Product Strategist

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor in Germany seeks a product leader to observe, research, and document department processes, identify baseline metrics, and define a high‑level vision for technology transformation and process improvements.

You will build prioritized roadmaps with business units, conduct market research, perform build‑versus‑buy analyses, and partner with legal and compliance to onboard vendors while driving adoption across stakeholders.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience in product management, strategy, or UX research roles.
• Experience with product discovery research
• Experience with technology transformation and modernization
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Ability to identify unarticulated user pain points and problems
• Demonstrated experience identifying user needs and implementing solutions that measurably meet those needs
• Demonstrated experience identifying metrics and building the capacity to meaningfully measure success
• Ability to create documentation and infographics that clarify problems and illustrate solutions for stakeholders with varying levels of technology comfort
• Willingness to drive strategy from high-level vision through implementation and adoption
• Comfort communicating with senior leadership and individual users

Aufgaben

• Observe, research, and document department processes, procedures, and tools
• Understand department purpose and mission to identify success metrics and gather baseline metrics
• Identify process and product improvements that increase efficiency or user experience
• Identify KPIs, build measurement capabilities, and measure product initiative success against benchmarks
• Develop a high-level vision for technology transformation and process improvements
• Build prioritized roadmaps with business units for technology and process improvements
• Conduct build-versus-buy analysis for tools
• Develop and document requirements for new products and tools
• Conduct market research to select products and vendors and partner with legal and compliance to onboard vendors
• Partner with existing product teams or establish new product teams to build tools and products
• Document new processes and partner with business units on adoption and continuous improvement
• Build credibility and partnerships with business units
• Develop adoption strategies and own transformation and adoption outcomes
• Recommend team skills and organizational structures to business unit and DMI leadership
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Kenntnisse

Product Management

Technology Transformation

User Experience Research

KPI Development

Regulatory Compliance

Jobbeschreibung

• Observe, research, and document department processes, procedures, and tools
• Understand department purpose and mission to identify success metrics and gather baseline metrics
• Identify process and product improvements that increase efficiency or user experience
• Identify KPIs, build measurement capabilities, and measure product initiative success against benchmarks
• Develop a high-level vision for technology transformation and process improvements
• Build prioritized roadmaps with business units for technology and process improvements
• Conduct build-versus-buy analysis for tools
• Develop and document requirements for new products and tools
• Conduct market research to select products and vendors and partner with legal and compliance to onboard vendors
• Partner with existing product teams or establish new product teams to build tools and products
• Document new processes and partner with business units on adoption and continuous improvement
• Build credibility and partnerships with business units
• Develop adoption strategies and own transformation and adoption outcomes
• Recommend team skills and organizational structures to business unit and DMI leadership
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in product management, strategy, or UX research roles
• Experience with product discovery research
• Experience with technology transformation and modernization
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Ability to identify unarticulated user pain points and problems
• Demonstrated experience identifying user needs and implementing solutions that measurably meet those needs
• Demonstrated experience identifying metrics and building the capacity to meaningfully measure success
• Ability to create documentation and infographics that clarify problems and illustrate solutions for stakeholders with varying levels of technology comfort
• Willingness to drive strategy from high-level vision through implementation and adoption
• Comfort communicating with senior leadership and individual users
• Preferred: Experience in highly regulated industries, especially financial services or mortgages
• Preferred: Experience with accounting or financial systems, or consumer financial services
• Preferred: Experience with ethnographic user research and/or service design
• Preferred: Experience working in established organizations with long-tenured employees
• Must successfully complete annual regulatory compliance training
• Comfortable working in either an on-site office setting or a quiet, designated work-from-home space
• Able to communicate and exchange accurate information through multiple communication methods
• Able to remain stationary and/or move about the organization or remote office; frequently stand, walk, sit, type, write, handle, feel, and reach; occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or lift/move up to 25 lbs
• Able to use computers and standard office equipment for extended periods

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in product management and technology transformation, with a strong ability to identify user needs, develop metrics for success, and drive adoption strategies. Proficient in creating documentation and infographics to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Product Management
• Technology Transformation
• User Experience Research
• KPI Development
• Regulatory Compliance

Hard Skills

• Product Discovery Research
• Process Improvement
• Metrics Identification
• Documentation Creation
• Market Research
• Build-Versus-Buy Analysis
• Adoption Strategy Development
• User Needs Identification
• Technology Modernization
• Infographic Design

Soft Skills

• Communication with Senior Leadership
• Comfort with Ambiguity
• Partnership Building
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Problem-Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• Annual Regulatory Compliance Training

Industry Keywords

• Financial Services
• Mortgages
• Consumer Financial Services
• Ethnographic User Research
• Service Design