Lead Technical Program Manager

Beacon Hill Staffing Group - Milwaukee, WI

Full-time - Mid Level

Milwaukee, WI

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Product Manager role at Beacon Hill Technologies involves overseeing multiple medium to high complexity products and features from inception through completion. The position requires collaboration with key stakeholders to ensure alignment, defining and tracking key metrics for success, and converting product requirements into technical details. The role emphasizes strong communication skills, project management, and the ability to work cross-functionally within agile teams, particularly in the institutional investment or financial services sector.

Responsibilities

• Create roadmaps and collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure alignment and avoid duplication.
• Define and track key metrics to measure success across multiple products and teams.
• Collect and validate higher-level, more complex product requirements, ensuring a solid understanding of the relevant products.
• Review and verify requirements gathered within the team.
• Oversee multiple medium to high complexity products and features from inception through completion.
• Communicate key messages and updates regarding products within the area of responsibility.
• Work closely with design teams to ensure a unified user vision and experience, aligned with long-term goals and an understanding of the design process.
• Convert product requirements into technical details, building use cases and user stories, and communicating them effectively.
• Manage multiple prioritized backlogs of user stories, focusing on business value or return on investment.
• Use both qualitative and quantitative data, along with industry best practices, to guide product decisions.
• Leverage experience and knowledge across various business areas to provide expert recommendations, supported by data and analytics.
• Assess and document current and future states across moderately complex processes and areas, using analysis to address issues and propose solutions.
• Assist in coordinating test plans and ensuring successful delivery of solutions, participating in business sign-off for medium to large efforts.
• Apply project management skills to advance work and ensure successful completion.
• Lead daily Scrums, Sprint Planning sessions, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 6-8 years of experience, with at least 6 in Product Management, and experience working with agile teams.
• Strong preference for experience in institutional investment or financial services.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, with excellent communication, time management, project management, and business acumen, along with high emotional intelligence.
• Previous experience in research, early leadership exposure, and ability to translate product needs into technical requirements, while navigating ambiguity.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills to influence outcomes and manage conflict and decision-making.
• Ability to solve moderately complex problems with a broad impact on the business, requiring innovative and conceptual thinking.

Nice-to-haves

• Formal business analysis, engineering, or testing experience.
• Familiarity with BI tools.
• Certification or experience as a Product Owner or Scrum Master.
• Leadership or mentorship experience.