Product Development

Product Development Project Manager, NY
Requirements Analyst, NY

Summary Description:
Ownership of the definition, planning, and release of new and existing software products.  Plan and manage project execution through the entire software development lifecycle.
 
Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with various stakeholders in order to create and maintain project plans.
• Work with business stakeholders and the technology team to manage the scope, schedule, and cost of project deliverables.
• Report status of projects at the portfolio level to upper management
• Streamline communications between various stakeholders, including team resources, managers, customers, and the Executive Team.
• Advocate and improve on Project Management processes, tools, and culture
  

Required Skills and Experience:

• BS degree in computer-oriented technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years experience in Project Management / Product Management, preferably with e-commerce applications or the on-line marketing applications marketplace.
• Excellent communication (oral/written) skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and focus on continuous improvement.
• Must have strong technical background in a business context.
• Experience with Microsoft Project or similar Project Management tool
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio)

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Requirements Management Team:
The Requirements Management team’s primary focus is to ensure that business requirements are appropriately addressed as functional requirements.  Additionally the Requirements Management team is the SME on various systems operated by LinkShare.

Summary Description:
A Requirements Analyst is responsible for the definition of the functional requirements and scope management for projects that are either to develop new features or to make enhancements to existing products.  Collaborate with Product Management and various other technology teams to ensure that the solutions proposed are both viable and usable.  The Requirements Analyst will also be responsible for supporting level-3 escalations for products post-release.

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with the Technology, Product Management, Services and Sales on all aspects of the Product Development lifecycle.
• Create detailed product requirement specifications for hand-off to the technology team.
• Define requirement specifications for enhancements to existing products.
• Provide product training to team members on new systems and systems for which you are the SME.

Required Skills/Experience:

• BS degree in computer-oriented technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience in Product Development or related technical discipline, preferably with e-commerce applications or the on-line marketing applications marketplace.
• Familiarity with on-line marketing and affiliate marketing a plus.
• Strong communication (oral/written) and analytical skills, as well as a track record in technology requirements specification and product development.
• Experience with Unified Modeling Language (UML) including use cases.
  
• Proven ability to communicate orally and in writing.
• Must have strong technical background in a business context.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project)
• Knowledge of the Application Service Provider industry.
• Familiarity with decision support, analytical applications, or CRM a plus.
  

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