and coordinating release activities.
• Coordinates new and changed functionality with affected business groups to ensure seamless rollout of new capabilities.
• Assists with the training of global sales teams and preparation of materials required to be successful in the sales process.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to customers, industry professional associations and others that will elevate the brand awareness of ABS Wavesight.
• Ensure that marketing and sales material is appropriate to ABS markets globally.
• Work with ABS groups to cross sell products that will enhance overall ABS offerings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 5 years of sales or industry experience is required.
• Bachelor’s degree or recognized equivalent in a business-related field from an accredited university or the equivalent industry experience is required.
• Master’s degree is a plus.
• Pragmatic Institute certification preferred.
• Excellent Communication skills (verbal and written) for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Product Management training and/or certification from Pragmatic Marketing a plus.
• 5+ years’ experience as a Product Manager in a SaaS environment for B2B applications.
• Experience on an agile team utilizing a 2-4 weeks sprint cadence is essential.
• Understanding of software user interface best practices and proven success driving software UI design.
• Compliance business process knowledge a plus.
• Maritime industry experience a plus.
• Working knowledge of the ABS Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Management System.
• This position will report to a Manager, Director, or Executive level position.

Benefits

• Medical insurance (PPO and HD)
• Dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Disability leave programs
• Parental leave program
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation time
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) offering support in personal wellness, including work-life services
• 401K plan with a generous company match, subject to plan requirements