Job Details
WHAT YOU'LL DO
We are looking for a passionate and innovative Product Manager with Agile expertise to join our PSG MDP Evaluation squad.
Partner Services Group (PSG) is an integral part of BCG’s worldwide Finance organization and provides a wide range of services to our Managing Directors and Partners (MDPs). PSG manages a wide variety of dimensions related to MDP evaluation, compensation, and equity programs. The goal of the MDP Evaluation squad within the PSG product portfolio is to rigorously inform and support BCG leadership in the annual evaluation process with relevant performance measures, tools and analysis (timely & scalable). The mission of the squad is to improve MDP's understanding of expected performance and how their choices and behaviors drive performance metrics and annual outcomes, by evolving our anchor tool, MDPartnerView.
The Global Product Manager for the MDP Evaluation squad must be a customer-centric team member within the PSG product portfolio, who enjoys working with teams to deliver exceptional products to internal customers. In collaboration with the Product Owner and other team members, you will be an impactful, quality-focused member of an agile squad responsible for the implementation of enhancements, processes and policies in support the evaluation process of BCG’s Managing Director and Partner (MDP) group. This role on the MDP Evaluation squad is responsible for assisting the team with requirements discovery, backlog refinement, feature documentation, user support, and quality assurance. You will also represent the voice of our customers and make sure that the squad members understand users' needs and preferences.
You will support the product team in user story development and functional testing to continuously release improvements to our platform and build new capabilities. You will help triage and investigate escalated issues and work with the development team to remedy and deliver fixes when required.
Success will require this individual to be adaptable, with the ability to succeed both as a team member and as an individual contributor. The ability to be self-driven/organizing is also critical to be successful in this position.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
- Analyzing and breaking down problem statements, uncovering requirements, applying good judgment and independent creative thinking to constructively address business challenges and proactively identifying solutions
- Understanding the overall business vision for work being requested to help the Product Owner to prioritize work of highest value each sprint
- Facilitating requirement discovery sessions with senior users to understand the business context, user intent, solution objectives, and expected impact
- Effectively translating technical and functional business knowledge to the team into actionable solutions, facilitating effective project implementation
- Learning, adapting, and leveraging function-specific digital tools to help modernize the existing application into cloud-based solutions to unlock new capabilities with flexible design
- Delivering complex, high-quality output, prioritizing work effectively and meeting deadlines
- Being intellectually curious, driven by thoughtfulness and clear eagerness to learn, who will actively listen and ask meaningful, relevant questions to find out more
- Team player, open, pleasure to work with and positive in a group dynamic, ability to work collaboratively in virtual teams and someone who is self-starter and highly proactive
- Collaborating with a multicultural and multi-functional distributed agile team to align on goals and timeline
YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
- Min 6 years of experience with business analysis and/or product management, preferably working with business and development teams in an Agile environment
- Interest in working with technologies that support evaluation, finance and HR processes and working to increase productivity and effectiveness of these amongst end users
- Flexible and curious, open to new things and able to propose innovative ideas, able to work creatively and analytically in a time-limited, problem-solving environment
- Experience in professional services or other highly matrixed organizations preferred
- Experience with product management tools like Jira Software and Agile tools preferred
- Proactivity, Organizational skills, interpersonal skills, and facilitation skills
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Experience in working with geographically distributed teams
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required. Major in business, technology, or related field encouraged
YOU'LL WORK WITH
A dynamic group of cross-functional global agile team-members representing Finance, Operations, IT, and Change Management at all levels of their career. You will also support BCG users across the organization.
