Technical Product Manager - St. Louis at Vaco, LLC
Memphis, TN 38120
About the Job
This role will involve close collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure that products are developed and delivered in alignment with strategic enterprise goals.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in agile product management, excellent communication and presentation skills, and the ability to navigate the complex demands associated with orchestrating development initiatives within the financial services industry.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Strategy & Vision: Define and execute product strategies and roadmaps for custom applications tailored to financial and wealth management customers.
- Agile & SAFe Leadership: Serve as the product leader in a SAFe Agile environment responsible for managing backlogs, prioritizing features, and coordinating with Agile Release Trains to ensure successful product increments.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with internal stakeholders including senior leadership, stakeholders, and development teams to gather requirements, set expectations, and communicate product progress.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with engineering, design, and quality assurance teams to deliver high-quality applications on time. Acting as the primary liaison between technical and business teams.
- Market Analysis & Customer Insight: Conduct market research, competitor analysis, and user feedback sessions to identify trends, assess new opportunities, and validate assumptions to continuously improve products.
- Communication & Presentation: Prepare and deliver product presentations, updates, and training sessions for various audiences, ensuring clarity and alignment on goals, status, and direction.
- Risk & Compliance Management: Ensure product development complies with financial industry regulations and risk management practices. Work with legal and compliance teams to address potential challenges proactively.
Requirements:
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of product management experience, preferably in financial services or wealth management, with a strong focus on custom application development.
- SAFe Certification: Certified SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager or higher SAFe certification is strongly preferred.
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to convey complex information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Technical Skills: Familiarity with product development lifecycles, software development processes, and project management tools like Jira, Confluence, and other agile tools.
- Financial Services Knowledge: Familiarity with the financial, investment, or wealth management industry including trends, compliance requirements, and customer needs.
Additional Details:
- Employment Type: Direct-Hire
- Schedule: On Site
- Start Date: Immediate
- Location: St. Louis
- Target Compensation: $150k to $175k plus Bonus
- Relocation: Relocation assistance will be provided
- Employment Status: Corp-to-Corp or employment sponsorship is not being considered
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
