Product Manager

We began primarily a U.S.-based equities exchange. Today, Nasdaq is recognized around the globe as a diversified worldwide financial technology, trading and information services provider to the capital markets, with more than 3,500 colleagues serving businesses and investors from over 50 offices in 26 countries across six continents – and in every capital market.

The Product Manager will coordinate and lead across the organization Product Management ideas and activities for Core Service team.
Participates in or leads the analytical, experimental, investigative, and testing efforts in support of new product development engineering.
Coordinates all phases of new product development, including research and design and operation. Develops overall go to market and operational objectives and strategy and further product development.
Works closely with Business Units heads and customer base to identify key needs and appropriate product solutions.
Acts as a funnel for development teams and businesses. Performs analyses and recommendations in the areas of product preferences, market practices and industry trends.
Researches market conditions to determine potential changes of a product.

* Leads or coordinates project/program teams from design to delivery of fully developed products that are ready for customer use. 
 * Monitors performance and recommends schedule changes, cost adjustments or resource additions. 
 * Investigates facts and develops strategic solutions to problems. 
 * Provides timely and accurate information and status updates to functional leaders. 
 * Performs feasibility studies and manages field trials. 
 * Establishes strategies including product direction and future product development to manage a product or product category's life cycle. 
 * Leads engineers, designers, stakeholders and customers to develop product requirements and specifications. 
 * Lead teams preparing product introductions and updates. 
 * Makes recommendations for product solutions based upon feedback from customer base, aligning the 
recommendations to the customer’s business strategy. 
 * Identifies and drives new business opportunities and creates appropriate business plans.
 * Identifies and drives new market opportunities (i.e., products/services, technologies, markets).

**Education, Professional accomplishments, and Certifications:** * Education Required: Degree qualified in Computer Science, Business/Finance or related discipline, or equivalent work experience. Is working towards or has graduated with a post graduate degree in a related discipline. * Strong analytical skills * Strong curiosity for product management * Special Qualifications: Project Management or other related Certification. **Skills, Requirements and Competencies:** * Requires conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline. * Understands how related disciplines impact own work/own team. * Readily applies functional knowledge to challenges in our industry/markets. * Has good or in-depth knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others and chooses to work across these boundaries to further the greater agenda. * Is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market. * Understands the commercial decision takes priority over the preferences of the individual. * Acts as mentor/coach for less experienced peers. * Is looking always to gain efficiencies and implements these within own team/discipline. * May step up to lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements. * Plans and prioritizes work using resources in the best possible way to complete tasks on time and with high quality. * Solves complex problems with little or no support from their supervisor; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information. * Looks to apply best practice. * Provides creative insights and / or solutions to address client / organizational challenges. * Has impact in broader work area; impacts team morale and culture through their actions and words. * Impacts a wide range of customer, operational, project or service activities across related teams. * Can conceptualize and communicate improvements for the broader good of Nasdaq. * Explains difficult or sensitive information in a diplomatic way; works to build consensus. * Proactively shares experiences and knowledge towards the achievement of team objectives. * Actively seeks challenging assignments, is genuinely excited by a challenge. * Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the processes, objectives, and challenges within assigned customer accounts and evaluates IT solutions from the business’ perspective. * Utilizes thorough understanding of the customer’s processes and activities to match IT solutions to the customer’s unique business needs. * Considers rules, regulations, and time frames of core business, as well as impact on end users when implementing new IT practices, products or solutions. * Comfortably uses a variety of techniques (e.g., brainstorming, visualization, collaboration) to generate innovative ideas; challenges boundaries instead of viewing them as constraints. * Actively explores new and non-traditional practices to generate innovative solutions. * Looks beyond own resources for best practice information; networks with internal and external peers in search of new and innovative ideas. * Advises others on the coordination of schedules to address high priority customer issues; develops a contingency plan to redirect efforts and capitalize on time availability. * Develops a contingency plan to prepare for setbacks, redirect efforts and capitalize on time availability. * Creates detailed project plans that include breakdown of tasks, milestones, critical paths, resources and budget, timelines, success factors and assignment of responsibilities. * Ascertains customers’ business needs and time constraints, balanced against costs and available resources, and communicates a realistic estimate of project timing. * Monitors performance and deliverables of individuals on the project team to ensure overall project success; actively keeps all members of the project team informed of progress. * Develops project plans and prioritizes tasks to achieve project milestones; recognizes project risks (e.g., missed deadlines, quality issues, resource constraints), provides input to contingency plans and seeks guidance on meeting delivery goals. * Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of products and their functionality, assessing products to determine efficiency and improvements; works with customers to determine product specifications