Product Manager

at  Xactus

WHO WE ARE::

Xactus (pronounced ‘Zac-tus’) is the leading verification innovator for the mortgage industry. We have over 6,500 clients ranging from the largest bank and non-bank mortgage originators to credit unions and mortgage brokers. With 12 operation centers across the U.S., Xactus works closely with our clients to digitally integrate a 360° approach to verification across their workflows. As a result, lenders can easily access the technology necessary to meet consumer demands for a modern mortgage experience with industry-leading speed, reliability, and accuracy – while also closing more loans more quickly with greater profitability.
We provide a friendly work environment while also providing many opportunities for you to enhance your skills. We have a top-notch financial leadership team who prioritizes building talent. If you are curious and searching for a change that will be fun and rewarding, please reach out to us! We would love to have you on our team!

WHO YOU ARE:

You are a career-minded, driven individual who is looking for a position that challenges you and supports your professional development.

SUMMARY:

The Product Manager plays a critical role in the growth and success of the Xactus Product Team and in enabling Xactus to achieve its objectives and core values, while optimizing for the end-to-end customer journey. Reporting to the VP of Product Management, this strategic and hands-on role applies Agile methodologies and leadership skills to successfully deliver prioritized initiatives, providing strategic thinking, and maximizing the value and health of the team backlog.
This is a fully remote position
Compensation for this role is targeted between $100,000-$120,000

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The following is a list of essential functions, which is subject to change at any time and without advance notice. Management may assign new duties, reassign existing duties, or eliminate a function based on business needs or at its sole discretion.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Cultivate and maintain a productive working relationship with key stakeholders and the development teams while independently bringing fresh ideas, continuous improvement, innovation, and strategy to the Xactus product backlog.
• Ensure the teams backlogs reflect an improved and innovative customer experience.
• Partner with VP, Product to create clarity in vision, driving the successful delivery of strategic initiatives by ensuring clear communications and alignment throughout the development lifecycle in an environment of rapid feedback and continuous adaptation while monitoring and maintaining alignment with strategic objectives.
• Provide Subject Matter Expertise for development and test teams (communicating business value, removing blockers, adding details), business analysts, strategy team, and business stakeholders (explaining technical options and approaches, solution pros/cons); lead internal and stakeholder meetings (e.g., Refinement, Demos) and drive collaboration between teams and planning functions to improve delivery velocity and quality of products.
• Serve as the “voice of the customer,” representing users and sponsor interests, building cohesion and leading working groups, aligning with technical best practices, enhancing strategic data capture, and improving the user experience.
• Partner with Product VP to Identify and highlight cross-functional impacts of development delivery – opportunities for secondary team benefits and downstream and/or unintended impacts or risks to be mitigated.
• Build cross-organizational awareness of issues and readiness for Product and Epic release through contribution to weekly updates and detail deployment features in comprehensive Release Notes that incorporate work completed, business impact, and “wins.”
• Create Epic outlines and timelines, monitor and communicate progress, break down high-level Epics and broad requirements into more detailed user stories, and distribute responsibilities across team members and stakeholders.
• Ensure Data and Analytics strategy is folded into all aspects of delivery: incorporation of data strategy into all requirements to enable the collection and aggregation of data from various sources and measurement.