Product Manager

Description

This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of an office [Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren, Milford or Mountain View], you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.

The Role

We are seeking a dynamic individual to join GM as a Product Manager , with a strong focus on stakeholder alignment and strategic vision within complex global environments. This role requires a keen ability to foster relationships, navigate organizational dynamics, and lead teams in building data products - self-serve data assets, data science models, and intelligence - designed to provide insight into customer behavior and product performance.

• Intermediate level professional, requiring independent judgment and decision-making on significant matters as well as experience and or specialized training typically obtained through a specialized course of academic instruction.

• Demonstrates very good understanding of the processes and procedures relevant to own work area with the ability to exercise decision-making skills sufficient to identify and propose solutions to leadership. Understands different areas of their function and how the operations of their area relate to others.
• Identifies and corrects non-routine problems in existing systems and processes through independent judgment. Independently identifies and applies appropriate company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.
• Works under general supervision with limited guidance and direction. Determines an appropriate course of action within broad guidelines and can handle nearly every standard or typical request independently.

• Exercises judgement within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Applies learned techniques to drive the solution to a problem, which typically will involve coordinating and integrating efforts of a diverse team of colleagues.
• Engages in daily interactions with subordinates and/or peers from other functional groups. These interactions typically involve the exchange or presentation of information. Required to collaborate with team members 1-2 levels above.
• Adapts communication style to reach agreement in own area in situations of moderate complexity, demonstrates flexibility and ability to compromise.

• Handles a range of moderate scope problems that are frequently routine but may vary, requiring analysis of various factors. Follows through on difficult situations and is expected to see through resolution.
• Proposes new initiatives and delivers solutions, driving cross team efforts. Recommends opportunities for process improvement to leadership & proactively anticipates needs within own area.
• Employee's impact is typically within their immediate work area and occasionally across their function.

• Assist in the development of product strategy and roadmap to enable new revenue generating opportunities
• Work with Lead Product Manager(s) in your assigned area to lead planning and product definition from concept to launch, and throughout the product lifecycle
• Use multiple data sources such as market research, analytics, customer insights, and others to lead and prioritize a set Performance products across enterprise needs
• Partner with technical teams (e.g. Program Engineering Managers) to execute requirements building definition, development, and implementation of new products
• Provide direction to analytics, market research, and applied insights teams on what needs and concepts require investigation and validation to support new demand opportunities.
• Own overall business case for assigned initiatives, sharing accountability for business outcomes with product marketing
• Distill the essence of what our customers need, and represent as well-defined product briefs, Epics, and Features to create extraordinary experiences
• Apply end-to-end channel strategy to develop experiences and products
• Balance product feature requests vs. marketing, design, and other requirements
• Support technical execution team from concept through launch and lifecycle planning:
• Locate, synthesize and make visible customer information
• Frame and drive product and other decisions balancing customer and business considerations
• Anticipate risk throughout the technical development process
• Define requirements and needs for product performance analytics and reporting to maintain clear visibility on how the product quality and adoption is performing in the market
• Lead issues and uncertainties through effective decision framing and working towards resolution

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent work experience required
• 2 - 3 years' experience as a Product Owner/Manager
• Strong analytical skills, including ability to arrive at insights from analytical data
• Demonstrated ability to be a team player with skills to lead/participate in cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated verbal, written and presentation skills.

• Familiarity with SQL
• Experience leading an agile product team
• Familiarity with data science & data engineering concepts

• The expected base compensation for this role is: $76,100 - $128,200. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
• Benefits : GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.