Company Overview
Akkodis is a global digital engineering company and Smart Industry leader. We enable clients to advance in their digital transformation with Talent, Academy, Consulting, and Solutions services. Our 50,000 experts combine best-in-class technologies, R&D, and deep sector know-how for purposeful innovation. We are passionate about Engineering a Smarter Future Together. With a shared passion for technology and talent, 50,000 engineers and digital experts deliver deep cross-sector expertise in 30 countries across North America, EMEA and APAC. Akkodis offers broad industry experience, and strong know-how in key technology sectors such as mobility, software & technology services, robotics, testing, simulations, data security, AI & data analytics. The combined IT and engineering expertise brings a unique end-to-end solution offering, with four service lines – Consulting, Solutions, Talents and Academy – to support clients in rethinking their product development and business processes, improve productivity, minimize time to market and shape a smarter and more sustainable tomorrow. Akkodis is part of the Adecco Group. The Adecco Group is a leader in delivering expertise in talent and technology, enabling organizations to succeed and people to thrive.
About the job
Product Manager
Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)
Contract: 12 months
Rate Range: $60/hour-$65+/hour. The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, location, and other factors.
The Product Manager will:
- Become a subject matter expert in retirement distribution and RMDs, contributing to the development of the product strategy and vision.
- Drive product discovery and business analysis activities, including translating client needs into detailed requirements. Prepare essential documentation such as Product Requirement Documents (PRDs), process maps, and use case models.
- Build strong partnerships with cross-functional teams (Business, UX Design, UX Research, Engineering, Data/Analytics, and Digital Product) to collaborate on product development to deliver exceptional digital experiences for our client base.
- Leverage research and data to gain valuable user insights, inform product decisions, and identify opportunities for future enhancements.
- Act as a versatile team member, contributing to various aspects of the product development process, from discovery and strategy to delivery and measurement.
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment, effectively navigate complex challenges, and consistently deliver results.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Product Management: Strong product strategy and business analysis skills, with a proven track record of capturing clean requirements, enabling the delivery of successful digital products.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Demonstrated ability to synthesize and process data, leverage user research and data-driven measurement techniques, and use data to inform product decisions.
- Collaboration and Communication: Effective relationship-building skills, ability to collaborate cross-functionally, and strong communication skills to articulate ideas and present product prototypes.
- Client Focus: Passion for digital innovation, commitment to superb client experience, and experience with client journeys and digital user experience.
- Agile Development: Experience working in cross-functional scrum teams, prioritizing backlogs, defining requirements, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality features.
- Technical Proficiency: Experience with digital product development, including understanding how digital products work and how they integrate into the ecosystem.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Financial Services Background: Understanding of financial services regulations, specifically around Retirement.
- Experimentation: Experience with experiment-driven product development, developing and testing hypotheses, and quickly learning from data.
- Technical Skills: Experience with SQL, writing user stories in Gherkin language, and working in a regulated environment with legal and compliance considerations.
- Experience with MS Project, MS Visio, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, Confluence, Tableau, Adobe Analytics, Splunk, Optimizely and A/B Testing. MABL is a plus.
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