Senior Product Manager

at  Hertz

A DAY IN THE LIFE:

We’re looking for a passionate Snr Product Manager who knows how to define, de-risk and execute against a product vision. You will be collaborating with customers and colleagues on cross-functional and co-located product teams. The role demands strong product instincts, excellent communication skills, technical fluency, empathy, humility and an appreciation for and understanding of lean start up, agile and user-centered design values, principles and practices.
The ideal candidate should have experience delivering and shipping Digital Products to retail/B2B customers and operations.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Strong product and project management skills to manage multiple products and deadlines simultaneously.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, including experience leveraging data to inform decision making and independently solving software engineering problems.
• Expertise in strategic thinking and strong business acumen.
• Strong experience in understanding business partner and client needs.
• Demonstrated success in defining and building products.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
• Verifiable track record of effective leadership which includes successful execution with technical and intellectual resources.Experience with product management tools like JIRA, Mural, Zephyr.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computing Science, Computer Engineering (or equivalent years of experience).
• Certifications: Design Thinking, Agile Methodologies, Lean Sigma etc
• 5-10 years experience leading digital product development;Background in fleet management or mobility/transportation industries preferred

• Ship successful products , including defining vision, strategy, outcome-driven product roadmaps and creating and managing backlogs
• Define and prioritize product features
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and users
• Understand a specific customer domain and identify the trends and opportunities in that space
• Facilitate collaborative decision-making in a workshop context
• Articulate and test product hypotheses
• Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others
• Navigate complex decision-making using product data and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Lead product strategy, planning, and life cycle management efforts.
• Monitor business, market, and technology trends to inform product strategy and proactively propose new solutions.
• Continuously monitor and evaluate product performance and proactively champion product improvements.
• Determine internal and contract/external resources and skills required for the product team to deliver on the product roadmap.
• Guide the product engineering team to scope, plan and deliver work, applying established delivery methodologies (e.g., agile methods) and best practices (e.g., reusability).
• Proactively identify and resolve blockers to achieve business objectives for the product, including technical and resourcing challenges.
• Increase adoption and consumption of product capabilities.
• Manage investment decision making and finances for the product, taking a return-on-investment approach to increasing the value while minimizing product costs.
• Where applicable, Serve as the Product Manager for multiple, related products.