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Product Manager

Company: The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
Location: Boston, MA
Posted on: January 6, 2017

Job Description:

Product Manager (The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. - Boston,

Massachusetts): Drive the development of capabilities that will increase

the commercialization of BCG proprietary assets including defining and

supporting repeatable assessment frameworks, creating business tools and

platforms to facilitate development, and supporting active products with

data and analysis. Specific duties include: business requirements

gathering, defining the statement of work, product development, and

application delivery and support management; work closely with practice

area product owners to improve the commercial success of proprietary

business products with clients and provide dedicated non-technical product

support; support development of a product business case according to set

standards and evaluate and recommend options for business operating models

based on an understanding of use cases, the competitive landscape, and

technology trends; create a clear and complete architecture, design, and

specification documentation in collaboration with vendors, software

architects, and security specialists; act as a technical leader on projects

to ensure quality and on-time delivery, making technical and business

recommendations to the product owner and taking stakeholder input to

identify creative solutions; instruct and direct the development team,

formulate and define system scope, and integrate business requirements and

objectives based on user-defined needs; direct application delivery;

develop and implement launch plans to rollout products to technical and non-

technical service delivery teams; provide training, assistance, and support

to the service delivery team; collaborate with vendors and team members to

identify, research, and resolve system technical and business problems and

performance issues; coordinate with the practice areas to articulate

commercialization plans and support internal business development as well

as specific promotional activities; capture user feedback, prioritize

methods to enhance products, and maintain product roadmaps and investment

cases; expand the reach and effectiveness of existing products and

recommend new business execution and technological improvements; and

provide input and support for cross-functional initiatives and disseminate

best practices for practice areas products. Requires a Bachelor's degree in

business administration, marketing, computer science or related field

(willing to accept foreign education equivalent) and seven (7) years of

experience in technical product development which must include at least two

(2) years of experience performing product management, product marketing,

and product finance OR a Master’s degree in business administration,

marketing, computer science or related field (willing to accept foreign

education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience in technical product

development which must include at least two (2) years of experience

performing product management, product marketing, and product finance.

Specific skills/other requirements (quantitative experience requirement not

applicable to this section) - must have demonstrated proficiency in the

following: (i) organizational, planning and project management skills; (ii)

ability to evolve product strategy based on research, data and industry

trends; (iii) software design principles including Agile Software

development, Object-oriented programming, and SDLC; (iv) utilizing n-tier

software architecture and hardware/software configurations; (v)

understanding of technology deployment models including cloud, SaaS, on

premises; (vi) working with agile software development methods such as

Scrum, XP, or Rational Unified Process; (vii) budget management, financial

modelling, revenue management, P&L management; and (viii) performing

marketing and communications for software products. Multiple positions

available. Travel (30%) is required based on company/client need. Must have

unrestricted authorization to work in U.S. M-F, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

45+ hours per week. Send resume to BKA_PM@bcg.com. An Equal Opportunity

Employer.

Keywords: The Boston Consulting Group, Inc., Boston , Product Manager, IT / Software / Systems , Boston, MA, Massachusetts


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