Senior Product Manager

Job Description
As a Senior Product Manager you will be managing client engagements from a business side, and working directly with the clients and/or India teams to shape the vision of the business into a reality. In this role, you will help our clients develop and execute their product strategy working closely with client leadership and Publicis Sapient delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the clients to understand their problem statements and propose solutions
• Manage multiple stakeholders throughout the engagement/product lifecycle
• Support and lead client workshops/elicitation sessions
• Have an excellent command over Requirement Management using tools e.g. Jira or similar
• Have proven hands-on experience driving the development of software products at Enterprise scale
• Have experience in planning and prioritization of product feature backlog and development for the product
• Have the ability to define product vision, roadmap and growth opportunities
• Can assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories & defining acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
• Lead the planning product release plans and set expectations for the delivery of new functionalities
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
• Research and analyze market, competition, users, and the roadmap for the product
• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends
• Support business proposals leveraging using your industry experience and by collaborating with global teams & other practice
• Play a mentor role within the product management community to ensure constant learning and improvement

In Addition To The Above, We Love People Who,

• Are articulate, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Enjoy working in a small team of engineers and product owners
• React quickly and adapt to changes in priorities, circumstances, and direction
• Have the knack of establishing and maintaining effective relationships with colleagues
• Thrive in an environment where you can self-manage your own workload and meet schedules with minimal supervision

Qualifications
Qualifications and Experience Guidelines:

• MBA from a Tier-1 B-School
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Excellent stakeholder management skills working with stakeholders in distributed geographies
• Deep industry knowledge of one or more industry verticals such as Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, Capital Markets, Investment Banking.
• Overall, 8+ years of relevant experience in digital product management / business strategy
• Relevant Product Management and Agile certifications such as SAFe PMPO / CSPO etc. with good exposure to working with multidisciplinary agile teams comprising product managers, marketers, finance, creative, analytics and engineering

About Our Work and Client Impact:

Additional Information

• Gender-Neutral Policy
• 18 paid holidays throughout the year
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Programs to help you in wellness and well-being.

Company Description
Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients' businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.