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Job summary:
As a Senior Product Associate on the Advisor Platform & Experiences team, you will be a key member of the team managing our Onboarding and Coverage tools such as the Rep Reassignment Tool and Investments Dashboard.
Job Responsibilities:
- Support Product Owners and Product Leads in the Advisor Platform and Experiences team
- Determine critical business requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis
- Assist in the design, evaluation and analysis of business processes, systems and user needs
- Assist in creating test cases and leading User Acceptance Testing as needed
- Analyze user feedback and determine opportunities for future phases of product lifecycle
- Monitor and report on existing projects, timelines, delivery plans, and escalate issues in a timely manner
- Propose potential solutions to resolve current user pain points and identify areas of opportunity for technical improvement
- Perform in an environment that offers a wide degree of creativity and latitude with the expectation of high performance and results
- Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- BS/BA degree - Accounting, Finance, or Business equivalent military experience
- 3+ years’ experience in financial services with the focus on clients, advisors, service, project management or support
- Ability to provide clear vision and documentation for project partners, including use cases, product/business requirements, timelines and user stories
- Solid analytical skills and writing skills, to capture and document business requirements
- Ability to communicate clearly and confidently; able to influence stakeholders
- Ability to work independently and on a team; agility to adapt to a fast-paced environment and handle working within strict timelines
- Experience in Agile methodology and Jira
- Strong ability to manage changes to scope, roadmap, and backlog
- Advanced MS Office skills – Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Relevant hands-on business and technical background preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with key stakeholders
- Ability to directly address conflicts and escalate issues where appropriate
- Ability to tailor communications (i.e., high level vs detailed level) based on the audience it pertains to