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Our client works with millions of professionals and partners to deliver best-in-class professional education for licensing, continuing education, test preparation, and career readiness. They work across many industries and are in search of a Vice President of Product Management to lead their healthcare education vertical.

Their leading programs guide healthcare professionals to pass their licensing exam and offer continuing education and professional development opportunities across several healthcare fields.

Vice President, Product Management

We are seeking an experienced product leader to lead the company's product roadmap execution and refine and lead a cohesive product management team structure. The Vice President is responsible for the development and execution of the end-to-end product strategy for a professional education vertical. The role has accountability and ownership for products throughout the product life cycle, from needs analysis and requirements, development through launch and ongoing enhancements. In addition to growing and mentoring the product team, the role is responsible for leading cross-functional initiatives, partnering with other departments across the organization, and developing relationships with third-party providers of technology and products.

Responsibilities:

• Define the overall product roadmap, including ongoing product strategy, product planning, user experience design, and requirements development for new features, functionality, and integrations.
• Integrate multiple existing product teams into one, cohesive, customer centric product organization.
• Work with multiple leaders across the organization (e.g., Marketing, Finance, Sales, Engineering, etc.) to prioritize product needs and incorporate priorities into the product roadmap. Work closely and communicate expertly with stakeholders to ensure the methodology and rationale behind decisions are clearly understood and accepted.
• Manage business relationships as a single point of accountability and ensure effective/efficient product roadmap processes are established and maintained.
• Work closely with customers to understand their needs and specific pain points and create a culture of customer-centric product development.
• Design, build, and deliver the highest quality products and content that drive key outcomes, including enhancing the overall user experience, optimizing client monetization opportunities, and improving operational efficiencies.
• Anticipate industry and product trends, capability prioritization and tradeoffs, balancing business needs versus technical and resource constraints.
• Manage launch planning and implementation of new products and features, including beta and acceptance testing, pilot programs and user training, and creation of support materials, user documentation, and launch presentations.
• Define the analytics to quantify success (or failure), clearly articulate objectives, and define plans to prove or disprove success.
• Identify key opportunities for improvement, as well as lead the development of technical or process enhancements to increase operational efficiencies or reduce costs.
• Responsible for ongoing development or integration of internal systems, tools, and platforms supporting operational capabilities across the organization.
• Lead the internal technology teams and external partners to define milestones and ensure on-time and in-scope delivery.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in product management for web-based products and services.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Management or related field, MBA is preferred.
• Experience in user experience design and a proven track record of effectively integrating customer-centric thinking into product development processes.
• Experience working closely with customers to deeply understand their needs and pain points.
• Experience in healthcare education content is a strong nice-to-have and will be a differentiator in candidates.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team of product managers and a strong foundation in cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with key product management functions, including writing requirements and creating mockups/wireframes, market research, competitive analysis, product planning, and reporting.
• Knowledge of common product management, project management, wireframing, testing, and analytics tools.
• Metrics-driven experience in defining and developing products to meet customer requirements.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and external partners/clients.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Organizational skills including project and task management and proven ability to meet deadlines.