Product Management Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Business Analyst/ Technical Product Manager for our OGC Legal Practice Product team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IT product management and possess good business analysis and re-engineering skills is a plus. This role requires a professional with excellent collaboration skills, gathering and documenting high level requirements working with business customers, capable of managing the end-to-end lifecycle of IT products, from conception to deployment, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.

This position is ideal for the multi-faceted individual who has experience as a Business Analyst, Product Designer and Technical Product Manager, and is interested in working with a portfolio of cutting-edge tools, COTS products, SaaS Custom Vendor products, multiple PDO organizations and business customers. This person will lead a Product Team that develops/supports multiple products. We are looking for a person who will act as both a participative technical leader and a Lead Business Analyst / Technical Product Manager. Work with multiple organizations (Business Customers, PDOs, ITO) to understand business requirements, develop/manage product roadmaps and develop new products per the product backlog. Act as the single point of contact for your products.

• Roadmap Planning: Develop and maintain a detailed product roadmap, working closely with product owners and end users to ensure alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive product backlog: Create user stories, epics, and features, ensuring alignment with the product roadmap and business goals.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including product owners, software engineers, end users, and customer support, to gather requirements, prioritize features, and ensure successful product delivery.
• Product Development: Oversee the product development lifecycle, including defining requirements, creating user stories, and working closely with engineering teams to deliver high-quality products on time.
• UI Workflow Design and Development: Lead the design and development of user interfaces and workflows to ensure intuitive and efficient user experiences.
• GCP Expertise: Utilize advanced skills in Google Cloud Platform to design, implement, and manage cloud-based solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage data analytics and user feedback to make informed decisions about product features, enhancements, and prioritization.
• Agile Methodology: Implement and promote Agile best practices to ensure efficient and effective product development processes.
• Performance Monitoring: Establish KPIs and metrics to monitor product performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Customer Focus: Ensure that customer needs and feedback are at the forefront of product development efforts, enhancing user experience and satisfaction.
• Overall Product Support: Provide comprehensive support for the product, including post-launch maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• As a Product Manager/ Lead Business Analyst, work closely with Business Partners to understand their Product Vision, and break it down into an actionable Backlog of User Stories for the Development team.
• Experience in designing and implementing data models to support product features and analytics.
• A track record of driving innovation and delivering cutting-edge solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Coordinate communications between the supplier and various interface teams and Ford IT team
• Identify and manage issues and risks, as well as any mitigation and contingency plans
• Investigation of defects and suggestions for resolution
• Final verification of system functional readiness for deployments including cutover planning and execution
• Support the deployments by working with end users
• Implement existing program-level standards for design, security and controls, user interface and documentation
• Capture lessons learned and communicated to team.
• Facilitate development of business requirements within the domain
• Conduct Requirements gathering, System Analysis, Gap Analysis, Business process modelling and user Acceptance testing
• Develop project testing plans and coordinate testing with internal applications
• Develop impact analysis for projects
• Interface with Project Leads, Business, and IT analysts to ensure accurate and timely delivery of projects within the domain
• Develop, execute test scripts
• Ensure appropriate use of Ford IT processes, tools and methodologies. 
• Works hands-on with the development team to Prioritize, Plan, and Deliver Software that me