Edelman is in search of a Director of Product Management to spearhead our product development initiatives as a Product Owner within a scrum squad, reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of Product Management. This pivotal role involves driving the vision and strategy for innovative communications products, ensuring alignment with Edelman’s mission. As a Product Owner, you will work closely with cross-functional scrum teams, including engineering, design, and research, to deliver exceptional products that fulfill client needs and elevate industry standards.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the Product Owner within a scrum squad, responsible for defining the product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities.
- Prioritize and manage the product backlog, ensuring that the scrum team has an ongoing pipeline of work that aligns with the product strategy and market needs.
- Facilitate collaboration within the scrum team and with external stakeholders to ensure a seamless development process and high-quality product outcomes.
- Integrate usability studies, market analysis, and user research into the product development process to enhance user satisfaction and product-market fit.
- Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the product, using data to inform decision-making and measure success.
- Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape and Edelman’s strategic positioning to ensure the development of industry-leading products.
- Adapt to a dynamic and evolving environment, employing creative solutions to meet the needs of the market and our clients.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years in a Product Management or technical role, with a deep understanding of the agile
- development process, preferably in the social listening space.
- Proven expertise as a Product Owner within a scrum framework, defining product backlogs, and prioritizing needs to deliver value to customers efficiently.
- Strong collaboration skills with experience working alongside engineering, design, and user research teams to bring product visions to life.
- Demonstrated ability to perform critical thinking and analytical leadership, with a knack for identifying opportunities for innovation within product development.
- Skilled in articulating complex product strategies and roadmaps to senior executive audiences.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.
- Background in communications, social listening, or a related industry is advantageous.
- Familiarity with the latest technology trends and agile product development methodologies.
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We use data and intelligence to help businesses and organizations build trusting relationships with people: making communications more authentic, engagement more exciting and connections more meaningful.
DXI brings together and integrates the necessary people-based PR, communications, social, research and exogenous data, as well as the technology infrastructure to create, collect, store and manage first-party data and identity resolution. DXI is comprised of over 350 research specialists, business scientists, data engineers, behavioral and machine-learning experts, and data strategy consultants based in 15 markets around the world.
