Product Manager

Location: Oakland, CA- Hybrid schedule
Duration: 6 month contract with potential contract-to-hire- 40 hours/weekly
Pay Rate: $45.00-$50.00/hr

Responsibilities:

• Develop, track and manage project budget, project plans, timelines and scope.
• Partner closely with other Product Managers and Stakeholders define business requirements and product direction.
• Develop business plans for products and participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle, including analysis, design, testing, and integration of products as well as the introduction of products to the organization.
• Lead and participate in agile ceremonies including Quarterly Big Board Planning, Daily Standups, and Conducting sessions with business leadership to develop the product’s vision, strategy and roadmap.
• Lead activities to support the delivery of new functionality in suite of HRIS applications, requirements gathering, solution design, development, user acceptance testing, business validation, success criteria measurement and analysis, ongoing support, and post-deployment assessment for continuous process improvement and evolution of functionality
• Lead a small team of tech leads and developers, providing technical direction and support. Ensuring that development tasks are completed on time and meet quality standards.
• Manage complete software development lifecycle (from conception to retirement) for the applications and integrations within the portfolio.
• Oversee and manage integrations using MuleSoft as the middleware platform. Ensure seamless data flow between HRIS systems and downstream applications.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Experience managing HRIS systems as a platform/product.
  • Experience with Learning Management Systems (LMS) (such as Absorb or Cornerstone); or SaaS-based HRIS Platforms (such as Oracle Fusion HCM or Workday).
  • Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment.
• Technical Experience with HRIS Systems.
  • Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues related to integrations and system performance.
  • Provide technical support and guidance to the team as needed.
  • While hands-on technical and programming knowledge isn’t required, a strong understanding of various integration methodologies including SFTP, ETL, SQL, JSON/XML, and SOAP/REST APIs is essential.
• Requires at least 5 years of prior relevant experience (Product Management, Project Management or LMS System Administration)

PREFERRED SKILLS/NICE TO HAVES:

• Scaled Agile (SAFe) Framework and / or other Product Manager and Product Owner SAFe, Agile Product Management (APM) or SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC)
• Preferred demonstrated success in managing cross-functional teams and teams of teams and technical competencies in: relationship management, product release and deployment, customer and user experience analysis
• Preferred experience working on a DevSecOps team with cross-functional initiatives with a high degree of complexity.