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WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY Senior Software Product Manager in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.
Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
Pay Range: $127,700.00 - $191,500.00
Job Description
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Worksclosely with cross functional team of stakeholders, end-users, engineers, UX designers and product leaders to understand the problems to solve, inform the product vision and define requirements
Works towards creating shared outcomes with multiple teams to deliver impact for customers
Definesproduct release strategies,ensuring the readiness of the various business partners
Becomesthe expert fortheirproduct, demonstrating mastery of the current platform with an understanding of gaps that informtheirnear-term product roadmap and contribute to long-term strategy
Manages expectations by understanding when initiatives are at risk and proactively communicating with stakeholders
Participatesand presentsin quarterly planning activities
Ensuresproduct quality by testing software features to ensure they satisfy the acceptance criteria and work with stakeholders and end users to coordinate user acceptance testing activities
Builds mentorship relationships and initiates guidance of newer Product Managers
Leads research efforts to distill clarity from ambiguity and develops data collection strategies that identify the right outcomes for measuring success
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:
Understands the landscape of problems and quickly zeros in on the best strategy to achieve business outcomes
Excellent Storyteller
Demonstrates expertise in a variety of product discovery techniques
Looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first solutionproposed
Makes choices about priorities that clearly demonstrate an understanding of the business goals, market demand and user needs
Ability to measure product health and use data to inform prioritization decisions, to ensure product quality and service levels, and meet defined goals and success metrics
Inspires new ways of working and product practicetechniques
Can effectively cope with change and can shift gears comfortably
Competencies:
Organizational or Student Impact:
Follows technical/ business processes; helps support change when necessary.
Executes complex, specialized technical projects/assignments.
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Western Governors Univeristy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on t he basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.