Manager, Digital Product Management

Company description

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce.

Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Manager, Digital Product Management

The Technology capability collaborates with other capabilities within Digitas such as Strategy, Creative, Data Science and Media, as well as client business and technology representatives to bring cutting edge digital products and campaigns to life. We also have strategic partnerships with many of the world’s leading marketing and advertising technology vendors that help us leverage the best platforms and tools for our clients.

To help with this, we’re looking for an outstanding Manager, Digital Product Management – someone who can join a new or existing digital project and drive it forward from documenting user stories to shipping code. Sound like you? Read on.

The Digital Product Management practice provides traditional product management and business analysis support (requirements gathering and specification documentation), as well as technology strategy services (e.g. technology assessments and vendor evaluations) to support programs across clients within the agency. These programs range from marketing communication to data engineering to emerging technology. Client‑driven digital tasks are increasing in scope and complexity and the need for effective tech leadership and product management skills has never been greater to deliver on those needs.

As Manager, Digital Product Management, you’ll lead product roadmaps from inception through implementation on a range of highly dynamic digital projects and initiatives within our client portfolio. Learning on the job and becoming an expert in any industry or product in order to offer immediate value is critical to your role.

Day‑to‑day, your role includes:

• Leading all aspects of technical discovery, strategy, definition, and delivery of client projects that includes:
  • Requirements gathering through analysis of the project goals and the client's digital ecosystem, background research, and working sessions/interviews within internal and external stakeholders.
  • Participating in client walkthroughs of requirements, technology recommendations/POVs, and/or live demonstrations of working functionality and capturing feedback.
  • Partnering with client and project teams to define product roadmaps.
  • Auditing and analysis of technologies and vendors under consideration for project solutions.
  • Ensuring any necessary governance or compliance regulations are considered and followed.
• Working with teams of technologists including Digital Product Managers, Architects/Engineers, and QA Engineers and Analysts – both onshore and offshore – in delivering the high quality technology solutions to our clients through the SDLC process.
• Communicating requirements and functional specifications as well as responding to requests for clarification and deeper analysis with the Development Teams.
• Partnering with the QA teams by reviewing and providing feedback on test cases, logging, and triaging defects as well as keeping documentation up to date.
• Assisting in release process in conjunction with tech partners and Dev Ops teams.
• Supporting the Project Manager in scope definition, prioritization of requirements, identifying project tasks, time estimates, assumptions, risks, and dependencies.
• Collaborating with Experience Designers (XD), Art Directors, and Copywriters in the detailed design phase of projects and providing concise,…