Director of Product

Company: GoodUnited
Location: Charleston
Posted on: February 20, 2021

Job Description:

Wanted: Director of Product to develop and deliver solutions that delight and inspire our customers and their constituents. [Note: This position is local to Charleston, SC.]
Your ability to create exceptional product experiences for customers will help us shape the future of donor cultivation.
CREATE MASSIVE IMPACT GoodUnited is not solving a small problem, and we're not addressing a small market. We're going after the long-tail of donors; the group that collectively gives 8x more than high net worth individuals and foundations. We're swinging for the fences, one test at a time. We are here to do the best work of our lives, and we hope you are too. On an average day, you will:

• Create deep relationships with your target customers as the established expert for your products
• Establish, refine and communicate through the business and to customers a shared understanding of the portfolio vision and roadmap planning for your products; insure the prioritized backlog aligns to the roadmap plan
• Lead a team of product managers in the business and product planning patterned after Pragmatic Marketing; coordinate product marketing with product marketers
• Guide the product discovery process to understand customer needs and requirements and generate (and refine) detailed user stories the drive prototype development.
• Work side-by-side with engineering and UX leads to develop and test prototypes with target customers to establish a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that is both feasible and valuable
• Work side-by-side with business unit personnel to insure seamless process integration for marketing, sales and support operations and to insure the business is informed of the direction and status of the roadmap
• Mentor product managers to collaborate with the scrum teams and run productive Sprint Planning sessions, as well as Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives
• Maintain the functional quality of the work being delivered by setting and evaluating expectations and acceptance criteria and communicate priorities based on well-defined and measured business cases
• Conduct market and competitive analysis to support product development efforts
• Establish goals and manage to your product scorecards - communicate progress across internal and external stakeholder groups
• Develop a deep understanding of the business drivers of your products - profitability, pricing, services mix, sales channels, etc.
• Continuously monitor where your products are in their lifecycle and work holistically across the business to manage lifecycle events (end of life, new product launch, etc.)
• Work with Engineering and Product Management teams to continuously improve product development/management processes
• Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Exercise judgment in selecting different problem solving techniques
• Network with key stakeholders outside own area of expertise and helps team members build their network
• Able to attract our future leaders to their teams
  
  Your background, experience, and abilities:
  • A Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 8+ years of product management or related experience; or 6 years and a Master's degree or equivalent experience. Familiarity with enterprise-class customers and products will be helpful
  • Experience in Pragmatic Marketing and Scrum or other Agile development practices, methodologies and tools is preferred
  • Team leadership and mentoring experience
  • Can-do attitude with a demonstrated ability to get things done under minimal supervision and drive results across cross functional teams.
  • Adept at understanding and curious about new technologies, systems, and tools.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, solid presentation skills, and proven ability to run effective meetings; comfortable interacting at all levels of an organization
  • Not afraid of the details - need to be highly focused mitigating product development risk by ensuring that no rocks go unturned
  • Very strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to achieve results through influence
    Who you are:
    • Humble and Authentic. You lack ego and engage colleagues in a transparent and "real" fashion
    • Results Oriented. You're focused on achieving success and holding others accountable
    • Strategic. You have the ability to understand the big picture and chart a course
    • People-oriented. You think about how people will be affected and are skilled at communicating with and relating to others
    • Technology Savvy. You stay abreast of developments and are comfortable using technology
    • Communication. You speaks and write clearly and effectively and encourage discussion and healthy conflict
    • Honesty. You think and act in a truthful, upright and frank manner
    • Intelligent. You demonstrate the ability to learn quickly and have a high mental capacity
    • Decisive. You clearly define a path forward and are comfortable taking action to achieve a goal Who we are:
      • GoodUnited's priority isn't sales or marketing. It's customer success. Our customers are some of the largest organizations in the world that cure cancer, help veterans, prevent suicide, feed kids, uphold equality, and make wishes come true. Our customers work tirelessly to make the world a better place and our mission at GoodUnited is to make every one of their donors feel appreciated. Some benefits of working for GoodUnited include (but are certainly not limited to):
        • We pay at the top of your personal market. Unconventional? Yes. Our pay is set in the 75th percentile in the Charleston area. Our team comes to the plate every morning giving their BEST damn effort and saving the world isn't easy work. If BEST is our standard, shouldn't that apply to pay, too?
        • Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision programs. 100% of the employee's medical premiums are paid by GU, with nominal buy-ups for additional dependents.
        • Unlimited (and mandatory) PTO. We are built on an environment of trust and operate on three primary rules: 1) always act in the best interest of the company, 2) never do anything that makes it harder for others to achieve their goals, 3) do whatever you can to achieve your own goals. Other than that, our team is empowered to manage their time however they want. We track PTO only to ensure people are actually taking it and if they aren't, they get a friendly email from the Director of People + Culture to do so.
        • Birthday PTO. Your birthday is a day to celebrate YOU. GU employees have their birthdays as another PTO day to spend however they'd like.
        • Parental Leave Program. We offer paid leave and other benefits to new parents so they can focus on what's most important.
        • ...among others! Think you're a good fit? When you apply, please also include a cover letter that includes why you are the best candidate to be considered for this position.

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