Product Manager

Company Summary

As the recognized global standard for project-based businesses, Deltek delivers software and information solutions to help organizations achieve their purpose. Our market leadership stems from the work of our diverse employees who are united by a passion for learning, growing and making a difference. At Deltek, we take immense pride in creating a balanced, values-driven environment, where every employee feels included and empowered to do their best work. Our employees put our core values into action daily, creating a one-of-a-kind culture that has been recognized globally. Thanks to our incredible team, Deltek has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best Place to Work in Asia by World HRD Congress. www.deltek.com

Business Summary

Deltek Product Strategy is a team with a passion for delivering solutions to power success for project-based businesses. We use research and innovation to build products and experiences that connect processes across the entire project lifecycle. We are thought leaders who have a deep understanding of our customers, their industries and the challenges they face. Join us as we bring Deltek solutions to the market to help our customers achieve operational excellence.

Position Responsibilities

We are seeking a bright, collaborative, and driven individual to join our growing Product Management team for our architecture and engineering focused Ajera ERP software solution.

Do you have a passion for project accounting, technology and a thirst for software product innovation? This team is looking for an experienced product manager who is interested in understanding client requirements, working closely with engineering team to translate those requirements into product features and collaborating with internal teams to ensure a successful launch of product features.

Ideal candidates have software product management experience, financial software exposure and a huge thirst for personal and professional growth; including expanding knowledge of accounting and technology to best support our customers. Not for the faint hearted, this will be a fast paced and at times, intense role, involving working with internal and external product experts where you’ll be expected to use your product management expertise to navigate teams to ensure successful product development and release readiness/management. Above all, you must love what you do!

Below are some of the key responsibilities of this role through the lifecycle of managing requirements from inception to product release:

• Create and own product requirements; establishing a business case for overall need and prioritization
• Perform detailed requirement specifications for new enhancements for the Ajera product
• Work with key stakeholders across the organization to define and prioritize requirements for new features and enhancements
• Collaborate with UX and Engineering teams to transform requirements into compelling product enhancements
• Attend daily scrums to support development
• Prioritize bug backlog with key engineering leads
• Actively participate in product launch to gauge user adoption
• Assist our customer care with Ajera questions and escalations
• Assist the Cloud team in Ajera enhancements and escalations
• Assist the Security & Engineering teams to track security enhancements
• Assist in reviewing and managing customer ideas
• Create release readiness content
  
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ product management or related experience ideally using, implementing, or designing ERP software
• Strong product owner experience working with Agile processes
• Accounting knowledge a plus
• Experience operating under minimal supervision, with wide latitude for independent judgment
• Proven success of building strong working relationships with cross functional teams
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate clearly with both business and technical stakeholders’ one on one, and in groups of varying size
• Strong problem-solving skills to research options and make decision on best path forward
  
  
  

Travel Requirements

No

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