Senior Product Manager (Public Sector)

Selected individual will serve as an analyst and will provide requirements management, technology landscape analysis, product assessment, system design documentation, user guides and training support to a wide assortment of projects. The analyst must understand agile/scrum process and be able to integrate well with the multi-disciplinary team including creative, development and other resources.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Legal Permanent Resident
• Eligible for U.S. Government Clearance - public trust
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience; consulting experience is a plus
• Experience with Agile Software Development Methodology
• Experience performing current and future state analysis for IT systems
• Interviewing skills, to talk with individuals and groups about their needs and ask the right questions to surface essential requirements information
• Listening skills, to understand what people say and to detect what they might be hesitant to say.
• Analytical skills, to critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a more general understanding, distinguish presented user requests from the underlying true needs, and distinguish solution ideas from requirements
• Facilitation skills, to lead requirements elicitation workshops
• Observational skills, to validate data obtained via other techniques and expose new areas for elicitation
• Strong writing skills, to communicate information effectively to customers, marketing, managers, and technical staff
• Ability to create documentation that is leveled for both business and technical users
• Organizational skills, to work with the vast array of information gathered during elicitation and analysis and to cope with rapidly changing information
• Interpersonal skills, to help negotiate priorities and to resolve conflicts among project stakeholders (such as customers, product management, and engineering)
• Modeling skills, to represent requirements information in graphical forms that augment textual representations in natural language, including using modeling languages already established in the development organization.
• An understanding of contemporary requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, verification, and management practices and the ability to apply them in practice; familiarity with requirements engineering books and resources
• An understanding of how to practice requirements engineering according to several software development life cycles in a team environment
• Knowledge of software development life-cycle practices, principles, and techniques
• Knowledge of standard research and analysis methodologies, frameworks, and techniques
• Scrum Certification is a plus.
• Bachelor's Degree required from college or University

Pay Range: $123,000-$184,000

Set Yourself Apart With:

• Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager designation
• Certified Agile Product Manager designation

Benefits of Working Here:

• Flexible vacation policy; time is not limited, allocated, or accrued
• 15 paid holidays throughout the year
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Corporate gift matching program

A Tip From the Hiring Manager:

• "A successful Product Manager at Publicis Sapient combines leadership skills, rooted on customer centricity, with tactical product management skills to drive the clients and team in releasing program increments every 10-12 weeks (or applicable frequency at client's organization)."

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us athiring@publicissapient.comor you may call us at +1-617-621-0200.

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients' businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.