.We are looking for a Product Manager to join our great Platform team. As a Platform Product Manager, you will be responsible for helping to create quality products and driving a first-class user experience on the ProQuest platform and other platforms. You will also be responsible for prioritizing lists of requirements for future product development; writing user stories; making development choices to maximize business value; and working with scrum teams, aligning development to product strategy.About You - experience, education, skills, and accomplishments Bachelor's degree and at least two years' experience working in an Agile or Scrum development environmentProven project management skillsEstablished background in launching software or services in partnership with engineering teams and a high degree of proficiency in prototyping and iterative developmentA track record of using qualitative and quantitative data to prioritize and drive decision-makingIt would be great if you also had...MBA, MLIS, or similarly relevant graduate degreeFamiliarity working with A/B testing and web analytics to guide product & UI developmentFamiliarity with Silicon Valley Product Group product development methods and strategiesFamiliarity with market research techniques for surveying customer and market needs and requirementsKnowledge of or experience working in the academic library marketplaceWhat will you be doing in this role? You will be responsible for helping to create quality products and driving a first-class user experience on the ProQuest platform and other platforms.You will also be responsible for prioritizing lists of requirements for future product development; writing user stories; making development choices to maximize business value; and working with scrum teams, aligning development to product strategy.Drive the development, release, maintenance, and enhancement of productsWork with and drive alignment between cross-functional teams, including product management, design/user experience, engineering, content operations, enterprise systems, and customer serviceWork in an Agile environment, continuously reviewing business needs, refining priorities, outlining milestones and deliverables, and identifying opportunities and risksTranslate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteriaLead the product functional design process based on a detailed and extensive knowledge of the platform and usersPrioritize and maintain the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholdersDevelop and maintain appropriate tracking and reporting of post-launch product performance in order to assess the likely benefit of future investmentAbout the Team Platform is an international team of 9 people located in the U.K. and U.S., within the wider Academic & Government product management group
