Apex has an immediate need for a Product Manager to drive product discovery, development, and delivery for our Fortune 20client.
Ideal candidates will have the following:

• Product Management experience supporting B2B or B2C products
• Experience with contract management, program management, and/or project management
• Prior experience road mapping & a deepunderstanding of stakeholder management & requirements gathering
• A sense of urgency & the ability to speak up and escalate potential issues & roadblocks quickly & proactively
• Experience working on product solutions that involve one or more of the following criteria and/or activities:
  • API Integration, API creation and implementation with a third party vendor team
  • Data mapping & Data attribute ingestion
  • Data reporting & analysis for complex data sets
  • Data Integration
  • Data Exchange for Product SKU list with a third party

**Open to remote candidates for the right experience and fit, but strongly prefer candidates local in one of the following locations:

• Cincinnati, OH
• Charlotte, NC
• Chicago, IL
• Portland, OR
• San Jose, CA
• Boca Raton, FL

**Required Working Hours - Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm EST
For immediate consideration, please forward your resume to [email protected] and reference Job ID #2034263.

This Product Manager will be responsible to drive product development through delivery by
->working with cross-functional teams,
-> solvingbusiness problems, and
->demonstrating the companys core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.
Key Responsibilities
• Create, maintain and communicateproduct roadmap(s), including near-term delivery and 1-2 year product evolution, to stakeholders across the organization while aligning and supporting company and business unit strategies
• Develop a product plan and deliver product capabilities and enhancements to market by working with technical and non-technical partners; measuring output, improving execution and continuously delivering production expectations
• Create and maintain robust product documentation including technical requirements, product plans and roadmaps in appropriate systems (Jira, Productboard, Confluence, etc.) in collaboration with multiple teams
• Move identified product requirements and feature enhancements through completion via cross-functional collaboration with product stakeholders and while keeping line-of-site into the overarching strategy.
• Support vendor-managed capabilities including but not limited ongoing oversight of vendor roadmap and technical requirements, submission of change requests / support tickets to vendor as needed, QA and oversight of vendor owned capabilities, collaborative discovery / guidance for vendor-owned capabilities as needed.
• Leverage data, analytics and insights to measure and improve KPIs
• Model Agile principles by maintaining a groomed backlog and providing 1-N prioritization for backlog
• Execute criteria within Minimum Viable Product timeframes, and any subsequent key milestone dates - enforcing the speed/frequency with which enhancements and new capabilities need to be delivered
• Remain flexible and adaptable to business priorities / needs
• Escalate critical issues, gaps, blockers or risks to leadership in a timely manner so as not to delay implementation
• Build highly collaborative cross-functional partnerships across the matrixed organization
• Identify new product requirements and feature enhancements through collaborative engagements to support product strategies, as needed
• Confidently manage relationships with a vast range of stakeholder types including: Corporate/Business leaders, Technology managers,external B2B and/or vendor partners, and more.
• Execute regular meetings with stakeholders to review priorities in order of now, next and later, and KPIs; metrics as an indicator of product health and progress.
Minimum Position Qualifications
• Bachelors Degree in computer science, business, marketing, management or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of experience bringing customer-facing technology products to market
• 3+ years of software development, product management or business analyst experience in an technology business with demonstrated success in sales and/or customer use through the delivery of new/evolving products
• Experience with iterative product development (Agile)
• Product management experience working with B2B or B2C Healthcare, Wellness, and/or Nutrition solutions
• Exchange Solutions - developing products for healthcare payers, providers, clinical associates and/or their beneficiaries
• Experience working on product solutions that involve one or more of the following criteria and/or activities:

• o API Integration
• o Data mapping
• o Data reporting and/or analysis for a relatively complex data set
• o Data Integration

• Demonstrated leadership experience in product management
• Experience with contract management, program management, and/or project management
• Excellent oral/written communication skills and extreme attention-to-detail
• Proficient Microsoft Office skills
• Ability to identify metrics/key performance measures and use data to drive decisions that enhance the customer & user experience
Desired Previous Experience/Education
• Experience using the following systems and/or applications: Productboard, Jira, Mural, Confluence
• Experience with Gen AI / ML
• Experience with a multi-channel retailer, including an understanding of ecommerce, food merchandising and supply chain operations
• Experience with products and/or digital experiences that support lead generation for B2B sales

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.