Product Manager III
Northwestern Mutual is a leading financial services company seeking a Product Manager III to drive business results through technology. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, author user stories, and manage projects, while developing expertise in the wealth business domain.
Responsibilities
- Partner with peer group, business partners and product management to learn business area/domain, while continuing to learn and grow knowledge across the enterprise
- Document and assess current state in a few processes, or single business area / domain
- Assist with task-based work items in more complex situations
- Responsible for fact-based requirement gathering, including all system, technical and intake requests
- Author user stories and/or features independently with low to medium complexity while participating in some task-based work in higher complexity situations
- Assist throughout the development process as needs arise
- Assist with coordinating and reviewing test plans for smaller or non-complex efforts
- Independently provide execution on testing as needed (UAT, checkouts, etc.)
- Use project management principles to successfully complete and advance work
Skills
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 Years Prior Experience in industry or business
- Ability to lean on strong communication skills to influence outcomes while approaching conflict with organizational savviness
- Wealth Business and /or digital Domain expertise via previous internships or similar roles in the past
- Certifications demonstrating mastery of role specific competencies
- Deep familiarity of agile & scrum development environments
- Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience, judgment and precedents
- Wealth Business knowledge is preferred
Benefits
- Flexible work schedules
- Concierge service
- Comprehensive benefits
- Employee resource groups
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