GreatAmerica Financial Services
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GreatAmerica Financial Services is a highly successful entrepreneurial company providing equipment financing to businesses across the United States. Our exemplary customer service, our principle-centered business philosophy and our team-based operating approach are key to our success and growth.
We Are Looking to Add a Key Member to our Product Delivery Team! As a member of the Product Management team, the Product Manager manages the end-to-end product life cycle of a single product or feature set. This role will collaborate with stakeholders and agile teams to provide execution and implementation of the product strategy roadmap. This role is critical in acting as the voice of the customer to understand the customer pain points, feature new opportunity and showcase product and to go to market strategies.
As a Product Manager, You Will
Product Strategy & Roadmap
Define product outcomes and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), break down work into actionable steps to facilitate product discovery, design, development, and delivery.
Manage an end-to-end product lifecycle by implementing a Now, Next, and Later framework that captures a rolling 12-month product roadmap.
Stay abreast of industry trends, competitive landscape changes, recommend new technological trends, and innovative products/features to the teams.
Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
Partner with key stakeholders to identify and prioritize new features and enhancements and record them in Jira.
Influence product decisions by providing consultation and direction to stakeholders.
Manage a room with various stakeholders and drive ROI discussions to justify work.
Product Discovery & Customer Insights
Identify, analyze, and interpret new requests using various kinds of techniques to meet customer and internal stakeholder needs and requirements.
Talk to customers to understand pain points, new feature opportunities, showcase product capabilities, and go-to-market strategies.
Acts as the voice of the customer.
Design & Prototyping
Work with various partners to create screen prototypes/wireframes, gather feedback, and adjust to optimize performance.
Agile Delivery & Backlog Management
Work with the Agile Development Team and Scrum Master, lead backlog planning and grooming, and support Release planning.
Maintain the sprint backlog: refine, estimate, and prioritize work.
Collaborate with BSAs, developers, testers, and UX to clarify requirements.
Participate in daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Use tools such as AHA, ProductBoard, or Jira Aligned to manage product backlog.
To Be Successful In This Role You Will Need
Can do attitude! High energy, self-motivated, & strategic thinker
Strong customer centricity to implement strategies and techniques used to ensure that customers and internal business partners have a positive experience with GreatAmerica products and services at every touch point.
Ability to anticipate shifting market priorities, internal and external customer needs in a manner that consistently adds value.
Ability to deep dive and lead complex product discovery, requirements gathering & design sessions.
Ability to plan and sequence work that captures dependencies and synchronizes resources to achieve business results using key performance indicators.
Strong presentation & communication skills (verbal and written).
Passion for learning about new technologies and identifying ways to drive innovation.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related disciplines.
Experience
4+ years of experience as a product manager/owner.
Experience in the financial services or banking industry is a plus.
Experience with Agile and/or SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) in a product owner role.
Track record of creative and strong problem-solving and ability to thrive in a cross-functional and virtual environment.
Computer Skills
Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite.
Financial Benefits
Competitive Compensation
Monthly Bonuses for Eligible Employees
401(k) and Company Match
Annual Profit Sharing
Paid Time Off
Health, Wellbeing, And Family Planning Benefits
Paid Vacation - starting at 80 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Paid Sick Days - Ten (10) per year with a conversion option for unused time.
Ten (10) Paid Holidays per year
Gym Reimbursement
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Short-Term and Long Term Disability
Company Paid Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Employee Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Education And Career Planning Benefits
Tuition Assistance
Networking Opportunities
Leadership Development Opportunities
Perks
Paid Parking
Service Awards
Hybrid work arrangements
Business casual environment
A strong organizational culture focused on our greatest asset: you!
If your experience aligns closely, please apply. We value diverse backgrounds and adding new perspectives. We encourage you to apply if you can make a strong impact in this role at
www.greatamerica.com/careers .
Please note, applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.
Seniority Level Mid-Senior level
Employment Type Full-time
Job Function Product Management and Marketing
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GreatAmerica Financial Services is a highly successful entrepreneurial company providing equipment financing to businesses across the United States. Our exemplary customer service, our principle-centered business philosophy and our team-based operating approach are key to our success and growth.
We Are Looking to Add a Key Member to our Product Delivery Team! As a member of the Product Management team, the Product Manager manages the end-to-end product life cycle of a single product or feature set. This role will collaborate with stakeholders and agile teams to provide execution and implementation of the product strategy roadmap. This role is critical in acting as the voice of the customer to understand the customer pain points, feature new opportunity and showcase product and to go to market strategies.
As a Product Manager, You Will
Product Strategy & Roadmap
Define product outcomes and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), break down work into actionable steps to facilitate product discovery, design, development, and delivery.
Manage an end-to-end product lifecycle by implementing a Now, Next, and Later framework that captures a rolling 12-month product roadmap.
Stay abreast of industry trends, competitive landscape changes, recommend new technological trends, and innovative products/features to the teams.
Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
Partner with key stakeholders to identify and prioritize new features and enhancements and record them in Jira.
Influence product decisions by providing consultation and direction to stakeholders.
Manage a room with various stakeholders and drive ROI discussions to justify work.
Product Discovery & Customer Insights
Identify, analyze, and interpret new requests using various kinds of techniques to meet customer and internal stakeholder needs and requirements.
Talk to customers to understand pain points, new feature opportunities, showcase product capabilities, and go-to-market strategies.
Acts as the voice of the customer.
Design & Prototyping
Work with various partners to create screen prototypes/wireframes, gather feedback, and adjust to optimize performance.
Agile Delivery & Backlog Management
Work with the Agile Development Team and Scrum Master, lead backlog planning and grooming, and support Release planning.
Maintain the sprint backlog: refine, estimate, and prioritize work.
Collaborate with BSAs, developers, testers, and UX to clarify requirements.
Participate in daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Use tools such as AHA, ProductBoard, or Jira Aligned to manage product backlog.
To Be Successful In This Role You Will Need
Can do attitude! High energy, self-motivated, & strategic thinker
Strong customer centricity to implement strategies and techniques used to ensure that customers and internal business partners have a positive experience with GreatAmerica products and services at every touch point.
Ability to anticipate shifting market priorities, internal and external customer needs in a manner that consistently adds value.
Ability to deep dive and lead complex product discovery, requirements gathering & design sessions.
Ability to plan and sequence work that captures dependencies and synchronizes resources to achieve business results using key performance indicators.
Strong presentation & communication skills (verbal and written).
Passion for learning about new technologies and identifying ways to drive innovation.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related disciplines.
Experience
4+ years of experience as a product manager/owner.
Experience in the financial services or banking industry is a plus.
Experience with Agile and/or SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) in a product owner role.
Track record of creative and strong problem-solving and ability to thrive in a cross-functional and virtual environment.
Computer Skills
Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite.
Financial Benefits
Competitive Compensation
Monthly Bonuses for Eligible Employees
401(k) and Company Match
Annual Profit Sharing
Paid Time Off
Health, Wellbeing, And Family Planning Benefits
Paid Vacation - starting at 80 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Paid Sick Days - Ten (10) per year with a conversion option for unused time.
Ten (10) Paid Holidays per year
Gym Reimbursement
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Short-Term and Long Term Disability
Company Paid Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Employee Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Education And Career Planning Benefits
Tuition Assistance
Networking Opportunities
Leadership Development Opportunities
Perks
Paid Parking
Service Awards
Hybrid work arrangements
Business casual environment
A strong organizational culture focused on our greatest asset: you!
If your experience aligns closely, please apply. We value diverse backgrounds and adding new perspectives. We encourage you to apply if you can make a strong impact in this role at
www.greatamerica.com/careers .
Please note, applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.
Seniority Level Mid-Senior level
Employment Type Full-time
Job Function Product Management and Marketing
Get notified about new Product Manager jobs in
Cedar Rapids, IA .
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