Xpansiv is the leading infrastructure provider for the energy transition markets. They are seeking a results-oriented product manager to lead and design registry software supporting environmental market commodities such as renewables, carbon, fuels, and plastics.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and execute initiatives for registry clients which include responsibilities such as business development, scope facilitation, product specifications, and overall delivery to market/client
- Conceptualize and mature business ideas or concepts into clear, actionable proposals and/or feature requests; this may require distilling a feature request into its underlying functionality to recommend the most fitting implementation approach
- Collaborate as a leader with clients, commercial or product peers, architecture and technical teams to structure priorities, allocate resources, communicate or refine business concepts, and challenge implementation approaches as needed
- Document product specifications with highest degree of caliber, cataloging both functional and nonfunctional requirements
- Lead the engineering effort to market, from project inception and client-facing workshops through to status reports, UAT, and go-live efforts, keeping in line with company policy and standards
- Evaluate the product portfolio from a business and software delivery perspective, with an emphasis on how to best sequence the pipeline and/or develop a business opportunity
- Establish the success metrics of an initiative at project onset, relying on previous, proven work experiences and current-day research to garner consensus and alignment from cross-functional teams
- Maintain a general understanding or working knowledge of the IT systems and their connections
- Champion agile methodology and other standards or tools to gain efficiencies in product specification, UI/UX design, and project management
Requirements:
- Computer Science Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in IT, Systems Administration, or related disciplines
- 5+ years as a product manager, preferably in a SaaS offering and/or the environmental, carbon, or ESG market spaces
- Proven track record of portfolio delivery, 2MM++
- Exceptional communications skills and client presence in a fast-paced environment
- Strong project management and analytical skills
- Excellent attention to detail and results oriented
- Ability to communicate effectively with technology and business partners, and to lead compromises between the two
- Ability to lead a portfolio of projects to success
- Ability to create user journeys, user stories, wireframes, and basic diagrams to convey ideas
- Forge trusted partnerships across the organization
- MBA is a plus
- Experience in an IT role is a plus
- Experience using Azure or Jira for Agile projects
- Certified in Agile is a plus
- Working knowledge of markup languages, HTML, CSS, SQL, and NoSQL is a plus