RELX INC
Overview
About the Business
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, https://risk.lexisnexis.com
About the Role
The Director Product Management will own one or more smaller products or critical product features within a complex product, requiring extensive company coordination. He/she will set the agenda for product domain(s) and drive program execution and propose new business or product strategies, and provide input ‘build vs buy’ decisions. This individual will also have direct management responsibility for product managers, including responsibility for their recruitment and development.
Preferred candidate is located near Evanston, IL or Alpharetta, GA for monthly onsite meetings.
Responsibilities
Customer Focus
Interacts with customers frequently and understands their use cases and business in great depth.
Thoroughly understands competitive products and strategy, and how they influence customer decisions.
Balances organizational needs with customer needs and creates a strategic plan for the organization.
Predicts trends within customer segments.
Discerns how value is defined and perceived by each customer segment.
Interacts with other companies in their industry domain and engages with start-ups.
Data-Driven Decision-Making & Analysis
Drives formulation of overall research/testing strategy and ensures product decisions are based on data.
Evaluates intangible and/or cross-business implications of strategic decisions.
Prioritizes hypothesis-driven product evaluation strategies, including AB testing for interactive products, while contributing to broader data-analyses strategies and platforms.
Is skilled in breaking down large complex issues into simpler elements that can be effectively addressed.
Establishes aggressive KPIs for the team to measure success.
Leads teams to make decisions where quantitative data is unavailable.
Go to Market & Product Marketing Lifecycle
Develops go to market strategy and launch plans at the product level through coordination with stakeholders and is accountable for coordinated execution across product, sales, marketing and other customer facing teams.
Ensures ROI for go to market strategy, including revenue goals.
Develops appropriate metrics and tracking of launch initiatives and ensures reporting to stakeholders.
Develops positioning, themes, and messaging and pricing strategy across products to minimize potential conflict.
Evangelizes product for sales, customers, and media.
Anticipates market changes; adapts and adjusts product strategy as needed.
Product Delivery & Development Lifecycle
Actively gathers data from multiple sources (customer, market, revenue, etc.) to drive effective solutions to business problems and strategic issues.
Oversees the strategy, planning and execution.
Is a thought leader and innovator for his/her product.
Ensures team is effectively following product and software development processes, including agile processes.
Understands product development in the context of the industry (nuances associated).
Demonstrates a track record in driving process improvement initiatives that have long-term value to the business and/or the customer.
Strategy & Commercial Acumen
Defines and articulates a clear product strategy within a specific market or geography.
Gathers a wide range of information from internal and external sources to drive commercially viable decision or the product and organization.
Ensures product strategy considers how the product requirements will be fulfilled through buy, build or partner options.
Understands how commercial decisions for a product impact other areas of the business and customer.
Proactively takes steps to capitalize on product opportunities presented by the market position.
Tracks and analyzes product expenses, cost to revenue and profitability.
Technical Skills
Has a unique history and/or expertise in product domain and serves as a technical resource for other groups.
Is an expert in new technologies as required by job demands.
Qualifications
Suggested minimum years of experience as a product manager: 10 years
Track record of managing a successful suite of products that meet growth commitments.
Track record of hiring and developing product management talent.
Education to Qualify: Bachelors or Masters degree in a technical subject (Computer Science or Engineering discipline) is preferred, but not essential. MBA or management degree strongly desirable.
Benefits We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
Health Benefits : Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
Retirement Benefits : 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
Wellbeing : Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
The salary range provided in this posting is the base salary range for Illinois: $140,100.00 - $260,200.00
RELX offers several health, protection, retirement, financial and wellbeing coverage options, as well as time away from work, so that you can choose benefits that fit your life—wherever you are. For most coverage, including health and protection benefits, you’ll need to enroll within 31 days of your hire or rehire date, and then again during Benefits Annual Enrollment each year (typically held in the fall). You can change your coverage during the year only if you have a qualifying life event, such as getting married or having a child. More details are available online or by calling the RELX Benefits Center. Both you and RELX share in the cost of your coverage, including for your spouse/partner and eligible children. You contribute to the cost of your benefits coverage through per pay period contributions. RELX provides a subsidy that can be applied to any medical and dental coverage that you purchase through the Aon Active Health Exchange. People who are eligible for the benefits include: Full- and part-time employees working at least 20 hours or more per week; your spouse or partner; and children up to age 26 for medical and 19 (or 23 if a full-time student) for dental and vision. Other eligibility requirements may apply for certain benefits.
We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.
Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here .
Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy .
We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
USA Job Seekers:
EEO Know Your Rights .
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.
Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.
Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, https://risk.lexisnexis.com
About the Role
The Director Product Management will own one or more smaller products or critical product features within a complex product, requiring extensive company coordination. He/she will set the agenda for product domain(s) and drive program execution and propose new business or product strategies, and provide input ‘build vs buy’ decisions. This individual will also have direct management responsibility for product managers, including responsibility for their recruitment and development.
Preferred candidate is located near Evanston, IL or Alpharetta, GA for monthly onsite meetings.
Responsibilities
Customer Focus
Interacts with customers frequently and understands their use cases and business in great depth.
Thoroughly understands competitive products and strategy, and how they influence customer decisions.
Balances organizational needs with customer needs and creates a strategic plan for the organization.
Predicts trends within customer segments.
Discerns how value is defined and perceived by each customer segment.
Interacts with other companies in their industry domain and engages with start-ups.
Data-Driven Decision-Making & Analysis
Drives formulation of overall research/testing strategy and ensures product decisions are based on data.
Evaluates intangible and/or cross-business implications of strategic decisions.
Prioritizes hypothesis-driven product evaluation strategies, including AB testing for interactive products, while contributing to broader data-analyses strategies and platforms.
Is skilled in breaking down large complex issues into simpler elements that can be effectively addressed.
Establishes aggressive KPIs for the team to measure success.
Leads teams to make decisions where quantitative data is unavailable.
Go to Market & Product Marketing Lifecycle
Develops go to market strategy and launch plans at the product level through coordination with stakeholders and is accountable for coordinated execution across product, sales, marketing and other customer facing teams.
Ensures ROI for go to market strategy, including revenue goals.
Develops appropriate metrics and tracking of launch initiatives and ensures reporting to stakeholders.
Develops positioning, themes, and messaging and pricing strategy across products to minimize potential conflict.
Evangelizes product for sales, customers, and media.
Anticipates market changes; adapts and adjusts product strategy as needed.
Product Delivery & Development Lifecycle
Actively gathers data from multiple sources (customer, market, revenue, etc.) to drive effective solutions to business problems and strategic issues.
Oversees the strategy, planning and execution.
Is a thought leader and innovator for his/her product.
Ensures team is effectively following product and software development processes, including agile processes.
Understands product development in the context of the industry (nuances associated).
Demonstrates a track record in driving process improvement initiatives that have long-term value to the business and/or the customer.
Strategy & Commercial Acumen
Defines and articulates a clear product strategy within a specific market or geography.
Gathers a wide range of information from internal and external sources to drive commercially viable decision or the product and organization.
Ensures product strategy considers how the product requirements will be fulfilled through buy, build or partner options.
Understands how commercial decisions for a product impact other areas of the business and customer.
Proactively takes steps to capitalize on product opportunities presented by the market position.
Tracks and analyzes product expenses, cost to revenue and profitability.
Technical Skills
Has a unique history and/or expertise in product domain and serves as a technical resource for other groups.
Is an expert in new technologies as required by job demands.
Qualifications
Suggested minimum years of experience as a product manager: 10 years
Track record of managing a successful suite of products that meet growth commitments.
Track record of hiring and developing product management talent.
Education to Qualify: Bachelors or Masters degree in a technical subject (Computer Science or Engineering discipline) is preferred, but not essential. MBA or management degree strongly desirable.
Benefits We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
Health Benefits : Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
Retirement Benefits : 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
Wellbeing : Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
The salary range provided in this posting is the base salary range for Illinois: $140,100.00 - $260,200.00
RELX offers several health, protection, retirement, financial and wellbeing coverage options, as well as time away from work, so that you can choose benefits that fit your life—wherever you are. For most coverage, including health and protection benefits, you’ll need to enroll within 31 days of your hire or rehire date, and then again during Benefits Annual Enrollment each year (typically held in the fall). You can change your coverage during the year only if you have a qualifying life event, such as getting married or having a child. More details are available online or by calling the RELX Benefits Center. Both you and RELX share in the cost of your coverage, including for your spouse/partner and eligible children. You contribute to the cost of your benefits coverage through per pay period contributions. RELX provides a subsidy that can be applied to any medical and dental coverage that you purchase through the Aon Active Health Exchange. People who are eligible for the benefits include: Full- and part-time employees working at least 20 hours or more per week; your spouse or partner; and children up to age 26 for medical and 19 (or 23 if a full-time student) for dental and vision. Other eligibility requirements may apply for certain benefits.
We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.
Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here .
Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy .
We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
USA Job Seekers:
EEO Know Your Rights .
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.
Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.
Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.
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