VP, Middleware Platform Product Management

Next Frontier Capital; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total rewards

Discretionary incentive compensation

Health care coverage

On-site wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Job summary

JPMorganChase’s Middleware Platforms Team is seeking a Product Manager who leads end-to-end product lifecycles, voices customer needs, and guides launches with a focus on scalability and client experience.

You will partner with engineering, architecture and cross-functional stakeholders to plan platform-first capabilities, manage roadmaps, and deliver high-quality products that drive value for millions of customers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in product management or a relevant domain area.
• Advanced knowledge of the product development life cycle, design, and data analytics.
• Proven ability to lead product life cycle activities including discovery, ideation, strategic development, requirements definition, and value management.
• 5+ years of experience in product management, including platform product management experience.
• Proven track record of maintaining and prioritizing backlogs; ability to write clear requirements, epics, and user stories.
• Strong knowledge of data analytics and building/prioritizing backlogs in a data-driven manner.
• Proactive approach with the ability to work independently and across functional teams.
• Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills; excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Flexible and adaptable to shifting priorities; able to manage multiple tasks/projects in a fast-paced, results-driven environment; customer-focused with the ability to turn insights into action.
• Proven stakeholder management skills across product, technology, agility, design, and data teams to develop robust product delivery plans and execution mechanisms within an agile framework.

Responsibilities

• Develops a product strategy and product vision that delivers value to customers
• Manages discovery efforts and market research to uncover customer solutions and integrate them into the product roadmap
• Owns, maintains, and develops a product backlog that enables development to support the overall strategic roadmap and value proposition
• Builds the framework and tracks the product's key success metrics such as cost, feature and functionality, risk posture, and reliability
• Partners with the Product Manager to identify new platform product opportunities through user research and discovery that reflect customer and market needs
• Considers and plans for upstream and downstream implications of new platform features on the overall product experience
• Develops and maintains a healthy forward-looking backlog; publishes quarterly roadmaps and summaries to ensure alignment with strategic goals and provide clear vision for delivery. Writes requirements, epics, and user stories to support product development
• Leads end-to-end product delivery processes including intake, dependency management, release management, product operationalization, delivery feasibility decision-making, and product performance reporting; escalates opportunities to improve efficiencies and coordination
• Works with engineering and architecture to drive solution design for capabilities and think platform/capability-first while developing products
• Works with cross-functional stakeholders to manage timelines and dependencies, surface blockers/risks in a timely manner, and ensure controls, risk, and compliance requirements are effectively managed
• Analyzes, tracks, and evaluates product and platform metrics and uses insights to influence roadmap/backlog. Creates presentations and documentation (including feature release updates), communicates with senior leadership, and promotes product features to align with strategic goals

Skills

Product management

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Agile framework

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Customer focus

Job description

JPMorganChase’s Middleware Platforms Team is seeking a Product Manager who leads end-to-end product lifecycles, voices customer needs, and guides launches with a focus on scalability and client experience.

You will partner with engineering, architecture and cross-functional stakeholders to plan platform-first capabilities, manage roadmaps, and deliver high-quality products that drive value for millions of customers.