Product Mentor

Product Mentor

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 12 years OR Master’s degree and 10 Years of work experience. Additional years of experience may be substituted/accepted in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience describing and discussing data-driven, value-seeking Product Management.
• Minimum of 3 years of combined experience in 1 or more of the following: Experience implementing product practices at an enterprise level, Experience defining and producing Product Management courseware and marketing content tailored to organization-specific requirements, Experience conveying software methodologies to audiences including senior leaders with varying technical.

Responsibilities

• Applying industry-standard Product Management frameworks to existing Federal agency processes to support the modernization and requirements development process.
• Providing Subject Matter Expertise for agency Product investments and presenting to executive audiences.
• Describing and discussing data-driven value-seeking Product Management Practices in concert with improvements in software development productivity.
• Providing extensive assistance in defining and producing Product Management courseware content tailored to organization-specific requirements.
• Possessing a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality.
• Providing support through the SDLC process for strategic client projects.
• Facilitating Product Discovery and requirements gathering workshops with clients.
• Coaching and training other Product Managers on best practice.
• Working with team members to produce estimates for proposals and investments.
• Providing guidance on creating and maintaining a product backlog with epics and user stories.
• Providing guidance on creating product roadmaps and release plans.
• Facilitating communication between executive leadership, stakeholders, and development team members.
• Providing product demos and presentations to clients.
• Supporting organizational change management message delivery/outreach sessions in the roles of author, packager, and presenter.
• Producing positive outcomes in technical debates about the application of Product Management processes, redefinition of Product Management terminology, and strategic leadership concepts.
• Discussing and practicing agile delivery methods, agile culture, and agile leadership.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to interface with senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior Federal Government/Government/large scale corporate working experience.
• Pragmatic Product Manager Certification.
• Experience managing Product Managers and equivalent professionals.
• Experience creating training plans and curricula.
• Ability to manage, train and communicate with cross-functional teams and implement the Product lifecycle.
• Ability to prioritize and react to changing requirements with a sense of urgency.
• Ability to envision a big-picture vision at an enterprise level and the drive to make that vision a reality.
• Knowledge of big data and analytics products.
• Negotiating and customer interfacing skills.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities evidenced by a proven ability to analyze product concepts, strategic opportunities, and competitive threats, quantitatively and qualitatively.