Careers: Product Manager

VFM Leonardo is a global technology and online media company for the hospitality industry. We provide e-marketers at hotel brands, management companies and individual properties with technology, sales conversion tools and a global travel network that allows them to better visually merchandise their hotels to millions of consumers each month.

VFM Leonardo is seeking a highly motivated Product Manager to join our growing team.

 
Job Description:

As Product Manager you will be directly responsible for the ideation, development, launch and marketing of new products and features for our online merchandising system, including cross-device media players, channel Apps, and analytics. You will be responsible for product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to deliver winning products.

Responsibilities:

• Research and identify market opportunities and work closely with key stakeholders from other business units to define product vision and strategy and develop and manage the product development roadmap
• Work closely with our customers and internal teams to identify new products and enhancements to existing products and transition ideas through requirements to product launch
• Define requirements in the form of user stories. And work with PMO to define MRDs, PRDs with prioritized features
• Lead the User Experience team to build products that are useful, functional and beautiful
• Lead the User Experience team to define intuitive and easy-to-use user interfaces and process flows as wireframes and mock-ups
• Initiate and prioritize projects within the PMO and engineering, assist in determining the best technical implementation methods, track product development, and develop product launch plans
• Manage beta test and pilot programs with early stage products
• Report on product results, including: usage, costs, revenues and contribution
• Research the competitive landscape and analyze product usage among existing and prospective customers and be the "go-to" person for information on the product, target market and product competitors
• Support “Training the trainer” and other education programs for internal teams (Sales, Customer Success, etc.) to ramp up on new product launches
• Support external training and feature adoption with our channels and chain customer base

 
Qualifications:
 

• You are an experienced product manager with a track record of creating innovative and winning Internet or software solutions
• You are familiar with and have experience with User Centered Design Methods in the software development lifecycle process
• You have strong self-motivation, excellent teamwork skills, and the ability to get things done in a small organization
• You have excellent communication, organizational and analytical skills
• You take pride in your ability to simplify complex requirements and present them to engineers and managers alike in a visual, easy-to-understand way
• You've held a product management or product strategy role in a consumer internet or e-commerce company
• You're familiar with the internet advertising landscape and passionate about great customer-facing features
• In your cover letter please tell us about your prior experience in internet advertising, what you think are 3 examples of great internet products, and what makes them great, since communication skills are incredibly important for this role, we would like to see a flavor of that in your application 
   

If this sounds like a good fit for you, please email your resume to opsjobs@vfmleonardo.com. Application deadline: July 31, 2011.
 
We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.