If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The Software Product Manager position at WGU is the mid-level technical product position in the Product Management organization. You will have an understanding of how to deliver tactically on the defined strategy for your product(s).The expectation is not that you have mastered the product management experience, but that you have the raw materials to become a great product manager. You will work closely with asenior-level product manager to learn how toconduct research andextract the right insights from the data. You willlearn about the strategy of the productand the goals of the business. Such collaborative work willhelp prepare youto contribute to the team's roadmap, gain alignment across the organization, and become well-versed in theproductvisionand strategy. Wevalue the experience being proactive and innovative in past projects - as well as a knack for leadership,design, and strategic problem solving.We look for entrepreneurial individuals with strong technical understanding,product sense, analytical ability, clear communication skillsand who areresults oriented.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Location: Applicant will need to reside in Salt Lake City or Phoenix * Participate in Product Discovery efforts to understand and analyze user needs * Synthesize market trends, competitive research, user research, stakeholder feedback and product data intobusiness case * Write user-centered stories to clearly define user needs anddetailed product requirements * Collaborate with UX/UI designersto create and validate solutions to meet customer needs * Evangelize product visionand clearly communicate business casewithproblem to be solvedand definition of success * Effectively communicate project status to stakeholders * Closely monitor Product Health metrics using appropriate analytics tools * Coordinateand planproduct launches with peers and the business * Lead post-launch data collection and analysis,make adjustmentsbased on quantitative and qualitative feedback * Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities: * Strong analytical-reasoning, problem-solving, organizational and interpersonal skills * Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with people from various disciplines across the organization * Ability toidentify the right segmentation or cohorts for research studies * Understanding of web technologies and SDLC * Capable of leadingacross-functional team in the prioritization of tasks * Leads with humility:Okay with being wrong, eager to learn from mistakes * Team player:Ability to developstrong relationships with their team: failingand succeed together * Capable of empathywith stakeholders,and users

Competencies: Organizational or Student Impact: * Works on a variety of technical projects of... For full info follow application link.

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