Product Manager in New York, NY

A well known financial company based out of New York City is looking for a Product Manager. Scope: The Product Manager will be responsible for managing the Content Management System and Video Production Tools throughout the product lifecycle. The successful candidate will gather and prioritize requirements, define the product roadmap, and work closely with development and/or third party vendors, to deliver the products. The product manager will also work with the Business Development team to ensure that all clients production needs are met and that they are successfully distributing content to Reuters Insider. This software product management role involves analysing the metadata used within the product, making recommendation and how to best use the metadata and driving the changes within the product. This role in the editorial group will offer the successful candidate the chance to influence the evolution of news delivery. Responsibilities include: Understanding, analyzing and documenting customer requirements Define the product roadmap Deliver Functional Requirement Documents with prioritized features Prioritize Enhancements and Bugs Taking the products through the production lifecycle to launch Perform product demos to customers and internal stakeholders Meet with clients to solicit client feedback Researching market and competitive offerings Experience: Responsibilities include: - Structuring and driving a program to analyse and rate clip metadata - Recommend improvements to metadata generation workflow - Drive improvements throughout the product based on deep understanding of how metadata is generated and its level of accuracy - Understanding, analyzing and documenting customer requirements - Researching market and competitive offerings - Prioritizing requirements with stakeholders - Working with software development teams to drive requirements implementation Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree is a MUST Minimum of 3 - 10 years experience as a (Software) Product Manager (ship software out to market) Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products MUST have online video experience Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience writing Comprehensive Functional Requirements Excellent teamwork skills Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority Past Experience with 1 or more of the following would be a plus (in order from largest to smallest) Experience with Content Management Systems Experience with Television or Production Experience with Information Architecture Financial markets Working on projects with external development and test organizations Agile software development Key skills: Working with stakeholders to define priorities. Writing Functional Requirement Specifications. Working with internal development teams as well as third party vendors. PLEASE EMAIL RESUME IN MS WORD WITH SHORT SYNOPSIS OF MATCHING SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE. Interested candidates please contact Pedro Garcia at pedro(dot)garcia(at)ajilon(dot)com Adecco / Ajilon is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here