Digital Product Manager - DIGIT003625

HORNE - Jackson, MS

Full-time

Jackson, MS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

HORNE, one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in the Southeast, is seeking a Digital Product Manager who is energized by helping organizations navigate the next wave of innovation and change. This remote position is responsible for designing new technology that powers seamless end-user experiences and utilizes new frameworks, capabilities, and tools. The Digital Product Manager will join a collaborative, cross-functional team that values insight, encourages taking on new responsibilities, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of next-gen capabilities such as a business self-service UI, cloud-based solutions, and SaaS/PaaS products. This role is perfect for someone motivated to apply their skills to develop elegant, modern solutions that create great experiences for internal users and clients. In this position, you will collaborate with relevant business and technology partners across the firm to facilitate ideation, design, implementation, and process improvement recommendations. You will also communicate directly with clients to further refine products and processes based on their needs. The Digital Product Manager will analyze the latest advancements in key product and service areas such as AI, Digital Applications, and Cloud platforms to support HORNE's positioning to successfully implement new technology to meet client needs. The responsibilities include working with the AI & Innovation team to establish scope, deliverables, and resource requirements, developing and executing a comprehensive product strategy, conducting market research, leading the development of product backlogs, and partnering with software engineers to design and deliver functionalities. You will also lead grooming activities within an Agile team, build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, drive the entire product lifecycle from ideation through launch, and measure product performance to identify opportunities for optimization and growth.

Responsibilities

• Work with AI & Innovation team to establish scope, deliverables and resources requirements.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive product strategy and drive next-gen tech research.
• Conduct market research and gather customer insights to drive product development.
• Lead the development of product backlogs for building and scaling technology capabilities.
• Partner with software engineers to design, deliver, and sustain functionalities and find opportunities to deliver personalized experiences for our clients tailored to their needs.
• Lead grooming activities within an Agile team, specifically defining and writing user stories, acceptance criteria and customer experience.
• Build and maintain strong relationships and feedback loops with leaders and stakeholders who manage the downstream operations and processes that depend on the capabilities and performance of our platforms.
• Help with overall thought leadership around overall solution development at the intersection of Software Application, Data/AI, and Cloud Platform to deliver measurable business value.
• Drive the entire product lifecycle from ideation through launch.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design UX, build applications, and refine features to meet customer needs.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including UX/UI, engineering, data, marketing, and sales to ensure product vision alignment and successful execution of product initiatives.
• Measure product performance and identify opportunities for optimization and growth.
• Articulate value proposition of new technology features to stakeholders to drive adoption and prepare presentations to senior leaders across domains and functions.
• Coordinate across Focus Areas (Industry/Sector and IT) to support transformation initiatives.
• Design new product and services, relay any challenges and resolutions to leadership, and communicate milestones to appropriate stakeholders in a clear, accurate, and timely manner.
• Possess excellent communication and written skills.
• Ability to think outside of the box.
• Ability to learn quickly and lead others in adapting to new technologies.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, commitments and projects using an Agile approach.
• Proven experience working in large, complex, and fast-paced organizations, with the ability to navigate matrixed environments.

Requirements

• Five (5) to seven (7) years' experience in Agile product management.
• Experience with digital applications and modern cloud-based platforms.
• Experience collaborating across multi-disciplinary pods.
• Previous hands-on experience with value stream mapping.
• Experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to drive design.
• Experience with roadmap prioritization and communicating benefits of new technology.
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience exercising mature judgment.
• Able to write and present in a clear and succinct manner that appeals to a wide audience.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or STEM field.
• Experience with AI-embedded software.
• Certification in major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Benefits

• A forward thinking, anticipatory professional driven by a passion to pursue your full potential and dreams.
• A work environment that promotes collaboration, consistency, and community service to empower people.
• An inclusive culture that promotes career/life integration and invests in developing people in areas of focused expertise.