Senior Product Manager — Data & API Integrations (MN On-Site)

IDeaS Revenue Solutions; BLOOMINGTON (MN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

IDeaS Revenue Solutions in Minnesota is seeking a Product Manager to drive analytics software products from ideation to delivery, collaborating with cross-functional teams and translating customer needs into technical requirements. The role requires a mix of project management, leadership, and technical skills to guide data integration projects and backend service delivery.

The ideal candidate has strong engineering experience and 3+ years in product-related roles, with hands-on SQL and API

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Software Development or quantitative field (Operations Research, Industrial Engineering) or similar.
• 3+ years’ experience in Product Management, Product Development, Consulting or related function in the software/ technology industry
• 1+ years working with SQL with the ability to write MySQL/ SQL Server queries proficiently to support investigation of data to support decision making
• 1+ years working with common API-based integrations and common security protocols in API-based data exchanges.
• Strong data analysis skills – supporting the use of data, real messages or database structure to inform decisions.
• Demonstrably strong ability to translate business requirements to technical needs and product behavior, to act as the liaison between analytics and technology-centric software development teams.
• Ability to understand product features and underlying analytics and describe associated customer value.
• Excellent communications skills for explaining complex processes to non-experts, clients, prospects and team members.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Full understanding of the product management skills; ability to resolve a wide range of issues in creative and novel ways.
• Skilled in effective communication, influencing and negotiation.
• Organizational skills for managing and owning commitments, schedules, and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with remote or onsite engineering teams to ensure alignment of internal or partner requirements to IDeaS’ roadmap.
• Lead calls internally and externally, articulating the status of multiple concurrent projects for both technical and non-technical stakeholders (including at clients and partners).
• Produce detailed technical documentation explaining how services or enhancements to IDeaS’ solutions should be built, updated or connected in the form of both user and product requirements.
• Manage delivery of new or enhancements to existing services and applications responsible for functions including data integration, user or property data management.
• Supports Software Development and Quality Assurance (SDQA) teams in detailed design discussions related to meet the defined functional and business requirements.
• Groom roadmap, define goals and project timelines and steward work through completion for assigned projects.
• Organize all development tickets at all levels for assigned services – taking ownership for delivery of assigned items.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert and requirements leader for development teams working on assigned projects.
• Comprehend product challenges and support iteration on innovative solutions for achieving development objectives with greater efficiency.
• Be comfortable with database queries, API communication and other common forms of data integration to support definition of requirements, designs, and acceptance tests.
• Creates executive briefing documents to drive decision-making process.
• Run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples.
• Identifies opportunities for emerging technology and business issues that present opportunities or threats to the company.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.
• Demonstrates a desire to learn and adapt continually, as a self-motivated individual who takes ownership of their work in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Engineering background

SQL proficiency

API integration

Data analysis

Technical translation

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Engineering/CS/IT/Software Development or quantitative field

Tools

MySQL

SQL Server

REST APIs

Job description

IDeaS Revenue Solutions in Minnesota is seeking a Product Manager to drive analytics software products from ideation to delivery, collaborating with cross-functional teams and translating customer needs into technical requirements. The role requires a mix of project management, leadership, and technical skills to guide data integration projects and backend service delivery.

The ideal candidate has strong engineering experience and 3+ years in product-related roles, with hands-on SQL and API