Senior Product Manager

Company Description

Dentsu/Merkle is a modern marketing solutions company. Our mission is to help clients navigate, progress and thrive in a world of change. Businesses rely on our integrated network of agencies and specialized practices to champion meaningful progress through creative, media, commerce, data and technology. Part of Dentsu Group, our global network comprises 66,000 diverse people in 143 countries, who are dedicated to teaming for growth and good. Some of our award-winning agencies include 360i, Carat, dentsu mcgarrybowen, DEG, dentsuX, iProspect and Merkle. Follow us on Twitter @DentsuUSA and visit dentsu.com/us.

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Why Join Us?

Merkle is the leader in data-driven performance marketing.  We help brands achieve tremendous competitive advantage. We thrive because we employ the best in the business. Merkle’s energy lives in everything we do, and it shows in the way we deliver to our clients. Additionally, we are recognized as top global partners by some of the world’s leading technology firms including Adobe, Google, AWS, Salesforce, and more.

Job Description

As a Senior Product Manager, you own the strategy and tactical execution for the Merkury tag product suite including digital identity resolution. In this position, you rely on your product management experience that includes a keen attention to detail, innovative problem solving, exceptional execution skills to define and deliver working software that advances a compelling vision.

The Senior Product Manager has a history of leading successful software product development teams.  You obsess about delivering incremental business value each iteration. You excel at fostering both intra and cross team collaboration. You own and adapt the agile process to each unique team you partner with.

• With the product owner, define and manage the product, delivery of goals, the agile process
• Conduct, manage, and mentor the team on agile methodologies
• Understand the ‘why’ behind feature requests; aggregate and articulate into strategic product opportunities
• Elicit and gather product requirements
• Translate requirements into agile epics and user stories, with measureable and testable acceptance criteria
• Own the Agile process, including running daily standups, prioritization, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives
• With the Product Owner, determine each quarter’s strategic goals, prioritize the backlog, and manage the iterative directional roadmap based on business value and needs
• Work hand-in-hand with the engineering lead to build sprint plans that meet business goals and strategic initiatives
• Regularly communicate progress to the senior management and our stakeholders
• Develop and deliver quarterly business review and product stakeholder presentations
• Provide product management leadership for internal stakeholders, product owners and the development team
• Occasional travel to other Merkle offices might be required

Qualifications

• 3+ years running agile scrum projects and teams
• 3+ years as a Product Manager working directly with stakeholders: customers, end-users, clients, executives, etc.
• 2+ years of working in/with software development teams
• Must have experience working with data and understanding data consumption needs
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; effectively communicate complex concepts concisely
• Excellent attention to detail
• A sense of humor
• An entrepreneurial spirit and a positive attitude

You Might Also Have:

• Understanding AWS, Snowflake, and cloud-based architectures and systems

Additional Information

At Merkle, we believe that a diverse environment improves us as a community and as a business. We want to foster an environment of growth, where all ideas and contributions are encouraged. We need this culture of courage to continue to thrive in our fast-paced industry. We embrace differences of opinion. We value diversity of experience and thought, which help us to challenge and define industry-leading solutions, and support our goal of being a great place to work.

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