Senior Product Manager (Partner) Division : WhitePages Location : Seattle WA US 98101
Job Type : Full Time
Career Level : Experienced (Non-Manager)
Education : Bachelor's Degree
Category : Business/Strategic Management, Product/Project/Program Management
Job Description :  Why You Want To Work Here: A profitable, diverse and rapidly growing company, we were ranked a best place to work by Washington CEO Magazine, Seattle Business Monthly and Seattle Metropolitan Magazine. We were also recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in North America. Our headquarters is located in the heart of downtown Seattle surrounded by great restaurants and interesting places! Bottom line… We're a small, highly profitable company and our people are smart, passionate, entrepreneurially spirited team players with high integrity who like a challenge and have fun doing it!  Why You Want This Position: The Senior Product Manager provides end-to-end leadership for the creation of our new consumer-facing products, as well as lifecycle management for existing products.   Acting as the Business Owner in an agile web development environment, the Senior Product Manager will be responsible for determining the product backlog (roadmap), defining market requirements, and participating daily in the agile team process.   This person will act as product champion in a cross-functional team consisting of one or more project managers, information architects, designers, developers, and testers.  The Senior Product Manager will ensure that products deliver on customer needs, are in-line with company objectives, and meet or exceed revenue expectations.

Job Requirements :     
* Combine research with internal knowledge and competitive landscape to execute on product strategy and vision.    
* Initiate & champion new product concepts based on corporate business strategy and vision.    
* Manage product backlog (roadmap) and lifecycle. Set and communicate backlog priorities    
* Set feature priorities and make trade-offs within a sprint based on feedback of the cross-functional team and business drivers.    
* Create business requirements and work collaboratively with information architect and other key members of the design and development team to ensure that consumer needs and business needs are met    
* Revenue responsibility for new products. Ensure that products deliver on internal/external commitments.    
* Work with the Principal Business Analyst to ensure that financial models are in place and metrics are consistently reported post-launch.    
* Work closely with business development and project managers to identify, assess, negotiate, and manage product vendor relationships.    
* Act as cross-departmental liaison with ad sales, business development, marketing, privacy, and legal departments to determine product objectives, priorities, and promotion and secure enterprise approvals as needed.    
* Responsible for go-to-market plan and execution, including follow-up work with marketing and PR. 
Required Skills:     
* 5- years in consumer web site product management or relevant strategic consulting    
* Proven success driving innovative product offerings    
* Proven experience with financial modeling and data-driven decision making    
* Cross-functional team leadership experience    
* Significant experience with MS Office, Visio, and basic image editing   Preferred but not required:     
* MBA    
* Experience working in an agile environment    
* Experience with consumer search    
* Experience in a top 100 ad-sponsored site     
* Experience with viral consumer services a plus  Performance Skills:    
 * Exceptional ability to work across departments in an open and collaborative environment    
* Excellent written and oral communications. Strong ability to influence peers and superiors    
* Strong meeting facilitation skills. Aptitude for working well in a team setting    
* Demonstrated ability to write business requirements documentation    
* Ability to create solid business cases which encompass short-term financial objectives and long-term strategic objectives    
* Organizational skills for managing multiple projects simultaneously    
* Technical aptitude and passion    
* Enthusiasm for new technology and emerging business models. Demonstrated interest in learning and expanding professional and/or technical knowledge.    
* Proven creativity in problem solving    
* Willingness to make tough decisions    
* Track record in bringing to market “fantastically simple” and intuitive consumer products    
* Ability to work independently with minimal supervision   We're looking for bright, ambitious, talented people who share our values.      * We're on a mission. We're passionate about this once-in-a-lifetime chance to revolutionize how people connect.      * Work with the best people. We have big things to accomplish. To succeed we must hire, develop, and retain the best people.      * One mission, one team. We encourage passionate debate and then unite in execution.      * Work and play hard. We take our work seriously and ourselves lightly. We love what we do and have fun along the way.      * We love to win and really, really hate to lose. We set aggressive, obtainable goals and hold ourselves accountable for achieving them.      * We're entrepreneurial. We think big and act small. We see the big picture, yet act frugally and quickly. We're smart risk-takers and we loathe bureaucracy.   WhitePages is an equal opportunity employer.