Area Product Manager, Data Acquisition

Global Relay ,
London, Greater London
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Global Relay is looking for an experienced Area Product Manager to take business ownership of specific business or technical areas of a Global Relay Product. You will develop a strong technical understanding for your area as well as engage closely with Strategic Product Managers to understand the market and how to add value to your area in line with Global Relay's Common Platform strategy. The Area Product Manager will work closely with their peers to define stand-alone and cross-cutting features and capabilities for their product area and product. You may also directly manage Technical Program Managers working on major components of your product area. Success Looks Like This: + Understand your product area and how it fits into the larger product to provide business value to our core markets + Understand our core markets and customer business problems in your area and propose intelligent solutions to the problems with the business + Collaborate with the Strategic Product Manager to define and align the roadmap covering your service area with the strategic roadmap covering the product + Define and prioritize business needs to be addressed and the requirements at an Epic level that define the whole solution + Collaborate effectively with Technical Program Managers, Architects, and Development to break work down into small increments that can be released to market + Communicate the business value of features/solution in your service area to the business and customers + Manage and mentor direct reports in your service area as they define and prioritize requirements, plan and monitor projects, and coordinate activities across teams and departments Your Job: + Remain knowledgeable about Global Relay's market, competitive solutions, and business opportunities + Work directly with customers/prospects to understand what they need to be able to do with Global Relay's services to be successful in their jobs + Serve as the primary product expert (functional, not technical) for the product area for which you are responsible + Develop and maintain the product roadmap and backlog for your product area that is aligned with the strategic platform roadmap and backlog + Assemble requirements into releases and be able to justify the business value of your product priorities + Clearly define project objectives for the development team + Communicate scope requirements within Global Relay using the most suitable format, including themes, initiatives, epics, user stories, workflows, use cases, narratives, and other appropriate methods + Ensure mapping of user stories and epics to features, market problems, and value propositions + Coordinate cross-product dependencies within the Product Management team + Manage the product lifecycle including managing successful product launches and product end-of-life + Support marketing, sales, and support through leading the development and maintenance of various technical marketing collateral + Manage your direct reports by conducting one-on-ones, reviews, coaching/training, and ensuring appropriate workload About You: + 3-5 years of product management experience for a SaaS or enterprise software company + Ability to effectively interface with customers and all stakeholders within the organization + Strong technical background is required + Strong requirement elicitation, analysis, domain modelling, use case modeling, workflow design, and documentation skills + Strong business analysis skills + Strong problem solving skills along with excellent verbal and written communication skills + Must have experience with cross-functional teams that include engineering, sales, and marketing staff + Experience working in a Lean/Agile development environment is considered an asset Global Relay is the leading provider of cloud-based archiving, supervision, eDiscovery, and analytics to the global financial sector. We deliver services to over 23,000 customers in 90 countries, including 22 of the top 25 global banks. Our market-leading archiving service supports over 50 data types, including email, instant messaging, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, social media, and mobile messaging. We've won major awards for our growth, management, and culture - including the Deloitte Fast 50 Leadership Award, Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures, and the Deloitte-sponsored Canada's Best Managed Companies awards. Our Global Operations & Development Center is located in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In addition, we have offices in seven other cities across the world, including London and other major financial centers like New York and Chicago. We've recently expanded our London operations to better serve our UK and EU customers. Our brand-new, four-story EMEA headquarters at 45 Cannon Street (near St. Paul's Cathedral) features state-of-the-art amenities, a spectacular view of the city, and a conference centre for customer events. More importantly, it's the base of Global Relay's next major technical initiative, and where we will

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