(USA-NM-Santa Fe) FLEX Product Manager, Director

Job Overview

**Job Number** 24026080

**Job Category** Administrative

**Location** Marriott International HQ, 7750 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, United States

**Schedule** Full-Time

**Located Remotely?** Y

**Relocation?** N

**Position Type** Management

**JOB SUMMARY**

**This is a temporary position.**

As a member of the Technology Portfolio Management team, the Director/Product Manager will manage the Atlassian suite of products (Jira, Confluence, Work Management, Service Management). Product The role will support and manage the enhancement request to the standard operating model. Prioritize the backlog of approved enhancement requests based on business value. Works closely with the ACOE team to ensure that agile best practices are enabled and ongoing align with the way of working. Accountable for change management related to releases. As needed provide ongoing training and communication updates.

**CANDIDATE PROFILE**

**Education and Required Experience**

• 4-year degree from an accredited university, preferably in a technology or business discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 8+ years of experience with Atlassian products like Jira, Confluence, Work Management, etc.

• 3+ years of experience with agile coaching

• 3+ years of change management experience

• 5+ years in technology, product management and/or business consulting, demonstrating progressive career growth and patterns of exceptional performance.

• Understands and able to discuss technology concepts and build consensus by translating between technical and non-technical audiences.

• Roadmap strategy and definition experience.

• Demonstrated ability to assess end user/customer needs, creatively approach solutions, and decide and influence appropriate course of action.

• Experience with coaching teams to think differently on their approach to leveraging Jira and Work Management to enable their way of working.

• Demonstrated ability to drive work across cross functional, sourced and matrixed teams.

• Experience working directly with Architects and Engineers on product enhancements.

• Experience evaluating trade-offs and leading exploration of new opportunities with technical team members.

• Strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple high-complexity efforts, competing priorities and tool integrations.

• Robust analytical skills, including the ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, develop recommendations and report out.

• Ability to work through ambiguous and open-ended business requirements and priorities and translate the same into a clear roadmap and definition of success.

• Ability to establish clear communication and storytelling via presentations, key performance metrics, reports and data.

• Strong interpersonal skills including team player that works well with counterparts from various functions/departments and has the ability to influence the work of counterparts without direct reporting accountability.

Preferred:

• Experience with Agile Development methodology and tools (Agile/Scrum methodology certifications – CSM, CSPO a plus).

• Experience providing oversight and guidance to Agile teams in terms of adopting and maturing agile way of working.

• Familiarity with Marriott’s implementation of Jira and Work Management.

**CORE WORK ACTIVITIES**

• Understand how our business and technology needs are evolving and provide insights and recommendations as you partner with key stakeholders to identify short-term solves, bridge strategies, and long-term visions for assigned product(s).

• Gather and detail product requirements from stakeholders across the organization to inform roadmap items; evaluate technical complexity of requirements in order to appropriately prioritize work and manage expectations cross-functionally.

• Develop and lead the technology roadmap and backlog to implement specific product capabilities, ensuring critical requirements are identified, the best solutions for the end user are delivered every time, and alignment with broader group and portfolio objectives.

• Advocate for the end user by developing a deep understanding of their needs through feedback and research.

• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to drive value and develop customer friendly features and enhancements.

• Provide direction for the technology development, including cost estimation, budget management, scope and delivery strategy definition, and establish milestones/schedules.

• Work with Product Owners/Sr. Managers to guide them in writing user stories and acceptance test criteria for features and detailed functional & nonfunctional requirements for the engineering teams.

• Partner with solution architects and software engineers to determine best technical implementation methods as well as a reasonable implementation schedule.

• Plan delivery, integration & test, and post-launch support for all the elements required in product delivery and operation working with applicable teams.

• Manage project/scrum teams based upon roadmap(s). Meet regularly with the team(s) to gather work statuses, discuss obstacles, provide advice, guidance, encouragement, and constructive feedback to ensure deliverables are met timely.

• Maintains high performance levels by attracting, developing and retaining talent, managing performance, building career paths, and aligning performance and rewards to company goals.

• Contribute to end user support artifacts/information/collateral development including feature/capability descriptions, end user business value stories, etc.

• Actively drives adoption of Technology operating model changes.

• Champion excellence in business ethics and integrity, social responsibility, cross-cultural effectiveness, and associate engagement.

**California Applicants Only:** The pay range for this position is $53.15 to $117.90 per hour.

**Colorado Applicants Only** : The hourly pay range for this position is $53.15 to $107.19.

**Hawaii Applicants Only** : The pay range for this position is $64.31 to $117.90 per hour.

**New York Applicants Only** : The pay range for this position is $53.15 to $117.90 per hour.

**Washington Applicants Only:** The hourly pay range for this position is $53.15 to $117.90. Employees will accrue 0.04616 PTO balance for every hour worked and eligible to receive minimum of 7 holidays annually.

All locations offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, adoption expense reimbursements, paid parental leave, educational assistance, 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts. Benefits are subject to terms and conditions, which may include rules regarding eligibility, enrollment, waiting period, contribution, benefit limits, election changes, benefit exclusions, and others.

Marriott HQ is committed to a hybrid work environment that enables associates to Be connected. Headquarters-based positions are considered hybrid, for candidates within a commuting distance to Bethesda, MD; candidates outside of commuting distance to Bethesda, MD will be considered for Remote positions.

The application deadline for this position is 1 day after the date of this posting, 2/14/2024.

_Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law._

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