Principal Product Manager

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Organization:

CAMHL

Job Summary:

JOB SUMMARY
The Principal Product Manager is a pivotal leader in the Office of Health Sciences Education (OHSE), driving the vision, roadmap, and deliverables for complex products for CAMHL. This role demands a strategic execution of the organizational vision while proactively addressing operational challenges and yielding analytical insights. Key responsibilities include translating customer needs into actionable product roadmaps, guiding and monitoring roadmap execution, ensuring product capabilities meet customer demands, and fostering the professional development of CAMHL staff.
Reporting to the Senior CAMHL Leadership, this position serves on the CAMHL leadership team. Collaboration is at the heart of this role, both with leadership team members and broader CAMHL teams. Direct reports include the CAMHL Product Manager and Application Analyst.
The ideal candidate is process-driven, adept at project management, and skilled in using tools to streamline workflows. Change management is an integral part of this role, requiring both agility and foresight to guide the evolution of programs. A strong educational background and alignment with CAMHL’s core values are essential, as is the enthusiasm for continuous improvement, efficiency, and data-driven decision-making.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the development of vision, roadmap, and deliverables for CAMHL products.
 

• Convert customer needs into actionable projects on the CAMHL project roadmap, ensuring that products deliver critical capabilities.
 

• Conduct market analysis to identify new product and service trends that influence development and scalability.
 

• Forge strategic clarity by aligning with and executing CAMHL leadership’s strategy.
 

• Oversee key performance metric processes to uphold quality standards that meet organizational and regulatory benchmarks.
 

• Standardize CAMHL’s core business functions, promote collaboration, and optimize open communication channels.
 

• Facilitate and manage crucial business process meetings and training sessions.
 

• Tackle impediments to strategic goals, fostering team unity, and promoting project success across CAMHL.
 

• Employ project management expertise and continuous improvement methodologies to advance core processes.
 

• Ensure effective cascading of key messages throughout the organization, maintaining transparency on project progress and accomplishments.
 

• Spearhead data-driven strategies to maximize efficiency and data accessibility.
 

• Lead initiatives using advanced data modeling to guide strategic decisions and identify optimization opportunities.
 

• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
 

• Product Knowledge (Advanced): Highly knowledgeable about our products and often consulted for expertise in related projects.
 

• Project Coordination (Advanced): Manages multiple interrelated projects, developing and enforcing best practices in project coordination.
 

• Product Vendor Management (Advanced): Oversees vendor performance, ensuring service levels meet contractual agreements and leads technical specification development.
 

• Emerging Technologies (Advanced): Expert in new and emerging technologies, playing a key role in the strategic evaluation and implementation of innovative solutions.
 

• IT Portfolio Management (Advanced): Guides strategic planning of portfolio additions and system retirements, contributing to the development of IT Portfolio Management best practices.
 

• Quality Management (Advanced): Implements systematic checks to ensure services meet specific requirements.
 

• Networking (Advanced): Cultivates relationships th