Who is Vant4ge?
Are you passionate about building a technology-based product that will actually help people in need? Do you want to work in an environment that is dynamic, challenging and constantly evolving? As a member of the team you'll have the opportunity to work in a highly collaborative, creative, and agile environment.
We are Vant4ge. Our staff is passionate about using technology to help and give hope to people who may have become involved in local, state, or federal justice systems. We provide an online community of care that connects, coordinates and tracks of all those who are involved in the correctional/rehabilitative life cycle, including those with the most stake (the justice involved youth or adult, him/herself). Our technology seeks to empower all involved to assess, assign and encourage completion of treatment plans that will improve success in the community. We enjoy knowing our software at the end of the day is being used to help people.
Job Overview
As a Product Manager with Vant4ge, you will be accountable for delivery of market-leading products that create obvious and compelling value to our customers and exceed company and customer objectives. You will work very closely with all stakeholders, including sales, subject matter experts, engineering, operations, compliance, quality assurance, and customer support. The Product Manager will act as a key innovator and contributor in ultimate success of the product.
Responsibilities and Duties
Own product management for features of the Vantage Platform and legacy Products
Actively participate in all aspects of the product development cycle.
In an agile environment, develop detailed product stories/requirement to ensure product delivery consistent with target personas, motivators and expectations.
Employ and develop product planning and management best practices, establishing and executing reliable processes for collecting and prioritizing customer/market requirements.
Work with your team to build, launch, implement, and support the products you own
Plans and Drives releases
Establish and maintain a strong relationship with customer facing staff as a key resource to address critical pre- and post-sales customer product issues and ultimately help drive product sales engagements to closure.
Support, communicate, and advocate product plans
Work closely with all stakeholders to communicate customer needs, adjust requirements based on technical feedback, prioritize requirements, and manage changing priorities.
Research, learn and implement technologies to develop background for successful product definition.
Manage a distributed team consisting of BA’s, QA’s and Developers
Leads/Mentors the development team,
Conduct analysis and design activities for the initiatives you own
Help Maintain feature roadmap based on the needs of Vant4ge, our partners and customers, incorporating on-going analysis of best in class platforms
Stay current with industry trends and evaluates 3rd party products with the goal of recommending buy or build decisions
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree; technical degree a plus
Minimum 7 years of directly related scrum/agile product delivery experience
4+ Years as a Product Owner/Project Manager
A strong general technical competency required
Experience working in an entrepreneurial environment
Proven track record for high quality product delivery
In-depth understanding of the agile software development cycle and methodologies
Teamwork, attention to detail, and great communication skills are a required
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
Ability to build and grow-cross functional teams
Must work well with others of all personality types in an intense environment
Scrum Master Experience and/or Certification is not required, but is desired
We highly value:
Passion for and responsibility to the customer/partner
Must be self-starting, hardworking and inquisitive
Leadership through innovation in everything you do
Passion for what you do and being self-critical to improve
Relentless commitment to win
Personal and corporate integrity