Sr. Director, Product Management - Talent Solutions

Company: Equifax
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America Full time J00110265 The Sr. Director, Product Management - Talent Solutions is responsible for guiding the product vision and strategy for our Talent Solutions product suite. This includes managing the product throughout the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision and working closely with sales, marketing and technology to deliver market leading solutions. The Product Manager's job also includes ensuring that the product supports the company's overall strategy and goals.-- Through understanding of business, industry and customer needs, the Product Manager will provide recommendations to key stakeholders to evolve the product and drive prioritization for enhanced offerings. They will work with a cross functional team to drive a cohesive go-to-market strategy delivering solutions that create unique value for buyers. The role requires internal and external thought leadership and the ability to drive initiatives to execution. This role is a strategy/execution role. Must be able to move between defining strategy, setting a plan and executing a plan seamlessly. Working across a highly matrixed organization and leveraging lessons learned from other organizations will be critical to success. For reference, Talent Solutions at Equifax is defined as supporting both direct Employers and Background Screeners with surfacing of data during the screening process that drives operational efficiency and supports decision making. Today, our offerings focus extensively on pre-employment data, however, we are looking to expand our solution set across the recruiting lifecycle and to include new data sources.-- Who is Equifax?--At Equifax, we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping employers, employees, financial institutions and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence.--We work to help create seamless and positive experiences during life's pivotal moments: applying for jobs or a mortgage, financing an education or buying a car. Our impact is real and to accomplish our goals we focus on nurturing our people for career advancement and their learning and development, supporting our next generation of leaders, maintaining an inclusive and diverse work environment, and regularly engaging and recognizing our employees. Regardless of location or role, the individual and collective work of our employees makes a difference and we are looking for talented team players to join us as we help people live their financial best.The Perks of being an Equifax Employee?

• We offer excellent compensation packages with market competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.
• Grow at your own pace through online courses at Learning @ Equifax.--What You'll Do:
  • Develop solution expertise with deep knowledge of the product ecosystem and competitive landscape.
  • Define the product strategy and roadmap based on industry / customer needs.
  • Serve as the product subject matter expert. Responsibilities include representing the solution in the marketplace, support of internal sales messaging/training, presenting at industry events representing our solutions / value propositions and engaging in customer conversations as needed.
  • Serve as liaison with technology teams; activities include development of the business case to articulate ROI / business value, defining business requirements, driving enhancement prioritization and addressing product issues as they arise.--
  • Analyze the market and engage with customers to identify opportunities to evolve the product offering support of business growth and retention goals.
  • Define solution value propositions and collaborate with product marketing to deploy into the market with consideration of white papers, brochures, social media, web pages, online events and more.-- Qualifications:
    • Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in a B2B marketing role in a complex business environment, including extensive experience with go to market strategy development; experience as a team lead desired.
    • Must have an understanding of Marketing Planning, Product Marketing, Marketing Communications, traditional and new marketing tactics, channel marketing and the infrastructure and tools necessary to support these activities.
    • Bachelor's degree in marketing, finance, management or similar field required; M.B.A. preferred or equivalent business experience Extra Points for any of the Following:
      • Experience in the technology and/or data industries or working with technology and/or data-related products and services preferred.
      • Experience working in Human Capital Management solutions or HR Technology preferred; knowledge or the recruiting process is a plus.--
      • Working in a highly matrixed organization is a plus.
      • Ability to make fact-based recommendations and decisions that align with what is needed to meet the needs of the organization.
      • Ability to influence prioritization of solutions / enhancements across a matrix organization.
      • Manage and implement solutions / enhancements effectively.
      • Strong capability to define and simply communicate the value proposition of the product for markets and segments.
      • Excellent written and verbal skills with sensitivity to diversity of audiences including internal and external groups and at various levels within an organization.
      • Ability to synthesize and translate details of solution delivery for various internal stakeholder groups.
      • Ability to develop effective working relationships within a cross functional team.
      • Ability to adjust to new, changing or ambiguous situations (e.g., different management styles, new methods, systems and procedures) and changing priorities within the business and the marketplace.
      • Initiates and takes responsibility for own development. Success Attributes of an Equifax employee; does this describe you?
        • Accountability
        • Bravery
        • Curiosity
        • Collaboration
        • Think and act differently
        • Trust
        • Ownership
        • Decide-Execute-ShipWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.If this sounds like somewhere you want to work, don't delay, apply today - we're looking for you!Primary Location:USA-St. Louis-LacklandFunction:Function - MarketingSchedule:Full time Email this job to: Your name For US Applicants--
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          Equifax participates in E-Verify and Right to Work (English and Spanish).-- Get tailored job recommendations based on your interests. Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Full time Who is Equifax? At Equifax, we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping employers, employees, financial... St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America Full time Who is Equifax? At Equifax, we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping employers, employees, financial... What we do, where we are. Equifax is a global data, analytics, and technology company. We believe knowledge drives progress. We blend unique data, analytics, and technology with a passion for serving customers globally, to create insights that power decisions to move people forward.
          
          Headquartered in Atlanta, Equifax operates or has investments in 24 countries in North America, Central and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. It is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500-- Index, and its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol EFX. Equifax employs approximately 11,000 employees worldwide.
          
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