Manager, Product Management
The NPD Group

Learning and growing with NPD

Combining consumer surveys, retail point-of-sale data, and cutting-edge analytics, The NPD Group delivers trusted retail industry research to the world's most successful brands and retailers. We also offer careers that reward innovation and provide growth opportunities for forward-thinking problem-solvers who join our team. Speed your career growth, while working with the best and brightest in the market research industry.

Position Overview

Customers see value in highly differentiated products and product experiences which lead to incredible growth and satisfaction. Product Managers own that vision by taking data driven insights and building end to end solutions. The Manager, Product Management is the subject matter expert and keeper of a product or products through a successful lifecycle. Defining your product's brand and evangelizing value, in new modern product services and opportunity outcomes.

If your passion has intersections in Product Management, Large Scale Data Driven Insights, Brand Management, Solution Services and want to be known for Mastery and Industry Expertise, then The NPD Group wants to build products with you.

Location

This position can be located in the following area(s): Port Washington

Responsibilities

Industry Expertise

• Interface directly with clients, prospects, and the Client Development teams to identify key market needs, opportunities and pain-points related to the competitive landscape to support product strategy recommendations
• Gathers a deep understanding of client needs, satisfaction, and what they place value in, advocating for the voice of the customer
• Identify and forecast industry and consumer trends, especially through behavior

Product Strategy and Revenue Growth

• Develop, execute, and align the product vision and supporting strategies internally and externally
• Drive product portfolio pipeline planning throughout the product lifecycle(s)
• Set and contribute to the financial success of the Product P&L for sustained and scalable growth

Product Discovery and Roadmap Management

• Develop product framework across sector(s) and ensure execution of fundamental concepts including product/market fit, product tests, client discovery process, and product operations
• Oversee product requirements, capabilities, and enhancements
• Engage with clients and conduct discovery sessions related to product road mapping, new products, enhancements, upsells, and data change.

Product Development

• Identify new product opportunities which create customer value and enable revenue growth
• Create and prioritize product requirements, translating the needs across clients into specs for product capability
• Work with technology and implementation teams to deliver award winning UI/UX solutions

Product Marketing

• Lead strategies for sales enablement, go-to-market and customer facing Tools and deliverables
• Determine product pricing and packaging strategies and rate cards in partnership with Commercial and FP&A team
• Scale syndicated products for market opportunities both up and down stream

Creating Engaging Workplace

• Collaborate with Product leadership and cross-functional leadership to ensure team goals and responsibilities are supported
• Build team culture by engagement and development to strengthen performance and drive goals
• Be an example for cross-functional relationships in a high EQ culture

Qualifications

• 5 - 7 years of product management experience, developing new products, business plans and product requirements in areas such as market research/information, B2B or B2C Products, Consumer Packaged Goods, Large Scale Insights including Brand Management, and Service Sectors
• Bachelor of Arts/Science or above; Master's Degree desired
• Strong product management experience working with data/information preferably in syndicated and/or custom research; Experience in building data/digital products; Experience working with consumer/longitudinal data a plus
• Experience leading and developing high performing teams in a customer-centric, profit driven environment
• Prior experience developing consumer facing delivery tools/apps/dashboards etc.
• Able to adapt communication style to suit different audiences; Ability to represent the product in client-facing situations, whether in a pre-sales support capacity, a problem-solving setting due to client dissatisfaction, or conducting a feedback session
• Adept in use of strategic product life cycle practices such as market/client assessment, competitive benchmarking, product health, etc.
• Strong organizational and project management skills; ability to prioritize and deliver on multiple projects simultaneously
• Proven ability to analyze customer needs and goals to assist in generating thoughtful creative product proposals that exceed customer expectations and expand revenue opportunities
• Skilled in translating client needs/priorities into product requirements; Understands product components and manages the process of development, deployment, and post-launch activity
• Ability to represent the user experience of his/her products; Ability to conduct a product demonstration highlighting the most important applications of the data.

The NPD Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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