Senior Product Manager

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Role Overview

As a Senior Product Manager you identify and solve problems using your deep experience in product management. You lead cross-functional teams to define and develop product strategies aligning them with market opportunities, deliver innovative solutions that meet the customers' needs and support business goals. Additionally, you are responsible for steering the product's overall strategy to ensure it aligns with long-term vision and promotes future growth.

This is a remote position that can be done from anywhere. You may be expected to travel occasionally.

Responsibilities

CONSULTING

• Serve as a Trusted Advisor to Our Clients : Build trusting relationships with client stakeholders, providing strategic insight and guidance, serving as the primary point of contact for product-related inquiries, updates and decisions.


• Conduct Market, Business and User Research : Conduct thorough market research, competitive analysis, business analysis and/or user interviews to identify opportunities and inform product decisions, translating collected insights into actionable strategies.


• Manage Risk : Proactively identify potential risks and challenges that may have an impact on product delivery or performance. Develop contingency plans and mitigation strategies to address these risks effectively.

PRODUCT DELIVERY

• Display Strategic Leadership : Define and articulate the long-term product vision and strategy in alignment with company goals. Drive product roadmap initiatives that reflect market trends, customer, feedback and business priorities.


• Promote Cross-Functional Collaboration : Collaborate closely with Engineering, Design, Delivery and other key participants to ensure successful product development, launch and adoption. Facilitate communication and alignment across diverse teams, ensuring all efforts are focused on accomplishing the product’s vision and satisfying end users needs across product iterations.


• Manage the Product Lifecycle : Oversee the entire product lifecycle from ideation through launch and beyond. Define product requirements, prioritize features and manage trade-offs to deliver high-value and high-quality products on time and within budget.


• Establish a Metrics Driven Approach : Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to effectively measure product success. Analyze data to gain insights, identify areas for improvement, and drive iterative enhancements that continuously add value to the product and user experience.


• Champion Continuous Improvement : Promote a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the product team. Encourage experimentation, feedback loops and agile methodologies to drive iterative development and optimization.

INNOVATION & IMPROVEMENT

• Thought Leadership : Stay up to date on industry trends, emerging technologies and best practices in the field of product management. Share knowledge and insights with the team to spark creative solutions and drive excellence.


• Provide Mentorship : Foster the professional growth and development of associate and Mid-level Product Managers within the team. Provide constructive feedback, guidance and mentorship to help them succeed in their roles and advance in their careers.


• Improve Foundry Processes : Continuously evaluate and refine product management processes, methodologies and tools to enhance team efficiency, effectiveness and collaboration. Implement best practices and standards to guarantee consistent and high quality outcomes across projects and internal initiatives.


• Share Knowledge : Promote a culture of knowledge sharing, collaboration and cross-pollination of ideas within the Product Foundry. Encourage team members to share learnings, insights and experiences to foster collective growth and innovation.


• Evangelize Leadership in Product Culture : Serve as a champion for a strong product culture within the organization. Promote values such as customer-centricity, experimentation, agility and continuous improvement, inspiring team members to embody these principles in their work.

Must Have Skills

• 5+ years of professional experience in technological projects related to digital products, software design and/or development.

• Proven track record managing the end to end software product lifecycle (building and shipping) of a product or suite of small products with multiple features, complex requirements, diverse stakeholder needs, and a dedicated team.


• Understanding of, or experience with, web technologies, technical concepts, software development (coding) and APIs.


• Experience leading discovery sessions in which prioritization and requirements elicitation workshops are conducted.


• Can quickly ramp up on a new business domain.


• Goal-oriented, autonomous and organized; must like teamwork but also who can work independently with minimal supervision to obtain the information needed to perform product management responsibilities.


• Strong consulting, communication skills, and ability to establish and maintain a high level of credibility with internal and external partners.


• Ability to pitch and articulate value to different audiences.


• Experience using agile development methodologies with globally-distributed teams.


• Experience using Figma, Miro or other modern collaborative design tools to make or make changes to wireframes and designs.


• Experience using Jira or other requirements management tools.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Previous consulting experience.


• Agile processes certification (Scrum Master or Product Owner).


• Experience mentoring and team building.

Salary Range

$83,724.00 - $88,131.00

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.