Product Manager

“Deloitte” is the brand under which tens of thousands of dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax and related services to select clients.

You’ve proven yourself as a leader and premiere Product Manager with the expertise and credentials to back it up. Now it’s time to step to the next level—to lead a dynamic, national team with clients at the top of their respective industries. Our team works on the cutting edge, building and delivering the next generation tax applications and services to clients. We’re looking for the very best who thrive on what’s possible.

As a Manager on our STAC team, you will work with business stakeholders and Deloitte Tax leadership to design and deploy initiatives to our tax practice and clients; take the lead in managing a portfolio of specialized tax applications to be used widely throughout the practice; develop relationships with clients, business teams, tax technical experts, and technology groups; and identify technology development opportunities. * Perform comprehensive assessments of technology industry trends and business requirements to develop technology roadmaps for products and the broader practice-area; and ensure product alignment with larger Tax Technology strategic priorities. * Be a trusted technology advisor to our clients while managing expectations throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC); and maintain appropriate business engagement in requirements gathering, writing, and application. * Maintain high levels of support for applications in our portfolio, proactively identify risk, serve as a point-of-contact for practice sponsors as issues arise, and team with support personnel to modify existing procedures as needed. * Cross-coordinate and regularly communicate with other Product Owners to facilitate cross-team collaboration, and standardize user experience across all tools and application modules. * Monitor, analyze, and report on technology solutions over their entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), and manage the success and evolution of tools in the marketplace. * Provide staff career coaching, formal and informal performance reviews; and ensure top performers are challenged and recognized and development needs are identified and addressed.

* 5+ years’ experience as a business analyst, program manager, product owner, or product manager * 2+ years’ experience working in an Agile environment * Bachelor’s degree in accounting, computer science, finance, information science, business management, or related field * Advanced leadership and management skills including conflict resolution and outstanding negotiation skills * Strong client-service background with excellent interpersonal, presentation/facilitation, and written communication skills; and the ability to cast a wide influence including outside of immediate line of reporting * Ability to easily grasp and communicate complex ideas and synthesize clear business requirements from customer inputs, effectively prioritizing requirements and making informed project tradeoffs, and map business requirements to appropriate functional/technical requirements * Deep understanding of the professional services delivery process and software development lifecycle (SDLC) * Experience managing scope and expectations of large technology projects including resources (onsite and offshore), budgets, schedules, reporting, milestones, and deadlines; developing high-level financial documents on potential technology solutions; and presenting cost/benefit and strategic analysis to leadership—able to do this on multiple projects concurrently **Preferred:** * Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) * Project Management Professional (PMP) * A relevant advanced degree * Tax industry experience * Prior Big 4 experience