IT Strategic Product Consultant (Public Sector)

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of the next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

US Great Place to Work certified: https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/1000228 
 

Job Description

As an IT Strategic Product Consultant at Publicis Sapient, you will act as your client's trusted advisor in leading the overall vision, strategy, roadmap, and prioritization for a long-term IT/front-end project.

Your Impact:

• Partner with client(s), strategists, experience leads, and architects to frame business goals and value pools from which we can shape product propositions that provide transformative business outcomes and customer experience
• Develop product vision, strategy, market/user research, by keeping the customer at the center of everything we do while using design thinking tools 
• Represent client in ideation workshops with cross-functional leaders where you identify new ideas, customer needs, pain points, and solution options
• Develop solution hypotheses iteratively, based on user research, and industry and market trend analysis
• Establish customer journey mapping to guide product development; then validate that learning with user testing
• Translate product vision into a roadmap containing well-defined, prioritized features that will realize the product vision and value
• Validate and present the business case to the C–level executives and lead business reviews to ensure the team prioritizes the right features
• Establish objective goals for the product with success and acceptance criteria using meaningful metrics, KPIs, and quantifiable business outcomes
• Collaborate with system architects to envision and prioritize system enablers
• Represent industry best practice and market trends to assist the client in maintaining competitive advantage 
• Build and maintain a trusting relationship with the client, teams, and vendors; develop influence without authority

Qualifications

Your Skills & Experience:

• Deeply rooted in Agile, Lean, and continuous delivery principles that maximize flow of value with a passion to extend this understanding throughout the organization
• Demonstrated success creating robust digital product roadmaps, vision, strategy, experience, and enterprise solutions and services - from ideation to launch, including engineering and operational quality
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft technical platforms (.NET, Sharepoint, Power Platform, etc.)
• Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team on customer-focused products and services
• Significant industry knowledge and expertise at the strategic level including the future of the tech community
• Proven ability to prioritize multiple demands and obtain buy-in from stakeholders
• Practice in workshop facilitation to cultivate the ideation
• Proven track record of working with senior client stakeholders and diverse teams as a servant leader and steward of economic and customer value
• Mastery in leading change and inspire others to change behaviors
• Influencer in continuous learning and innovation 

Set Yourself Apart With:

• 6+ years of experience in Microsoft technical platforms (NET, Sharepoint or Power Platform, etc.)
• Ability to facilitate technical engagements & workshops with senior stakeholders/leadership
• Background in leading technical projects/environments, overseeing solutions and alternatives analysis
• Keen interest in exploring the technical architecture of the product and willing to be hands-on.
• Excellent collaboration, written/verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills.
• Apply technology expertise in solution architecture and understand the issues and trends relevant in the technical industry.
• Experience supporting federal/public sector clients preferred
• Must be eligible to obtain Public Trust clearance; US citizenship or permanent residency is required

Additional Information

Benefits of Working Here:

• Flexible vacation policy; time is