Product Manager

ADP is hiring a Product Manager for Chennai

• Are you empathetic to client needs and inspired by transformation and impacting the lives of millions of people every day
• Are you looking to join a dynamic, inclusive team environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging
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Well, this may be the role for you. Ready to design what's next

In this role, you will work alongside a team of friendly, passionate, and creative product managers and developers to bring our products to market. You create product release plans that ensure our teams develop solutions using ADP's cloud-based payroll, tax, HR, talent, or benefits solutions. You'll make them easier to use and help our clients stay compliant, manage costs, and save time.

We're looking for someone who excels when no two days are the same. Integrity, resilience, and pushing the boundaries are must-haves in this job. Whether you're in meetings with clients or sales, developers, or design, you'll be the guiding voice that helps us clarify ideas so we can create a product roadmap. You stay close to market trends, anticipate our customers next questions, and bring new ideas into the mix. You love evangelising about your product and communicate with confidence. Still, you also have the experience to take your product into the marketplace and position it competitively for maximum financial impact.

You've worked with Agile teams and understand product delivery cycles and how to satisfy a diverse group of global stakeholders. You communicate progress to them and provide great products using agile methodology. From concept to code, your voice will influence project success. As part of our team, you'll find exciting challenges, get opportunities to grow your career, and develop solid friendships as we design what's next for ADP and the industry.

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A little about ADP: We are a global leader in HR technology, offering the latest payroll, tax, HR, benefits, and much more. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive, down-to-earth culture that welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging. ADP has a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as a global Best Places to Work, DiversityInc Top 50 Company, Best CEO and company for women, LGBTQ+, multicultural talent, and more. Learn more about ADP's commitment on our YouTube channel: http://adp.careers/DEI_Videos

What You'll Do

Here's what you can expect on a typical day

• Scrums. You'll start each day working with teams to understand responsibilities, identify any issues, and communicate priorities. You'll continue to have meetings throughout the day as you create and organize your roadmap.
• Research & Requirements. You'll own the design. You'll document and prioritise product features. You're always learning and researching new industry trends to make our products better. You'll incorporate what makes sense into your product roadmap based on our clients, the market, ADP's goals, and what impact the future of tech will have on your products.
• Relationships. You'll create strong alliances with diverse stakeholders and ensure everyone is in this together and communicates most appropriately. You'll collaborate across multiple teams with developers, other product managers, and UX teams, to name some, to continually drive innovation and make the product the best it can be.
• Measurement. You have experience measuring product effectiveness, reporting outcomes, and driving priorities.
• Variety of work. There is no typical day. You could be working with UX teams on client experience journeys to delivering new features, product enhancements, or creating new services. Best part You'll get to see those ideas come to life.
• Presentations. You'll speak to internal and external stakeholders to communicate and defend ideas while answering critical questions.
• Experience. You have 5-9 years of experience in relevant skills gained and developed in the same or similar role.

Primary Responsibilities

• Providing vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project and create requirements
• Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on
• Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product
• Define product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
• Write definition of ready user stories and maintain groomed backlog for business stakeholder priorities and incorporate architectural changes recommended by engineering into user stories.
• Create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
• Ability to understand complex technical systems
• Demonstrated knowledge of security concepts, architecture, and software development methodologies
• Lead the planning product release plans and set expectation for delivery of new functionalities
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
• Research and analyze market, the users, and the roadmap for the product
• Follow our competitors and the industry
• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends

Required Qualification

• Previous working experience as a Product Manager for 3-5 years
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar relevant field
• In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles
• Experience with UX/UI and wireframing
• PO/PM certifications are a plus
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
• Creative thinker with a vision
• A strong self-starter with high attention to detail
• Ability to balance technical knowledge with business possibility and acumen
• Familiarity with enterprise software, specifically in the HCM space
• SaaS service experience or consumer products desired
• Experience driving teams and management to decisions and obtaining difficult information and answers.

You'll Love Working Here Because You Can

• Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts. We're obsessed with the art of achieving simplicity with a focus on client happiness and productivity.
• Be surrounded by curious learners. We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level. We encourage our associates to listen, stay agile, and learn from mistakes.
• Act like an owner & doer. Mission-driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge and solve complex problems. No tasks are beneath or too great for us. We are hands-on and willing to master our craft.
• Give back to others. Always do the right thing for our clients and our community and humbly give back to the community where we live and work. Support our associates in times of need through ADP's Philanthropic Foundation.
• Join a company committed to equality and equity. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions.