Manager, IT Product Management - 1611459
Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Boston, MA
Posted on: December 2, 2016
Job Description:
Duties: Serve as a member of a team responsible for piloting new
businesses and capabilities in the financial services industry. Research
digital currency and blockchain technologies to build product concepts
in the bitcoin/blockchain space. Primary Responsibilities: · Participate in the entire product line lifecycle of
blockchain based products from strategic planning to tactical
activities. · Specify market requirements for current and future products in
the cryptocurrency industry by conducting market research. · Develop product proposals with clear functionality, customer
value, time to market, and development requirements. · Analyze potential partner relationships for products. · Analyze consumer trends and customer feedback to add new
product ideas to the pipeline. · Participate in planning, design, development, testing,
deployment, releases, and programs/projects. · Partner with the research organization to drive the Research
and Development agenda forward. · Develop and report on product measurement and metrics. · Work closely with designers, project managers, and developers
on an integrated product team. · Serve as the internal and external evangelist for product
offerings. · Engage with the user community to define project and
articulate business information to the group. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education
equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology,
Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3)
years of experience in the job offered or three (3) years of experience
designing and project managing information technology solutions and
implementations within a financial services operations and product development
environment; or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education
equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology,
Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and one (1)
year of experience in the job offered or one (1) year of experience
designing and project managing information technology solutions and
implementations within a financial services operations and product development
environment. Candidate must also possess: Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”)
designing the organizational structures and tools for Innovation Management to
identify and design new financial products and services and continuous
process improvements using Design Thinking and Distributed
Brainstorming methodologies and crowdsourcing tools (Spigit); and
evaluating opportunities through primary and secondary research and
analysis, hackathons, and Lean Startup methodologies; DE analyzing and
developing technology solutions that utilize distributed databases,
blockchains, crypotgraphic proofs, and consensus algorithms -- including
Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrencies -- within an asset management or
digital payments environment; DE evaluating emerging technologies and vendor
solutions to support designing system architectures, developing proof of
concepts, and project management according to Agile methodologies; DE in
business/systems analysis and project management including developing product
proposals and strategic plans based on market requirements under regulatory
compliance for financial products and using Agile and Kanban methodologies
to collaborate with cross-functional, globally distributed teams to
deliver software solutions; Position requires travel approximately 25%
of the time. To apply, visit http://jobs.fidelity.com and search for Job
Number 1611459.
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