VP of Product Management

Company: JazzHR
Location: Pittsburgh
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

JazzHR is seeking a dynamic, results-oriented product management professional to lead our next wave of product expansion as our Vice President of Product Management . The successful candidate will have deep experience in technology-based product management, with specific emphasis on Software as a Service (SaaS) B2B revenue models.

The Vice President of Product Management will define JazzHR’s product strategy and execution plan to deliver solutions that delight customers and drive market share.

The VP of Product Management must have a range of skills to deliver results on a strategic and tactical level. A metrics-driven, pragmatic mindset toward product management; combined with a hands-on approach, a natural ability to lead, and strong communication skills are key strengths of the ideal candidate. The successful candidate will have a competitive desire to win, strong organizational skills, and a results-oriented mindset.

What you'll be doing:

Serving as an active member of JazzHR’s executive management team, and a leader of the company

Leading and managing JazzHR product team

Defining, executing, and communicating JazzHR product strategy to support company strategic growth objectives

Owning quantitative and qualitative product performance

Ensuring the team provides detailed, actionable product requirements through our structured Product Requirements Documentation process

Optimizing JazzHR's product management process methodology

Leading product roadmap definition and prioritization process

Owning product UX & UI

Making decisions with a deep customer-first mindset

Working closely with the Engineering team to ensure products meet requirements

Collaborating with JazzHR’s Marketing team to define product requirements, ensure effective product messaging, adherence to branding and launch planning

Identifying strategic, tactical, and process barriers to success and course-correcting as necessary to achieve objectives

Becoming a JazzHR evangelist to internal and external stakeholders including customers, employees, press, strategic partners, and analysts

What you'll bring:

10+ years of experience working in a product management role, 3 in a leadership capacity

Unabashed passion for delighting customers by exceeding their expectations with every interaction

Experience building and launching products from ideation through launch and revision

Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams

Metric-oriented mindset with extensive customer research and data analysis experience

Strong ability to process and synthesize information

UX/UI experience, bias towards “clean and simple / less is more”

Outstanding written and oral communication skills

Understanding of agile methodologies

Ability to design and build products in a manner that will scale with high-velocity adoption rates

Experience and knowledge in the Human Capital Management space (preferred)

Experience in Software as a Service (SaaS) organizations (preferred)

Ability to excel in a fast-moving, fluid, early-stage high growth environment

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or relevant experience

This position is based in our Pittsburgh, PA office. Currently, our team is working remotely due to COVID-19 but we anticipate reopening our offices in the future, once it's safe for our team. We expect that all candidates are able to work onsite once our in-office operations resume.

Since 2009, JazzHR has raised the bar in the recruiting software industry, with many of our innovations becoming industry-standard. We’re the first company to put powerful, yet easy-to-use recruiting software in the hands of startups, growing companies, and small businesses from all industries.

We’re called JazzHR because we feel it’s a powerful metaphor for the way our software breaks the rules of our industry. Jazz music doesn’t fit into a box. Jazz fans don’t fit in a box. Our company certainly doesn’t fit in a box, either! We're in constant pursuit of improvement. We're always developing new tools, features, and integrations to help over 6,000 businesses that trust us to help them recruit and grow their businesses.

JazzHR has offices in Pittsburgh, PA and Waltham, MA. Most recently, our team was named "Company of the Year" by the Golden Bridge Awards, a Leader in G2's Fall 2019 Reports and part of the Pittsburgh Business Times' 2019 "Fast 50" List. JazzHR was also included on the Inc 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies for the third year, chosen for TrustRadius's 2019 Top Rated Award and named a 2019 "Rising Star" by the ADP Marketplace. We're proud of our accomplishments - click here to see more!

Our team is at the center of everything we do. If you want to contribute to a growing organization, be challenged, and see the results of your efforts, apply to one of our open positions today!

JazzHR is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are solely based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, gender, religion, ethnicity, age or any other status protected by the laws and regulations where we operate.

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