Product Manager

Job Description
We are seeking a Product Manager to support our Fortune 100 financial services client’s Global AR Digital Product Management team in leading the transformation of Accounts Receivable capabilities for card platforms and building the next generation of technology assets.
The role will lead Product Discovery, understanding the ‘who,’ ‘why,’ and ‘what’ in collaboration with a multitude of cross-functional product and engineering stakeholders to define requirements and write features with clear, measurable acceptance criteria.  The individual must have great business acumen, a love of technology, and strong product management skills. 
The Details:
Location: Hybrid in Phoenix, AZ (3 days per week onsite required)
Duration: 6-month contract-to-hire
Benefits:  We do offer benefits to our full-time consultants, including Health, Vision, Dental, 401K plan, Life Insurance, Pretax Commuter Benefits, and an incredibly supportive team cheering you on!
What you’ll do:
You will work within the US Consumer and Small business markets to understand and support the definition and documentation of the roadmap and product vision, mapping user stories to the needs of the business and ensuring that product delivery meets business needs.  You will collaborate with Scrum teams, Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, Engineers, and other Product Owners/Managers across the globe to refine features and prioritize backlogs to effectively deliver Global Accounts Receivable initiatives. 
Translate complex business objectives into features, working closely with engineering to provide the information required for those teams to successfully deliver software products.
Ensure what the team builds is aligned with what is needed to achieve the desired outcomes.
Lead refinement, and own/prioritize the team’s backlog.
Execute agile methodologies with collaboration in a dynamic product development environment.
Maintain the product backlog and ensure user stories are aligned to underlying product outcomes. 
Support the Product Manager(s) to ensure in the identification of technical problems, and devise solutions as they relate to the current and future business environment. 
Participate in retrospectives to ensure lessons learned are carried forward in subsequent development activities. 
Lead the team in defining what needs to change on the platform to support a particular business feature (impact analysis / approach definition).
Manage team capacity by prioritizing / planning work through Rally stories and project future capacity needs based on pipeline work.
Ensure feature refinement conforms to definition of ready, and acceptance test criteria is completed to definition of done. 
Foster and contribute to a culture of ownership, follow-through, and collaboration by adopting a mindset of doing whatever it takes to make the team successful.
Identify risks, challenges, opportunities, and business integration needs.
Enable cross-functional collaboration with relevant teams within the product scope.
Prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog consistent with the Outcomes and Product Roadmap and perform story elaboration with the implementation team.
Work closely with the design and technology teams to develop, test, and deliver the defined capabilities and rapidly iterate new solutions.
Review/demonstrate sprint-related or general functionality with external partners and customers.
Coordinate communication and facilitates resolution of risks, issues, and changes tied to the product backlog.
Create documentation which identifies and highlights gaps in the end user experience from production launches.
Ensure that the appropriate tracking and reporting is in place to monitor performance post launch to evaluate future investment.