Anthology Careers

Description

Product Manager

Bangalore, India or Chennai, India

The Opportunity: 

Anthology delivers education and technology solutions so that students can reach their full potential and learning institutions thrive. Our mission is to empower educators and institutions with meaningful innovation that’s simple and intelligent, inspiring student success and institutional growth.

The Power of Together is built on having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of our hiring practices and who we are as a company.

For more information about Anthology and our career opportunities, please visit www.anthology.com. 

The ideal candidate for our Product Manager position has a solid understanding of US and/or Canadian payroll and human capital management for North American higher education institutions, including best practices, user roles, competitive offerings in this market, and awareness of future trends.

Under the guidance of the Principal Product Manager, the Product Manager plays a vital role in Anthology processes to:

• Develop the insight into our market, our customers and their needs that will enable us to envision product functionality and services that will excite purchasers and delight users
• Be a key member of a productive, creative scrum team that delivers a high-quality product fulfilling that product vision
• Be a proactive collaborator with the other scrum teams with whom we interdependently deliver value to customers
• Engage with the other departments that participate in selling, delivering and supporting our products and services to ensure that collectively we learn as much as we can from each other about our customer and market needs and wants and support each other in delivering end-to-end excellence efficiently, effectively, and professionally

The Product Manager role requires working closely with key stakeholders throughout the organization and beyond, so this person must be able to communicate different messages to different people about the project at any given time. The Product Manager works closely with the Product Management organization as a whole to understand the market needs. This person is responsible for conveying the market needs to the Scrum team in the form of Features and Product Backlog Items. The Product Manager is also responsible for prioritizing the backlog based on business value and serving as the point person for the coders and testers on the Scrum team. The Product Manager participates in standard Scrum ceremonies including stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, poker planning, release planning and release readiness. The Product Manager is also responsible for signing off on features to ensure they meet the agreed upon acceptance criteria and overall market need.  

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Curating Features and Product Backlog Items for new functionality and enhancements, from writing the initial draft and reviewing them with the scrum team in grooming and design sessions through participating in playback sessions to confirm that the agreed acceptance criteria have been and designating them complete
• Maintaining a healthy and prioritized product backlog to secure continuous delivery of maximum business value. In determining relative business value of the backlog items, the Product Manager considers inputs customer impact and the need to address technical debt. The resultant product backlog is aligned with internal stakeholders
• Participating in Scrum team planning and being available to provide the team advice, clarification, and guidance, including undertaking follow-up functional research or participating in release testing as needed during the execution of each Sprint
• Delivering training to internal resources on new or changed functionality
• Eliciting customer engagement during the development through, for example, round-table discussions, product demonstrations, and customer feedback
•  Attending and presenting at industry trade shows, customer meetings, online focus groups and/or our Annual User Conference
• Building positive relationships and trust with our customers and the market through on-time delivery, high quality, and ongoing innovation
• Continuously developing product and process knowledge in the relevant product domains. It is expected that the Product Manager will quickly become an expert in the product from a feature/functionality perspective
• Continuously developing an understanding of the evolving market and user base, and using this insight to guide product decisions
• Engaging with internal stakeholders including other PMs, Professional/Implementation Services, Support Services, Senior Leadership, Design (UI/UX), Accessibility and Sales to ensure that all relevant inputs to the product backlog have been collected and prioritized
• Demonstrating proficient use and knowledge of established standards and procedures

The Candidate:

Required skills/qualifications:

• Strong analytical skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Payroll and/or Accounting/Finance background
• At least 3-4 years of relevant product management, product owner, or business analyst experience and an overall experience of 5-8 years
• Skilled at meeting facilitation and presentation 
• Familiar with Scrum methodologies and Product Manager/Owner role 
• Strong time management skills and project management skills 
• Ability to prioritize and manage a wide range of tasks, and communicate status clearly with the team
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, time-compressed and dynamic environment 
• Skilled at writing requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Commitment to accountability and quality deliverables 
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team that includes members in India, US, and Canada
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Preferred skills/qualifications:

• Knowledge of US and/or Canadian payroll
• Product Management experience with an enterprise system
• Experience with a mature ERP system (Finance, Human Capital Management, Payroll), such as Microsoft AX/Dynamics, Oracle/PeopleSoft Financials/HR/Payroll, SAP, or Workday)
• Experience with a Student Information System (SIS) such as Anthology Student, Ellucian, PeopleSoft Campus Solution, Oracle Student Cloud, or Workday
• Experience with software solutions for Higher Education
• Ability to facilitate multiple people towards a common goal
• Scrum Product Owner certification (CSPO)
• Experience with a requirements management tool, such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, or Aha 

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Anthology is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.