Product Manager.

Product Manager

Location: King of Prussia, PA (only locals)

Duration: One Year Contract (Potential Chances of Extension)

Rate: $70 hr on C2C

Visa: USC, GC, H1B if consultant is too good

Experience: 12+ Years

Client: Clean Earth/Vertexs

Job Description: Execute a multi-year roadmap to modernize the companys order management and invoicing application. Operate as the management focal point for the program and between the Clean Earth business/operations, IT, and strategic partners at all phases of the program.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with Product Owner(s)/Team(s), Clean Earth operations, customer service, sales, sales operations, business process improvement and marketing teams to measure and oversee customer experience quality throughout the product lifecycle
• Define product roadmap/timelines with inputs from Product Owner(s)/Team(s) specifying goals, strategy, dependencies, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources
• Prioritize features/capabilities working with Product Owner and IT. Including Sprint Planning, Support and Tech updates
• Manage product backlog with IT
• Adopt agile practice and leverage MVP based approach to releases.
• Responsible for issue resolution, escalation plan, risk mitigation, communication plan coordination with process Improvement team and regular updates to Product Team and PMO
• Communicate project milestone and deliverable status to Product Team and PMO
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings and communications in support of project goals
• Coordinate user acceptance testing and work with IT to ensure traceability to original requirements
• Develop and manage business cutover plans, implementation / roll out
• Implement, monitor and report on key metrics
• Responsible for managing content creation and documentation management in support of program
• Monitor PI team Change Management, communication, training & adoption efforts
• Participate/conduct stakeholder focus groups for input
• Effectively use project artifacts, tools, and templates to communicate progress and capture outcomes, next steps, and decisions
• Leverage industry best practices in adoption and implementation of project management practices, governance, and processes
• Solution support including escalations
• Executes the launch of new products and features for the product
• Provide ongoing support and analytics
• Manage scope and the change request process, coordinating decision process of scope and budgetary impact of changes from original specifications.
• Occasionally travel to Clean Earth facilities
• Lead and/or participate in key meetings like Product Team updates, Project Coordination, Steering committee and PMO
• Perform other reasonably related tasks as assigned by management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of complex and cross organizational project and program management experience in a business leadership capacity. Experienced in managing digital programs involving web portal development, deployment, enhancements, and their integrations with other applications
• 4 years of sales force project or product management experience.
• Experience managing all aspects of solution delivery including requirements gathering, scope definition, resource planning, budget management, status reporting, risk management, release management, organization change management and change control
• Excellent project management skills and demonstrated competency in managing simultaneous execution of multiple projects and workstreams within the program
• Results driven with the ability to combine strong quantitative foundation with business acumen
• Excellent facilitation, negotiation skills, verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; the ability to communicate effectively at all levels and to all functional groups; the ability to translate technical requirements and issues into appropriate context
• Demonstrated experience managing vendors to assist in or solely drive project delivery
• Strong business acumen across multiple business functions (e.g. Sales, Operations, Finance, Human Resources, etc.)
• Advanced Microsoft office skills (SharePoint, MS Project, Visio, Teams, etc.)
• History of ability to maintain flexibility, multi-task, and deliver results in a deadline driven environment