Sr Manager – Product Management

Sr Manager – Product Management

Requirements

• Experience in delivering large and complex business process and technology programs.
• Proven ability to communicate with leadership effectively, while employing a high degree of collaboration and influence across teams.
• Experience in Oracle Fusion ERP processes, technology and/or implementations.
• Experience working in and functional knowledge of Finance, Supply Chain and/or Procurement business organizations, processes, and technologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences including executives and non-technical leaders.
• Experience working in agile and waterfall delivery methodologies and relevant toolsets.
• Ability to develop high quality deliverables, including oral, written and PPT presentations for executive communications.
• Ability to negotiate between teams and reach consensus and support.

Responsibilities

• Works in collaboration with Sr. Director to develop strategy, plan, goals (outcomes) for the program phases.
• Drive cross-functional alignments with various teams inside and outside of the program.
• Analyze current challenges of the program and create strategies for mitigation; present and align on recommendation and then lead execution of mitigation.
• Partner with the functional workstreams and central value team to understand the value outcomes of the program; support identification and monitoring of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure success and quality.
• Understand transformational objectives and support budget development efforts for the ensuing year based on scope, outcomes, and constraints.
• Drive product management standards within the Elevate product management resources.
• Ensure consistency of deliverables and depth of content across the Elevate functional workstreams including vision materials, capability-based roadmaps, capability and feature definition, user story and success criteria documentation, linkage to business process enablement, and full traceability of key artifacts throughout the program lifecycle.
• Partner with the enterprise tools teams to ensure correct and timely use of key product and delivery toolsets including Jira, SharePoint and Confluence.
• Establish connection with the product vendors and participate in the feedback loop on product roadmap opportunities and value to T-Mobile.
• Drive thought leadership on the connection of capabilities and features to agreed-upon value in the Elevate business case; use value connection to ensure proper prioritization of capabilities in each release.
• Coordinate with multiple impacted teams to drive thoughtful project planning for delivery.
• Provide guidance to vendors and FTEs on delivery approach, timelines, risks, issues, opportunities, and decisions.
• Support issue resolution across teams by building relationships, completing analysis and driving decisions.
• Build materials for team and executive consumption on key topics.
• Lead a team consisting of Product Managers and Business Analysts that are part of the core functional workstreams inside the ERP+ program.
• Provide regular coaching and development to the team members focusing on growing capabilities and delivering value to the program.
• Build cross-functional relationships to support healthy collaboration across the ERP+ program teams.
• Manage teams to achieve results by providing appropriate direction and support.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and career progression conversations.
• Interview and hire qualified team members, both FTEs and Contractors.
• Support team in creating training and career development plans and ensures assignments with increasing levels of responsibility are given to staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a business field; master’s degree a plus
• 4-7 years of experience managing teams of 5+ resources
• 10+ years of combined Product Management and Transformation experience
• Telecommunications industry experience a plus