Product Manager – Maryland HQ
About JSI
JSI is the leader in consulting and broadband solutions for Rural and Tier II Service Providers. Over the past several years, JSI has expanded its services from compliance and regulatory consulting to business and finance consulting. With the recent acquisition of two broadband engineering firms, JSI is offering engineering, implementation, and managed services of broadband solutions. With billions of dollars of new investments every year and the critical need to extend broadband offerings across the country, the US communications space has been growing rapidly, and JSI is well-positioned to partner with our clients to help them succeed.
We are in a period of unprecedented growth and are seeking an experienced Product Manager who will be responsible for managing our Client-Facing Portal as we enhance and expand our business offerings online. This position will report to Greenbelt, MD (remote may be considered).
Summary
This role requires an individual who will partner with our team to develop and manage a roadmap that delivers our Consulting service offerings to our Client-Facing online portal. This position is an integral part of our vision, strategy, and overall growth and requires creative strategic thinking.
This individual will have experience managing online product platforms and have strong expertise in gathering requirements, building, and driving product roadmaps. The ideal candidate will prioritize opportunities, make recommendations for investment, generate product concepts, communicate persuasively, and execute on strategic direction.
If you are a strategic thinker, have solid product management experience and have a successful track record of working with IT development teams to deliver results then this role is for you!
Responsibilities
- Analyze the performance of current online client portal, develop concepts for new online capabilities in partnership with colleagues, and evaluate service offerings of competitors
- Foster effective working relationships with Consulting & Business Services team, Executive Leaders, Sales & Marketing, and our IT Development partner to leverage expertise and resources to achieve business objectives
- Lead and influence strategic goals of senior business leaders across functional areas
- Define new online offerings by market testing, market research, market assessments, competitive evaluations, gather input both internally and externally to define product concepts, develop detailed requirements, feature definitions and implementation plans, validating with customers and modifying accordingly.
- Provide the “voice of the customer” to ensure marketability of products, establishing and tailoring of value propositions for appropriate market segments
- Lead cross-functional team in product development and service enhancement initiatives
- Package, price and bundle service offerings
Qualifications
- 6 – 8 years of experience in Product Management experience, with a focus supporting online client portals preferred
- Experience in Consulting or Telecommunications industry a plus
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Experience with developing IT Applications and/or Business Analysis a plus
- Strong executive facilitation skills and experience related to strategy development and problem solving while still able to ‘role up your sleeves’ and get things done
- Comfort in a rapidly changing environment with competing and shifting priorities
- Strong sense of urgency
- Ability to quickly develop domain and client expertise
- Exceptional written and oral communications skills (including presentations), as well as listening and interpretation skills
- Superior people management skills, with an intense focus on core culture and values
- Ability to work well in a team environment and manage through influence
- High degree of professionalism and integrity
- MBA preferred
- Must be able to travel: 35%
At JSI, you will have a career that is rewarding and challenging on every level of the organization. JSI is committed to providing our employees with:
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- A diverse, dynamic, and stimulating work environment
- Educational opportunities
- Work-life balance
- A competitive salary and benefits package
Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply here.