What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager 1 - Missionary (Part-Time) position at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Job Description
The purpose of this position is to help bring God's children unto Jesus Christ by increasing understanding of His Church and its divinely appointed responsibilities of assisting in gathering Israel on both sides of the veil and preparing the world for the Second Coming of the Savior. This Product Manager 1 is an development entry level role that creates and manages products for missionary learning and development.
Responsibilities
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
The purpose of this position is to help bring God's children unto Jesus Christ by increasing understanding of His Church and its divinely appointed responsibilities of assisting in gathering Israel on both sides of the veil and preparing the world for the Second Coming of the Savior. This Product Manager 1 is an development entry level role that creates and manages products for missionary learning and development.
Responsibilities
- Understand unmet and customer/audience needs. Balance stakeholder requirements with customer needs. Establish and maintain a prioritized backlog of product requirements. Prioritize audiences/customers. Understand customer base and business processes and document customer requirements. Document work processes and identify key issues. Assist with design focused on eliminating friction for the customers.
- Assist in managing the entire Product Lifecycle. Product launch and adoption for all targeted audiences. Develop core product communication, messaging, and positioning by audiences. Establish, monitor, and report product metrics. Manage inventory levels to meet supply/demand. Assist in monitoring and evaluating product performance.
- Indirect leadership/teamwork required from other internal organizations: Typically a member of cross-functional teams, consisting of individual contributors.
- Product Influence (strategic importance, footprint/global): Oversees products that have some strategic influence. Typically involves existing or new products in existing markets or areas. Perform user testing to verify proposed experiences, delight the customer and provide expected value.
- Product breadth (product, product line, portfolio): Manages a few products or functional areas.
- Product complexity (technical, integration): Manage products that are simple in scope and require no integration with other products.
- Presentations and internal communication (management, executive management): Makes presentations and gains approvals at director-level or lower.
- Vendor management: Little to no vendor management responsibility. Typically works with internal teams.
- Currently studying or has some education in business, marketing, communications, or related disciplines.
- 1-2 years of related experience with demonstrated in-depth knowledge and ability to solve complex problems. Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Good analytical skills, excellent communication, and presentation skills.
- Success advocating change with teams and customers.
- Consistently able to meet or exceed assigned targets/deadlines.
- To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment.
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
