myGwork - LGBTQ+ Business Community is Hiring a Legal Sr. Product Manager Near Raleigh, NC
This inclusive employer is a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ business community. Are you keen to develop your Product Management career?Would you enjoy working on our cutting-edge products?About Our TeamLexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,300 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. About The RoleThe Senior Product Manager I will own AI content summarization product features within Lexis AI and related products, including Snapshot. He/she will be responsible for developing a commercially successful product strategy and leading project execution with minimal guidance based on deep legal content and customer expertise, along with qualitative and quantitative customer understanding. ResponsibilitiesCustomer Focus
Gathers, evaluates and has a solid understanding of customer use cases; has the requisite legal understanding to create AI-driven use cases, quality metrics, and to define success criteria.
Maintains close contact with customers to gain a sense for where the market is heading given multiple considerations.
Creates processes that are adept at recognizing customer needs.
Aligns/coaches the team to ensure customer needs are met.
Understands competitors and regulatory environment.
Segments markets and understands needs of those sub-segments in greater detail.
Data-Driven Decision-Making & Analysis
Leverages metrics to track progress on customer needs and ensures that product efforts move those metrics.
Is proficient at pulling and accessing data from multiple sources, and managing through data ambiguity.
Considers various options to balance complex conflicting priorities.
Identifies the most important data to consider and sets KPIs, priorities and dashboards.
Develops multiple hypothesis-driven product evaluation strategies, including AB testing for interactive products, and assesses the expected efficacy of each.
Is comfortable to take an analytical, data-driven approach for situations where rigorous data sets are unavailable.
Go to Market & Product Marketing Lifecycle
Develops clear go to market launch plans through coordinated development with external customer facing teams such as marketing and sales.
Drafts PR, marketing and sales collateral.
Develops or supports pricing strategy, if applicable.
Is independently accountable for portions of launch and strategy execution as assigned.
Drives process and external communication for products that will be sunsetted, including plan for migrating customers.
Supports and participates in business strategic planning, contributing to sales and business development strategy.
Product Delivery & Development Lifecycle
Has a thorough understanding of the broader product experience and uses this knowledge to develop comprehensive prototypes.
Drives key end-to-end lifecycle components, from planning to release.
Has a thorough understanding of the company's SDLC processes, including agile processes.
Helps drive solutions for complicated design challenges.
Writes clear requirements for complex features or products and is responsive to requests for clarifications.
Manages product without direct supervision, involving manager or other senior leaders only when appropriate.
Strategy & Commercial Acumen
Develops product vision and roadmap plan aligned with business strategy and communicates across all critical stakeholders.
Understands and communicates the need to show a return on investment and prepares an operating budget for the product.
Uses knowledge of competitors to inform product decisions and roadmaps.
Writes or supports business cases for investment.
Understands how to use data to drive commercial decisions and growth opportunities for the product.
Technical Skills
Understands company technology stack at a high level, for the broader product.
Utilizes or extend the company's platform and underlying technologies to create new product features.
Speaks knowledgably with tech and data counterparts about development approaches in consideration.
Learns about new technologies to support new product development efforts.
Is comfortable analyzing data using existing software packages (e.g. Excel).
Initiates regular conversations with manager, coach or mentor regarding self-development
Understands what is required by the business to be successful and maps development plan accordingly
Learns from success and failures
Looks to build challenges into current assignments
Utilizes formal and informal networks effectively
Solves Problems and Analyzes Issues
Is able to ask effective questions and collect facts from multiple sources in order to solve problems
Is able to effectively identify and analyze problems and propose solutions
Effectively manages day-to-day issues and problems without intervention
Innovates
Develops new ideas to improve process or product, and is able to prepare implementation plans
Integrates and builds on new ideas from others
Creates new opportunities by applying different perspectives and challenging the status -quo
Is recognized as an innovative thinker
Interpersonal Skills Communicates Powerfully and Prolifically
Provides clear instructions and direction to others
Is able to both actively listen to and effectively question to understand another's viewpoint
Helps others understand situations by communicating business context
Collaboration and Teamwork
Encourages co-operation between all members of the team
Seeks team members' input and expertise; facilitates open and interactive discussion of matters affecting the team
Helps people to resolve conflict
Identifies and removes barriers to team performance
Identifies ways for further collaboration across teams
Builds Relationships
Establishes rapport with others on the team and across teams
Works effectively with others to get work done
Treats all individuals with respect
Handles difficult situations, minimizing conflict
Inspires and motivates others to high performance
Brings to the group a high level of energy and enthusiasm
Supports others when they go the extra mile
Fosters a supportive environment where appropriate coaching, training and development and other resources are provided to increase the competence, morale and confidence of team members
Takes time to understand individuals holistically, i.e. what is important to them both at work and outside of work
Develops Others
Shares own specialist skills and knowledge with other members of the team
Acts as a buddy to new individuals on a team
Looks for opportunities to provide feedback to others
Focus On Results Drives for Results
Communicates expectations clearly
Follows through on commitments to ensure they are successfully completed and goal are achieved
Promotes a strong sense of urgency for reaching goals
Builds commitment in others for their individual and team objectives
Experience (US Only) and Education Suggested Minimum Years of PM Experience: 6-8 years Critical Experiences
Recognized as full owner of a product or sizable feature of a complex product.
Released new product or product features to the market, from collaborative conceptualization to execution to post-release management.
Frequent product customer engagements that lead to positive commercial outcomes.
Work in a way that works for youWe promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
Working for youBenefitsWe know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
About The BusinessLexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis, a division of RELX Group, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK , or please contact 1-855-833-5120. Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy.