Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. VSP Vision is a leading organization in the optical and optometry sector, seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead product development and delivery. The role involves defining product vision, leading cross-functional teams, and ensuring market competitiveness for the product portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and delivery of products and/or services that are market-leading and that maximize value for the enterprise and its customers
- Define overall product/service vision and strategy, create business plans, make recommendations to management and the executive team, and communicate plans both internally and externally
- Effectively lead a cross-functional and/or cross-LOB team to ensure successful delivery of product initiatives, including creating Product Requirements Documents, market positioning, or strategy documents
- May act as a lead for Associate Product Managers or other team members
- Work with business partners and provide direction regarding market positioning, training, and communications by public for assigned product portfolio
- Serve as central resource and decision maker for all assigned products and initiatives, and coordinate with business partners to address and resolve product and/or client-specific issues and business rules
- Conduct ongoing market and portfolio evaluation to ensure products remain competitive and meet operational, financial, and market success goals
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering or related field or equivalent work experience; graduate degree in business (MBA) is strongly desired
- Six years of experience in product management, marketing, or customer-focused health care
- Minimum of 6 years of experience with project or program management and proven leadership skills
- Demonstrated ability to analyze market research and financial information, evaluate profitability, and identify trends
- Demonstrated ability to handle broad, complex, and unstructured tasks ranging from analytical to strategic in nature
- Superior knowledge of product and/or service development methodologies
- Highly skilled at managing products across operational divisions
- Highly skilled at effectively accomplishing objectives through others via influencing, delegating, and strong working relationships
- Proven ability to effectively communicate information to a wide variety of technical and non-technical individuals or groups at all levels of the organization
- Thorough understanding of business implications, project interdependencies, and system interfaces
- Proficient at facilitating meetings and negotiating across all levels of the organization
- Ability to regularly exercise discretion and independent judgment in the performance of job duties
- For roles that are remote (i.e., Work From Home (WFM)) or hybrid (i.e., partial onsite at a VSP location and WFM), must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment
Benefits
- Eligible bonuses and commissions
- For more information regarding VSP Vision benefits, please click here (http://www.vspvision.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits.html)
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