Product Manager II

About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Team:

Our Technology team drives the evolution of our Technology, Engineering, Data, Product and User Experience functions. With a keen focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions, we shape the digital landscape for our customers, readers, and users. From revolutionizing visuals to optimizing tools and harnessing the power of data, mobile, video, and social platforms, our team is committed to providing a seamless and immersive experience across all touchpoints. Collaborating closely with our newsrooms and strategic partners, we spearhead the development of groundbreaking products and technologies.

About the Role:

The Product Manager will lead significant product areas and initiatives, with a focus on the Trade Compliance space, tackling complexity and contributing to strategy with strong judgement and analytical rigor. The role will independently manage the full lifecycle for larger features or product components, demonstrating proficient product judgement, analytical skills, and prioritization aligned with strategy. They contribute effectively to their area's strategy, build strong cross-functional partnerships, influence immediate stakeholders, and possess solid domain/technical expertise. They operate with autonomy on clearly defined product areas.

This role reports directly to the Senior Director of SaaS and is part of the Risk & Compliance Product Management Team and will require regular interaction and liaison with the Dow Jones technology team as well as third-party vendors.

You Will:

Lead and execute the sprint planning and backlog management, ensuring that agreed priorities are adhered to, minor changes are progressed and the backlog is maintained to retain Engineering utilisation.

Lead and execute the communications (internally and externally) of new feature releases and maintenance of user guides.

Effectively partner with cross-functional teams to deliver product features, coordinates with stakeholders. Foster collaboration within your product team and contribute to a positive team environment.

Effectively prioritize features and enhancements for your product, balancing competing needs.

Serve as a product expert and escalation point for the Customer Services team and for clients, including soliciting feedback and communicating the same for product improvements

Lead discussions with cross-functional teams from different product lines to ensure transparency and alignment of strategic product vision when it comes to Dow Jones Risk & Compliance products overall but specifically Trade Compliance.

Independently develop product strategy for your area, understand market opportunities, trends and competitive landscape.

You Have:

4-7 years of experience and mastery in the practice of product management, with a track record of successfully managing large and complex projects or entire products and showing resilience in managing challenges and navigating complexities in your product area.

Proven ability to independently execute long-term complex product strategies, managing the prioritization and trade-offs for complex product initiatives, and using data to drive decisions.

A solid understanding of technical architecture and the software development process that includes Agile methodologies (Scrum).

The ability to operate with no supervision and independently manage a product area.

Demonstrable experience in scoping, budgeting, scheduling and delivering complex project implementations.

General knowledge of the compliance market and regulatory landscape desirable but not essential

Some experience working with partners and/or outside vendors.

Our Benefits

Comprehensive Insurance & Retirement plans

Paid Time Off and Leaves

Education Benefits

Family Care Benefits

Career Growth Programs

Access to Dow Jones Products

Employee Referral Program

Employee Well-being Support & Fitness Programs

Financial Health Programs

Cybersecurity Protection

Reasonable Accommodation

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Business Area: Dow Jones - Technology

Job Category: Software Product Engineering

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations globally.

It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

Req ID: 52713