About the role

The Product Manager will lead product discovery and delivery for small or simple products while managing the product backlog and coordinating with cross-functional teams. They are responsible for defining business outcomes, conducting experiments, and ensuring the successful release of valuable product changes.

What they look for

Product management Product strategy Product backlog management Agile Scrum Capital markets Asset management Portfolio management Trading Investment accounting Jira Quality assurance Stakeholder management Critical thinking Decision-making Data analysis

Requirements

Candidates must have 8 to 12 years of overall IT experience with at least 8 years in end-to-end product management. A functional understanding of Capital Markets and Asset Management business domains is required.

Benefits

Competitive compensation Continuous learning and development programs

Full description

Responsibilities

About Role

As a Product Manager I at Principal, you will be central to delivering valuable and viable solutions alongside our product team for small or simple products. You will play a key role in completing our product strategy by managing the product backlog and promoting effective delivery and coordination within the team. This opportunity offers broad exposure to all stages of the product lifecycle and allows you to make meaningful improvements to our customers' experience.

Essential Functions

Product Discovery (30%)

Accountable for understanding and defining key business outcomes and requirements for the product.
Find opportunities or problems to solve and clearly state hypotheses in collaboration with a PM or Senior PM.
Guide the product team in generating ideas and conducting experiments.
Complete experiments in collaboration with building, engineering, and various business roles.
Assess the value of experiments, draw out insights, and share findings with key partners and collaborators.
Determine which work should be prioritized into the product based on findings.
Develop or uphold an effective parallel discovery and delivery framework in collaboration with the Product Manager or Senior Product Manager.

Product Delivery (40%)

Responsible for successful product delivery by working together with technology and non-technology collaborators.
Partner with team members to address challenges and coordinate dependencies.
Ensure the product team possesses the essential background to address problems effectively and efficiently.
Collaborate with the team to frequently release valuable product changes.
Serve as a product owner for SCRUM teams, working together on story creation, refinement, and prioritization.
Participate in team/agile ceremonies and ensure effective structure and routines.
Collaborate with colleagues to provide value with quality.
Communicate product releases to collaborators and partners.

Product Assessment (10%)

Collaborate with the Product Manager or Senior Product Manager to ensure measurable progress towards product goals.
Monitor and communicate product health, impact of product releases, and progress against goals.
Responsible for assessment practices of the team(s).
Ensure product outcomes are met and make necessary improvements to the go-to-market strategy or product.

Collaborator Management & Communication (15%)

Communicate discovery and delivery priorities, results of experiments, and progress to collaborators.
Support the broader product family or portfolio as a member of the product management team.
See opportunities to advance the product management practice and continuously improve.

Product Strategy (5%)

Collaborate with a Product Manager or Senior Product Manager to grasp the product strategy.
Develop an understanding of product strategy in the context of enterprise and business strategies.
Complete the strategy as part of a product team.

Qualifications

8 to 12 years of overall IT experience with a minimum of 8+ years in end-to-end product management.
Basic experience in a product environment and exposure to the Product Manager role.
Experience managing multiple workloads and competing priorities.
Critical thinking and decision-making skills.
Proven ability to lead, influence, and negotiate in a team environment.
Experience bringing to bear diverse perspectives and data to inform actions.
Functional understanding of Capital Markets and knowledge of Asset Management business, with domain expertise in areas like Portfolio Management Services, Trading, or Investment Accounting & Performance.

Preferred skills

Understanding of Front Office and Middle/Back Office operations.
Knowledge of intermediaries/entities across the Asset Management value chain.
Examples of Front Office expertise: Investment Research, Risk Analytics, Public/Private Equity and Debt, Portfolio Management, Trading
Examples of Middle Office expertise: Fund Accounting, Securities & Valuation, Financial Reporting, Investment Accounting & Performance

Strong-level expertise expected in: Estimation, Jira workflow maintenance, Quality Assurance, Agile metrics, Prioritization & Planning
Moderate-level expertise expected in: Product vision, KR & Outcomes, Business/Customer understanding, Product mindset, Stakeholder management

Reporting Relationships

This position reports to: Product Manager 2, Product Manager 3, Sr. PM 1, Sr. PM 2, AD of PM, Dir of PM, Sr. Dir of PM.

Additional Information

Why Choose Principal?

At Principal, we believe in nurturing talent and providing a collaborative environment where you can thrive. We offer:

Opportunities to work on brand new technologies and innovative projects.
An encouraging and inclusive culture that values diversity.
Continuous learning and development programs to help you achieve your career goals.
Competitive compensation and benefits.

Join us and be part of a team that pursues outstanding quality and aims to provide world-class solutions. Your contributions will directly influence our success and help us remain leaders in the financial services industry. We are excited to see the outstanding work you will achieve with us!