Product Manager

Mightyworks       |    Location:MI       |    Country:United States Of America

<p>Job Description and Role Responsibilities: The Global Data Insights and Analytics (GDIA) Customer Product Group effectively collaborates with all teams within the GDIA Customer space to understand Product strategies and roadmaps to ensure all teams are successfully and effectively delivering the prioritized Business value to our GDIA Business Partners. The GDIA Customer Product Group also interfaces with many other Integration teams within GDIA, Mobility, Marketing and Sales, Ford, Ford Credit, and other organizations to ensure alignment of dependencies and priorities throughout Ford.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities: </strong></p> <p>. Lead and manage GDIA Customer Product Group Backlog</p> <p>. Works closely with Product Line Integration teams to establish and contribute to product strategy while ensuring development teams understand the strategy</p> <p>. Manage New Demand within the GDIA Customer Product Group</p> <p>. Ensure the backlog is populated with enough prioritized Epics/Sub-Epics that are ready for estimation and execution for the upcoming Program Increments (PI)</p> <p>. Publicize and communicate New Demand to both management and the Product Line Integration Teams</p> <p>. Manage Epic and Sub Epic creation, maintenance, status reporting, and closure</p> <p>. Initiate and translate product road maps into manageable Epics and Sub-Epics in the backlog</p> <p>. Understand business and user priorities as well as technical feasibility in order to help prioritization</p> <p>. Lead and manage the ongoing maintenance of GDIA Customer Product Group backlog and keep it up to date at all times</p> <p>. Proactively manage dependencies with interfacing systems as well risks and issues arising due to those dependencies</p> <p>. Focus on early mitigation or elimination of Risks</p> <p>. Plan and lead PI Reviews by working with the Product Line Integration Teams to ensure they coordinate their Product Team reviews and demonstrations</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Skills Required:</strong></p> <p>. 3-5+ years of Business Analyst, Solutions Architect, Project Manager, or Product Manager experience</p> <p>. 3+ years of experience defining and prioritizing product features, epics, or sub-epics</p> <p>. 3+ years of experience with CA Agile Central (Rally) or similar Agile tools</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Experience Preferred:</strong></p> <p>. Strong analytical and technical skills</p> <p>. Time Management skills to comply with tight deadlines</p> <p>. Effective Interpersonal Skills</p> <p>. Strong Written and Verbal Communication Skills</p> <p>. including right-sizing communications depending on audience needs</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Education Required:</strong></p> <p>Bachelor Degree in MIS, CIS, or related IT field</p>