Sr Director, Product Management DDM - Reston VA

People Leadership

Drives and manages the performance of the team, providing coaching and direction to the team and delivering results through the work of the team; Understands talent requirements within a team of product managers and proactively identifies talent internally and externally, working to create opportunities to recruit and leverage talent.

Market Opportunity Assessment

Demonstrates deep understanding of customer needs through market and industry research and analysis.

Product Definition

Drives execution of strategic priorities, product definition and identification of new opportunities; Provide consultation on commercial model and packaging decisions.

Product Strategy & Planning

Understands the vision and strategy for the product portfolios and drives the execution of both across the organization; Provides direction in the creation and presentation of business cases; Uses the Drive Build, Buy, Partner approach and decisions for products within purview.

Product Delivery & Launch

Collaborates with product development management on the product development process and technical resource allocation; Understands product trade-offs and drive alignment.

Growth & Portfolio Management

Understands the product performance throughout the lifecycle and drive actions accordingly to ensure attainment of revenue and margin objectives.

Minimum Education Required

• Bachelor's degree or 10+ years of product management experience; Master’s Degree preferred; Product Management certifications is a plus

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

• 3+ years of demonstrated experience as a team lead or leading other product management individuals via influence in a highly matrixed environment and across product portfolios containing multiple products
• Expertise in writing detailed product requirements is fundamental and required and must demonstrate a solid understanding of product design, commercial model and packaging discussions
• Experience in building data insights
• Demonstrates deep understanding of customer needs through market and industry research and analysis of competitors and uses strong knowledge of competitive landscape to anticipate, articulate and drive high-potential opportunities that enable a competitive advantage
• Capable of communicating vision and ensuring team’s work is in alignment with strategy and goals
• Skilled at leading through influence with key decisions-makers within own function and across related functions to successfully navigate Equifax’ organization
• Managed executional rigor of team to deliver product efforts on time to meet market demands
• Able to deliver executive level presentations and visual communication to convey the product vision
• Owned financial performance of a product portfolio including investments, budgets