Job Title: Sr. Product Manager
Location: Foster City

As a Senior Product Manager at MarketLive, you will contribute to the growth of MarketLive’s leadership position in the e-commerce marketplace by advancing MarketLive’ products and maximizing the value they bring to our customers. You will take part in a variety of product management activities related to the development of our core e-commerce application and platform. These activities will include product strategy, market requirements, product requirements, and product roll-out.

You are right for MarketLive’s Product Management team if you enjoy…

• Moving the Right Business Metrics Up and To the Right

• Surface the key metrics which drive the success of specific products that align with ML’s business goals

• Work with marketing & sales to articulate the value prop of specific ML products

• Driving the Product Definition of Specific Products

• Write MRDs / PRDs that justify the business case, define the users, workflow, UI, and product requirements

• Work with cross-functional team to deliver products using iterative methods

• Manage products cradle to grave

• Understanding the Market / Competition

• You stay up to date on the market needs, niche verticals, and the things that make various customer segments unique

• You have a strong understanding of ML competition and how to innovate to surpass the competition

• Satisfying Customer Needs

• You live, breathe and sleep the customer and are passionate about delivering a great customer experience

• You enjoy challenges and make usability a top priority

• Customer contact is a top priority and you make time to connect with our customers on a regular basis

• Systematically build features that delight each group which in turn creates referenceable customers

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assume product(s)/release(s) ownership, including defining strategy, priorities, scope and requirements for new products and for releases of existing products.

• Collect and research customer needs, identify and generalize common needs between customers, and determine priorities.

• Manage cross-functional product release efforts including requirements, specification, R&D, marketing, sales training, etc.

• Identify, develop and manage strategic partnerships with third-party software providers to complement MarketLive’s product strategy.

• Author clear product-related documentation, such as marketing material, product requirements documents, feature descriptions for sales, etc.

• Follow and analyze industry trends, as well as collect and research competitive information to ensure MarketLive’s products maintain their leadership position.

• Participate in trade shows and professional events representing MarketLive and promoting its products.

• Support marketing and sales activities by providing product knowledge, guidance, and training.

• This position requires about 5 to 10% travel (domestic travel to other MarketLive offices and customer sites).

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering, computer sciences, or related field. Masters degree in marketing or engineering is a plus (including MBA).

• Proven track record as a product manager leading complete life cycles of winning products in a fast-paced environment (prefer start-up experience)

• At least 2 years of experience in e-commerce or related field (ideal but not a deal breaker)

• At least 5 years product management experience in software companies, preferably enterprise software.

• Proven ability to initiate and author comprehensive requirement specifications for software products (PRDs). Should be able to provide examples of work products.

• A strong plus if familiarity with some/all of the following; e-commerce servers, PCI & Security, Java / J2EE, web services (XML/SOAP), open source technologies, web-based graphical user interfaces, and relational databases (i.e. to a level allowing technical discussions with engineering teams and external developers)

• Team player with demonstrated leadership and presentation / communication skills.

• U.S. work authorization is required.

PRINCIPALS ONLY, NO RECRUITERS PLEASE