Program / Product Manager

Program/Product Manager
Engineering – Remote – Full Time
We are looking for a product manager to be responsible for organizing programs and products being executed by the Engineering team at Sunstone Credit. You will be tasked with developing programs to support the organization’s strategic direction, as well as creating and managing long term goals. In this hybrid program/product management role, you will participate in determining the sprint priorities of product development based on the engineering roadmap, working with the executive team to collect business requirements as well as with engineers to determine execution priorities. You will also be in charge of developing and managing vendor engagements from a project management level.

In order to be successful in this role, you will need to have prior experience in both program management and team management.

Program/Product Manager Responsibilities
Organizing programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization.
Developing new programs to support the strategic direction of the organization.
Analyzing program risks.
Creating and managing long-term goals.
Understanding and representing user needs.
Defining a vision for a product.
Aligning stakeholders around the vision for the product.
Prioritizing product features and capabilities.
Researching, interviewing and selecting vendors based on company requirements.
Sprint planning and backlog management for the engineering team

Requirements:
Proven experience in program management.
Proven stakeholder management skills.
Proven experience managing a team.
Experience using computers for a variety of tasks.
Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Understanding of project management.
Understanding of agile development processes.
Familiarity with project management tools such as Asana, JIRA and similar.
Sprint planning practices such as running retrospectives, sprint planning meetings, ticket estimations, velocity monitoring

Nice to have:
Experience with Salesforce and Github