Product Manager - Data Products

Company Description

Merkle is a leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company. For over 30 years, Fortune 1,000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with us to build and maximize the value of their customer portfolios.

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all. Merkle is an agency of dentsu.

Job Description

As the Data Product Manager, you own the strategy and tactical execution for the Merkury Data Delivery API product suite. In this position, you rely on your product management experience that includes attention to detail, innovative problem solving, exceptional execution and communication skills to define and deliver working software that advances a compelling vision while delivering our data assets internally and externally.

The Data Product Manager should have a history of leading successful software product development teams. You obsess about delivering incremental business value each iteration. You excel at fostering both intra and cross team collaboration. You own and adapt the agile process to each unique team you partner with.

This is a remote position, reporting to VP, Product.

Responsibilities include:

• With the product owner, define and manage the product, delivery of goals, the agile process
• Conduct, manage, and mentor the team on agile methodologies
• Understand the 'why' behind feature requests; aggregate and articulate into strategic product opportunities
• Elicit and gather product requirements
• Translate requirements into agile epics and user stories, with measureable and testable acceptance criteria
• Oversee the Agile process, including running daily standups, prioritization, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives
• With the Product Owners, determine each quarter's strategic goals, prioritize the backlog, and manage the iterative directional roadmap based on business value and needs
• Work with the engineering lead to build sprint plans that meet business goals and strategic initiatives
• Communicate progress to the senior management and our stakeholders
• Develop and deliver quarterly business review and product stakeholder presentations
• Provide product management leadership for internal stakeholders, product owners and the development team
• Occasional travel to other Merkle offices might be required

Qualifications

• 2+ years running agile scrum projects and teams
• 2+ years as a Product Manager working directly with stakeholders: customers, end-users, clients, executives, etc
• 2+ years of working in/with software development teams
• Must have experience working with data and understanding data consumption needs
• An entrepreneurial spirit and a positive attitude
• Understanding AWS, Snowflake, and cloud-based architectures and systems

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Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is $94,000-$152,375. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

About dentsu 
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com. 

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.