Director Product Management - Platform Solutions

Company: Regional Recreation Corporation of Wood Buffalo
Location: Mesa
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

Verra Mobility - Director Product Management - Platform Solutions in Mesa, Arizona - Careers at Arizona - Mesa Headquarters Skip to Main Content Please Enable Cookies to Continue Please enable cookies in your browser to experience all the personalized features of this site, including the ability to apply for a job. Welcome page Welcome page Returning Candidate? Log back in Director Product Management - Platform Solutions Job Locations US-AZ-Mesa Category Business Technology Type Full-Time Who we are... Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility. A combination of the global capabilities and talents of American Traffic Solutions (ATS), Highway Toll Administration (HTA), and Euro Parking Collection (EPC), the company develops technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily. Verra Mobility fosters the development of safe cities, working with police departments and municipalities by operating more than 4,000 red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm safety cameras in more than 200 jurisdictions across North America. The company also creates smart roadways, serving the world's largest commercial fleets and rental car companies to manage tolling transactions and violations for more than 8.5 million vehicles. Verra Mobility is a leading provider of connected systems, processing nearly 165 million transactions each year through connectivity with more than 50 individual tolling authorities and more than 400 issuing authorities. Arizona-based Verra Mobility Corp. currently operates in 15 countries and in 22 languages. Focused on solutions that help the world move safely and easily, Verra Mobility builds safe cities, smart roadways, and the connected systems that tie them together. The company is constantly looking toward the future, ensuring it creates relevant solutions today that will work tomorrow. Seeking to understand new customers, regions, and businesses that will shape tomorrow's smart mobility experiences, Verra Mobility strives to ensure more people around the world reach their destination safely and easily. Keeping its core principles front and center, Verra Mobility is fueled by relationships, driven by impact, guided by what's right, and energized by what's next. Culture Verra Mobility Corporation is a rapidly-growing, entrepreneurial company that operates with a people-first philosophy and approach. The company lives by its core values-Do What's Right, Lead with Grace, Win Together, and Own It-in everything it does for its customers and team members. The company seeks to grow aggressively, both organically and through acquisition, to continue to be the undisputed market leader with these five core competencies: bias for action, customer focus, teamwork, drive for results, and commitment to excellence. Position Overview Verra Mobility is seeking an exceptional leader to serve as the Director of Product Management for Platform Solutions. In this role you will be responsible for the market-facing aspects of building, growing, and advancing of one of the world's premier Smart City platforms. Specifically, you will gather market intelligence, formulate a market point-of-view, partner with internal development teams to envision new services, document high-level requirements for new products & features, make build/buy/partner decisions, develop investment business cases, and develop the tools required to commercialize Verra Mobility's portfolio of solutions. Additionally, in this role you will support the Sales, Account Management and Client Services teams in defining requirements for custom platform solutions for some of our country's largest municipal Police Departments (PD's) and Departments of Transportation (DOT's). Essential Responsibilities

• Conduct a client-centric assessment of Verra's existing platform capabilities, collaboratively develop a vision of the future evolution and define the development projects, business cases and prioritization necessary to execute the vision.
• Develop a deep understanding of the competitive environment and connect with customers to:
  • Understand market issues, opportunities and requirements,
  • Communicate a vision for how Verra's platform can be leveraged to address both immediate and emerging challenges,
  • Define specific business requirements to optimize client usage of the existing AXSIS platform, and
  • Author requirements Verra's development team can use to continually enhance the value of the platform.
  • Collaborate with SCRUM teams to define iteration content based on backlog priorities and team sizings.
  • Partner with the Business Analysis team to ensure user stories contain adequate detail and acceptance criteria.
  • Commercialize new products, features and services through the thoughtful design and execution of entry-into-service plans including pricing, contracts, implementation processes, system servicing, and customer service, training, and marketing collateral.
  • Partner with the VP of Platform and Analytics to define the Platform-as-a-Service offering and build a community of municipal and business users to test and consume the Platform's services - ultimately scaling the business model to create significant top-line revenue growth with attractive profit margins.
  • Work with the VP of Product Management and the entire Product Management Team to develop and institutionalize a New Product Introduction (NPI) methodology spanning all phases of the product lifecycle including Voice of the Customer elicitation, Requirements Definition, Development, Go-to-Market Strategy formation, Commercialization and End of Life execution. Qualifications
    • Bachelor's degree in Business, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience required. Master's degree in Business Administration preferred.
    • Minimum 5 years working as a Product Manager or Director required.
    • Minimum 5 years leading, developing and managing high performing teams required.--
    • Experience in product development for software-as-a-service and/or connected devices (software & firmware) is highly preferred.
    • Minimum five years of experience in building, scaling and managing a mid- to large-scale platform required.
    • Prior experience performing market studies, competitive analysis, and voice of the customer research including,
      • Conducting customer needs research, competitive analysis, market studies; and
      • Identifying product value proposition and market differentiation.
      • Proven multi-year track record of success in product management; product development; and portfolio management with a focus on at least one of the following preferred:
        • Driver Safety Solutions
        • IoT platforms
        • Home Automation
        • Smart Cities
        • Connected Car
        • Technical understanding of basic building blocks such as mobile telecommunications, Cloud technology, IoT mobile and embedded operating systems, etc, required.
        • Capability to think commercially to drive business cases, product pricing and packaging strategies and margin improvement.
        • Experience and competence in project management, ideally in an agile environment.
        • Proficiency in building business cases and performing build/buy/partner analysis for software-based services.
        • Experience interfacing with customer/sales facing teams.
        • Experienced in the development of compelling B2G (City, County, State) or B2B go-to-market strategies required.
        • Proven experience in commercialization of software-as-a-service solutions.
        • Strong business acumen required, with a proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional and interdisciplinary teams to drive results.
        • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
        • Strong critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
        • Excellent interpersonal, presentation and facilitation skills.
        • Prior experience building, scaling, and maturing Product Management teams through proven implementation of best practice processes, practices and tools.
        • Proven ability to function both as an individual contributor and member of a cross-functional team.
        • A demonstrated commitment to high professional ethical standards.
        • Moderate travel required (20-30%). Aligned with Verra Mobility Values
          • Do What's Right - We've committed to doing the right thing for each other and for our customers - integrity is our DNA
          • Lead With Grace - We embrace the importance of our colleagues and customers and always treat them with kindness and grace.
          • Own It - We foster a culture of accountability and excellence, where going the extra mile is standard practice.
          • Win Together - We are ambitious and like to win, but we know we win more when we include others and work together. -- Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. Options Apply for this job online Apply Share Email this job to a friend Refer Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later. Share on your newsfeed Loading... Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Application FAQs Software Powered by iCIMS
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