Product Manager

Product Manager – Kantar Marketplace

New York, World Trade Center

Why this job is important

The Kantar Marketplace team is looking for a data-driven Product Manager with a track record of leading successful product initiatives from concept to market.

As a Product Manager for Kantar Marketplace Platform you’ll be working closely with a diverse global team across the business: customers, business development, sales, marketing, peer product managers, development teams and other functions to help drive the next generation of our research solutions and integrations on Kantar Marketplace.

The right candidate brings a mix of strong product management expertise, analytical thinking, leadership skills, technical knowledge and can do attitude.

What you’ll be doing

• Supply to product strategy and vision for the Marketplace platform

• Define, maintain and complete product roadmap, lead prioritization with collaborators and handle product backlog.

• Perform competitive product analysis and market research to stay on top of industry trends and ensure the new solutions are bold and commercially viable.

• Conduct customer/user discovery interviews and usability testing with both customers and internal to ensure ultimate user experience.

• Collaborate with international team of researchers, executives, UI/UX designers, sales, marketing, business development, operations and legal across the globe throughout the product life cycle

• Author product requirements

• Work closely with TPOs and engineering teams using Agile methodologies

• Define product metrics, monitor KPIs, perform data analysis to make data driven decisions

The skills & expereince needed

• Extensive product management experience (5+ years) with a track record of launching successful technology B2B products

• Demonstrated history in managing complex projects, with an acute attention to quality. Proven ability to balance competing priorities and problem solve from the big strategic challenges to the small tactical decisions.  

• Experience guiding cross-functional teams, with the ability to interact with collaborators at all seniority levels. Comfort operating in global environments across cultures, locations, and time zones

• Experience working with customers and conducting customer discovery sessions

• Strong commercial competence

• Shown growth mindset. Ability to think creatively and challenge the status quo

• Ability to outline comprehensive requirements and break them down into actionable epics and user stories

• Creative problem solver – you have a great eye for inspiring design and understand what makes a great user experience!

• Shown expertise in Product Management methodology and standard processes

• Good understanding of Agile methodology and experience working with teams in an Agile environment

• Experience defining product objectives and key results / critical metrics and using analytics tools to drive data driven decisions

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Experience with B2B SaaS platforms & digital marketplaces in particular a strong plus

• Experience with handling APIs / Integrations as a product also a big plus!

Kantar Benefits

We provide a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package, including

• Medical plans with comprehensive, affordable coverage for a range of health services
• Health Savings Account/FSA
• Dental, Vision and benefits to cover unique healthcare needs
• Wellness Program
• 401k with match
• Tuition Reimbursement, Commuter benefits
• Unlimited PTO

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver. We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us. We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and wellbeing is taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.

This role is a fixed term contract position.

The salary range for this role in New York is $108,200 - $180,300. Your final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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