Chicago, IL, USA
5 days ago
Senior Product Associate Talent Attraction and Awareness

You enjoy shaping the future of product innovation as a core leader, driving value for customers, guiding successful launches, and exceeding expectations. Join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact by delivering high-quality products that resonate with clients.

As a Senior Product Associate in Talent Attraction and Awareness, you are an integral part of the team that innovates new product offerings and leads the end-to-end product life cycle. You are responsible for acting as the voice of the customer and developing profitable products that provide customer value. Utilizing your deep understanding of how to get a product off the ground, you guide the successful launch of products, gather crucial feedback, and ensure top-tier client experiences. With a strong commitment to scalability, resiliency, and stability, you collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products that exceed customer expectations.

Job responsibilities

Develops a Product Strategy and Vision by crafting and communicating a compelling product strategy that aligns with customer needs and business goals, ensuring a clear vision that guides the product's development and market positioning

Manages Discovery Efforts and Market Research by leading efforts to explore market trends and customer insights, integrating findings into the product roadmap to ensure relevance and competitive advantage

Owns and Maintains Product Backlog by prioritizing and managing the product backlog, ensuring development efforts are aligned with strategic objectives and deliver maximum value

Builds Framework for Success Metrics by establishing and monitoring key success metrics such as cost, feature functionality, risk posture, and reliability to track product performance and drive continuous improvement

Collaborates with Cross-Functional Teams by working closely with engineering, design, marketing, and sales teams to ensure product alignment with business goals and customer needs

Acts as the Voice of the Customer by advocating for customer needs and preferences, ensuring product offerings meet and exceed expectations

Guides Successful Product Launches by planning and executing product launches, gathering crucial feedback to refine and enhance product offerings

Ensures Top-Tier Client Experiences by committing to delivering exceptional client experiences through scalable, resilient, and stable product solutions

Sources and Identifies Talent, which involves identifying potential candidates through various channels such as job boards, social media, employee referrals, recruitment agencies, and networking events to build a diverse and qualified talent pool

Promotes employer Branding and Engagement involves for the organization's culture, values, and benefits to create a strong employer brand that attracts top talent, and engaging with potential candidates through content marketing, webinars, and other interactive methods

Supports Job Advertising and Talent Pool Management, which involves posting job openings on multiple platforms to reach a wide audience and build a database of potential candidates for future opportunities

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

3+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in product management or a relevant domain area, with a proven track record of successful product launches and lifecycle management

Knowledge of Product Development with a deep understanding of the product development life cycle, design principles, and data analytics to drive innovation and value

Proven Leadership Abilities with the ability to lead product life cycle activities, including discovery, ideation, strategic development, requirements definition, and value management

Strong Analytical Skills with the ability to track and measure product success metrics, using data-driven insights to inform decision-making

Excellent Communication and Collaboration Skills as an effective communicator and collaborator, capable of working with cross-functional teams to achieve product goals

Customer-Centric Approach with the ability to act as the voice of the customer, developing products that provide exceptional value and meet customer needs

Networking and Relationship Building with the ability to build and maintain relationships with potential candidates and industry professionals

Market and Talent Analysis with strong analytical skills to assess market trends and identify talent needs

Communication and Persuasion with excellent communication skills to effectively convey the organization's value proposition and persuade top talent to consider opportunities

Strategic Thinking with the ability to develop and implement strategies for attracting and retaining top talent in the product space

Adaptability and Flexibility with the ability to adapt to changing market conditions and recruitment needs, ensuring a dynamic and responsive approach to talent acquisition

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience in Complex Organizations with demonstrated prior experience working in a highly matrixed, complex organization, navigating challenges and driving product success.

Adaptability to Market Conditions with the ability to adapt to changing market conditions and customer needs, ensuring product relevance and competitiveness.
 

 
 
 
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