Experienced Product Manager with Asia Expertise, full-time

Job Description

The purpose of this position is to help bring God's children unto Jesus Christ by increasing understanding of His Church and its divinely appointed responsibilities of assisting in gathering Israel on both sides of the veil and preparing the world for the Second Coming of the Savior.

The APAC PM will define and manage the ongoing roadmap and product prioritization for each country across APAC and through market research will create data driven insights to both evaluate current product focus and propose new product experiences for the local markets.

The APAC PM will work with a Development team to create new experiences that focus on the local market engagement to improve all KPIs for the Region.

The APAC PM will be responsible for coordinating with local Area Offices to improve the end-user experience including program enhancements, UX Design improvements, and recommendations for Marketing Campaigns.

Responsibilities

Understand unmet and customer/audience needs.Balance stakeholder requirements with customer needs.Establish and maintain a prioritized backlog of product requirements.Prioritize audiences/customers.Product ambassador: Create, lead, and work with cross-functional teams (including service departments).Manage the entire Product Lifecycle.Product launch and adoption for all targeted audiences.Develop core product communication, messaging, and positioning by audiences.Establish, monitor, and report product metrics.Manage inventory levels to meet supply/demand.Indirect leadership/teamwork required from other internal organizations: Lead one or more cross-functional teams consisting of a variety of job levels/functions.Product Influence (strategic importance, footprint/global): Oversee products that are highly strategic, often with a global impact. Often involves expansion into new markets or areas.Product breadth (product, product line, portfolio): Manage one or more product families or portfolios.Budget responsibility: Will typically manage a total budget in the multimillion-dollar range.Product complexity (technical, integration): Manage products that are highly integrated with other products and across departments.Presentations and internal communication (management, executive management): Communicate and seek approval at executive councils, including general authorities, managing directors or area level.Vendor management: Create requests for proposals, evaluate bids, perform buy/build analysis, work with service departments to select and manage vendors.

Required

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required in business, marketing, communications, or related discipline.9 years of experience leading multidisciplinary projects or initiatives.Or equivalent combination of education and experience.Ability to proactively identify, define, and solve the most complex problems.Ability to influence strategy to address internal or external business needs.History of being a top performer in previous work assignments.Proven ability to advocate change and influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.Ability to create and deliver executive-level presentations.Excellent communication and analytical skills.Ability to accomplish work with minimal supervision.

The APAC PM is experienced with not only classic PM responsibilities, but also in working across APAC. They are customer centric and passionate about solving customer problems.

It is desired that the APAC PM be fluent in either Japanese or Korean, and has had experience working with companies, patrons and vendors in the Asia region. The APAC PM has more than 10 years experience with Market research, and End-user research, Contextual inquiry, Prototype development, and concept testing.

The APAC PM has strong communication and interpersonal skills, along with the flexibility to travel internationally. PM certifications like Pragmatic Marketing highly desired.

To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment.

Preferred

Master's degree.

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