Asset & Wealth Management, Seismic Product Lead, Vice President - Chicago

The Goldman Sachs Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Vice President, Seismic Product Lead, to spearhead the implementation of Seismic within their Asset Management division. This role requires a seasoned professional with extensive experience in product management, capable of collaborating across various departments to ensure the platform aligns with business objectives. The successful candidate will define a comprehensive product roadmap, manage the product lifecycle, and drive strategic initiatives that enhance client relationships and fuel business growth. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to innovation and excellence in asset management.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus

Health and wellness benefits

Diversity and inclusion programs

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in product management or related field.
• Strong understanding of software development processes and technologies.
• Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the product vision based on user needs.
• Lead the full product lifecycle including ideation and launch.
• Monitor performance and analyze data for continuous improvement.

Skills

Product Strategy

Project Management

Stakeholder Collaboration

Data Analysis

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Software Development Understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in product design or engineering

Tools

Seismic

Salesforce

Job description

Job Title: Vice President, Seismic Product Lead, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Location: Chicago

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Asset & Wealth Management

Bringing together public markets and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset Management provides clients around the world with dedicated, intelligent partnership that helps them realize their potential. We shape investment opportunities to the exact needs of every client, drawing from our deeply connected global network and personalized expert insights, across every region and market-supervising over $2.8 trillion in assets worldwide. Driven by a passion for our clients' success, we take personal responsibility for building long-term relationships based on conviction, sustainable outcomes, and shared success over time.

About Goldman Sachs Marketing

Led by the firm's first Chief Marketing Officer, the marketing function at Goldman Sachs (GS) has unified the discipline, codifying a business-critical function seen as core to the firm's future growth. As such, GS has built a data and technology enabled team of growth marketers, delivering value for the brand and the business. The organization consists of key Centre of Excellence roles in areas such as Brand, Paid Media, and Content Marketing, as well as marketing leads for each of our revenue divisions. Together, this team collaborates around a unified, scalable, and consistent approach to marketing the brand and its offerings. Our mission is to be a demonstrable force multiplier for the businesses we serve.

Within the Global Marketing function sits the Asset Management Marketing team, responsible for end-to-end marketing strategies and programs for the entirety of the business. Marketing helps shape the Goldman Sachs Asset Management brand and protect and grow the business's reputation. They create and deliver targeted, integrated marketing campaigns across digital channels, paid media and in-person experiences, which broaden our client footprint, deepen relationships with clients, diversify our asset base, and fuel business growth.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Seismic product lead to drive the implementation of Seismic for the Asset Management business. The product lead vice president will work globally across marketing, sales, engineering, and compliance to deliver Seismic successfully to the organization. You will ensure that the platform meets business objectives and work to implement new features and functionality. You will define a long-term roadmap for Seismic and work closely with engineering to execute.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy: Define and communicate the product vision based on user needs and business goals. Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high level use cases and technical requirements.


• Product Development: Lead the full product lifecycle including ideation, development, testing and launch of Seismic functionality. Develop, implement and maintain production timelines across multiple workstreams. Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for engineering teams. Manage the product backlog, prioritizing features and ensuring they align with business objectives.


• Project Management: Collaborate with engineering, marketing and sales in the development, QA and release of features, ensuring an efficient and smooth process for all groups.


• Stakeholder Collaboration: Facilitate gathering feedback from across the organization to help inform enhancements and overall project roadmap.


• Measurement: Monitor performance and analyze data. Define key performance indicators to track the success of Seismic and identify areas for improvement.


• Collaboration: Act as a liaison between marketing, business teams and engineering. Communicate the product strategy and roadmap to stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required:

• 8+ years' experience


• Bachelor's degree in product design or engineering


• Experience working with Seismic or other platform designed to empower the sales organization (such as Salesforce)


• Understanding of software development processes and technologies


• Ability to identify and resolve problems, both technical and non-technical


• Ability to prioritize tasks and projects effectively


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills


• Understanding of business principles and market dynamics


• Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams


• Strong attention to detail and documentation skills

Preferred:

• Asset management industry experience is a plus


• Experience with Salesforce

Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.

About Goldman Sachs

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.

We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2024. All rights reserved.

Goldman Sachs is an equal employment/affirmative action employer

Salary Range

The expected base salary for this Chicago, Illinois, United States-based position is $110000-$230000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits

Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available
to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.