Job Profile Summary:
A business + technology manager with deep experience in FSI who leads the definition, validation, execution, and ongoing lifecycle of industry solutions selected for investment by SoftServe. ISOs own all team responsibilities associated with industry solution concept development, analysis, justification, budgeting, implementation, and lifecycle management. ISOs also own all go-to-market development and execution tasks, with ultimate responsibility for the successful implementation and ongoing value and impact assessment of industry solutions invested in by the business.
Duties & Responsibilities:
* Support the ISL(s) in industry and solution research and analysis
* Collaborate with ISLs and ISAs to conduct market scans, problem analysis, product and solution evaluation, etc. for potential solutions being evaluated for investment
* Establish solution strategy and solution vision to address key business challenges identified in collaboration with the sponsoring ISL
* Conduct opportunity and risk analysis and present findings to the ISL, management, and leadership to support quantitative decisioning concerning investment in proposed solutions
* Collaborate and coordinate with management and the CSLs to identify investment sponsors and internal & external partners to support the solution development and its go-to-market
* Collaborate and coordinate innovation across SoftServe, particularly the COEs, to ensure innovation, differentiation, and impact from the solutions being invested in Assemble teams to support the development and marketing of the solution
* Establish a solution roadmap, prescribe a SDLC as necessary, and curate the backlog
* Continually collaborate with the ISLs and ISAs to evangelize the solution and bring increasing value and impact to our customers using the solution
Preferred Competencies & Experience:
* 15 years of experience working in FSI
* 7 years of which were in leading the successful build and deployment of products and solutions within their industry segment
Required skills:
* Experience working in FSI
* Excellent collaboration and negotiating skills, capable of fighting for a solution concept they believe strongly in
* Strong ability to “connect the dots” in identifying and expressing a vision of solutions to ambiguous and abstract business challenges
* Outstanding written and verbal communications skills
* Demonstrable, recent experience in product/solution strategy and vision development, long term product roadmap development and management, risk analysis, market analysis, lean product management, and agile
* Comfortable presenting to internal and external leadership and supporting marketing and sales efforts in driving the solutions they own to market
Qualifications:
* Education: Bachelor’s Degree related to or supporting the industry segment; Advanced degree(s) preferred, including MBA
* Certifications: Certifications in cloud, project management, product management, and the related industry are not required but good to have
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or protected veteran status. SoftServe is an Equal Opportunity Employer