Senior Product Manager

The Opportunity:

The Sr Product Manager owns the vision and strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for the Cart, Checkout and Post-Purchase experiences of Avantor's Digital Platforms. Responsibilities include defining the roadmap as well as planning and managing product Features through the product development, launch and iteration process. The Product Manager is responsible for defining KPI’s across the Product area, and reporting against those metrics on an ongoing basis, as well as following launches.

This role manages the product backlogs for a Product group while prioritizing work across multiple scrum teams and making Product-related decisions based on the needs and expectations of customers and stakeholders. They work hand-in-hand with engineering managers and leads, attending Planning, Refinement and sometimes Daily Stand-Ups to ensure planned work and work in progress is aligned to established priorities. They will be ultimately responsible for ensuring that Features are managed in JIRA and will leverage that information, as well as other mechanisms to communicate upward, as well keeping partners and external stakeholders updated.

Due to the strategic requirements of the position, the individual must understand and be able to articulate the end-to-end vision for a Product, its future roadmap, and where it sits within the overall technology ecosystem. They partner closely with the business and stakeholders to understand pain points, business goals, and the go-to-market strategy and identifies and manages projects with a high level of autonomy.

The Senior Product Manager should actively engage with and seek mentorship from more senior Product Managers in the People Management and Individual Contributor tracks in order to determine which path they plan to pursue. They should actively mentor Product Managers and Associate Product Managers in order to assist them in develop their knowledge and Product Management skills.  

Qualifications
• Overall 12-14 years experience in the IT arena, with 4 years of experience in product management, measurably driving the successful delivery of Features

• Able to communicate clearly the definition of their Product area, the overview and goals of a Feature, and the work needed to develop it both orally and in writing.   
• Experience in an agile software environment
• Experience working across multiple products and organizations
• Experience working closely with leadership
• Ability to define, measure, and report KPI’s

Tasks of Sr Product Manager:

·Creates slides/Confluence pages documenting Epic and/or Product roadmap, and makes updates so that it is always correct

·Attends Refinement, Planning and demo ceremonies (Daily stand-up attendance encouraged, but not required if a BA is present)

·Prioritizes the team backlog in JIRA along a quarterly timeline

·Drafts and documents in Confluence the Vision and Goals​ of the Epic and/or Product

·Provides reporting, via Confluence and Email, on KPIs for Features and Epics, validating against the business case

·Presents Epic and/or Product Roadmap in PI Planning or other cross-organizational venues

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

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