Digital Product Manager

Halo Group is a premier provider of IT talent. We place technology experts within the teams of the world’s leading companies and help clients build innovative businesses that keep them one step closer to their customers and one step ahead of the competition.

Overview:

The position will be responsible for multiple digital product launches as part of a larger digital transformation campaign. Prior expertise in working with third party/platform providers to customize cloud solutions, integrate into a broader business and technical architecture and envision/launch the product to hundreds of companies is sought. The role will act as project manager and product ‘owner’ through the development and launch phases and transition to a success manager and team after launch.

This is both a technical role (requiring a strong understanding of current cloud based platforms, integration process and tools, and technical architecture) and a product/project launch expert. The successful candidate will be comfortable in executive level meetings leading product planning and launch discussions, working with project teams (internal and third party) in a technical capacity to understand the state of configurations, testing and readiness activities, and ensuring the project/product supporting materials is kept current and aligned with a corporate PMO. Attention to detail, risk management and resolution expertise, and ability to effectively communicate the state of the project/product efforts are all important skills.

The position will be based in Chicago, IL and require occasional visits to corporate headquarters in Neenah, Wisconsin (on average 3-5 days a month), as well as to vendors/supplier partners both in San Francisco and on the East Coast US. Extensive experience as a Product/Program Management with a heavy hiring emphasis placed on successful prior product launch capabilities.

• 4 year bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (technology, business, computer science preferred).
• Minimum of 8+ years professional / technology projects experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project and/or SmartSheets, Google Drive and MS Office products for content and collaboration sake.
• Effective communications skills (inter-personal and digital).
• Compelling project leadership style and ability to convey a product/launch vision.
• PMP certification would be a plus though not required
• Adkar/Change Leadership expertise would be a bonus
• Prior experience in launch digital products for commercial purposes (customized/integrated third party cloud and platform solutions) – project lead or project manager roles in such experiences would be a big bonus

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.