GCI ยท 15 hours ago
Product Planning Manager II
AK
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expGCI is a leading organization providing critical services to Alaskans, seeking a Product Planning Manager II to enhance their product offerings. The role involves overseeing product management processes, coordinating product roadmaps, and ensuring successful product launches through cross-organizational collaboration.
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Responsibilities
Oversee the quality of product launches by assisting teams with submitting appropriate billing system requirements
Ensure that billing system releases are coordinated with product roadmaps
Cross organizational review and updates of the rolling 24-month product roadmaps
Cross organizational go to market coordination for product launches and marketing plan alignment
Track and coordinate active projects across the organization to include EPM status reporting
Owner of the Product Management process, including milestone review management, intake reviews, and project stand-ups
Champion of product process improvements, cross functional staff training, and process oversight and quality assurance
Project Status Update: Ensure updates are completed and correlate to milestone review dates, manage overall Asana dates based on changes
Milestone Review: Manage and communicate agenda for projects to present. Confirm project updates require milestone review presentation v. virtual communication. Moderate discussions and keep conversations moving
Product Project Maintenance: Maintain existing project process template within tool utilized, update process documentation on a weekly basis (as needed), assist in project date changes, and individual project task duplication. Create tickets with IT BOT team to log upcoming projects and revise additional scope as projects move through the process
Product Intake Review: review all project intake submissions and sort against our resource model. Present weekly to Leadership team
Product Department Meeting: Drive Product Department agenda with CPO staff and Product Planning team. Work with Executive Administrative Assistant to schedule speakers
Monthly Intake Review Meeting: Review monthly with our business partners (working level) all current intake items from the previous meeting and their planned timelines and impacts to the overall work plan, assist in advising on scope and potential level of involvement of various departments
Product Planning Training: Work with Product Planning team to create agenda and lead meeting for product manager training
Quarterly Product Department Meeting: Own/drive visuals and content (e.g., draft, integrate feedback, refine, finalize). Collaborate on agenda and activities
Partner Reviews: Own/drive visuals and content (e.g., draft, integrate feedback, refine, finalize) for Customer Experience & Marketing Roadmap view and Technology Solutions & IT retrospective and look forward
Maintain process framework documentation
Cross train with other Product Planning and Product team members
Set up projects in Asana (project tracking/reporting tool)
Maintain product dictionary
Owns updates to LRP presentation and updates the LRP document as project timing changes
Assist in driving communications with SMO team on Aha project inputs and overall reporting within Aha tool
Improve the process by constantly maintaining relationships with cross functional partners, document incremental changes, drive transparency and changes through leadership
Ensure cross-organizational review and updates of the rolling 24-month product roadmaps are completed in a timely manner with input from the appropriate stakeholders within Product and other departments
Ensure that roadmaps account for go-to market coordination with marketing and other departments as needed
Ensure tasks and projects are in sync across various views and reports
Assist with the coordination of active projects across the organization to include project/initiativeStatus
Review Netcracker releases and how they impact any item in the roadmap
Provide analysis and product impact for Product Managers and Executive Leadership team on Product projects which will help narrow the scope or understand unintended impacts to business requirements/project needs
Product Information Management (PIM/Product Catalog): Product Characteristic identification
Price implementation
Addition of Taxation and Revenue coding
Product Eligibility
Product Upgrade and Downgrade paths
Compatible equipment configuration
Device purchase offerings (such as accessories and devices) and coordination of efforts with Product Operations Manager
Qualification
Required
A combination of relevant work experience and/or education sufficient to perform the duties of the job may substitute to meet the total years required on a year-for-year basis
High School diploma or equivalent
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Management/Engineering, Project Management, or a relevant field
Minimum of three (3) years of combined experience in product management, development, marketing, or support; technology sales or marketing; IT development or operations; software development; technology engineering; financial analysis; data analytics; or related background
Preferred
Product management and/or product development experience
Familiarity with common product development methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall
Telecommunications experience
Relevant telecom industry or job specific certifications
Company
GCI
GCI is a brand strategy agency providing media, audiovisual content, and social networking services.
11-50 employees
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