Product Manager

What’s Under the Hood DriveTime Family of Brands includes in-house financing and servicing through Bridgecrest, which is one of the country’s leading financial servicing providers. Bridgecrest services roughly $25+ billion in finance receivables for DriveTime and other third parties. We service auto loans across a wide credit spectrum with the intent of creating a strong path to vehicle ownership for our customers. That’s Nice, But What’s the Job? In short, as a Product Manager you   own   end-to-end product delivery, from problem ideation and definition through   launch   and post- delivery   outcomes .   You   remain   actively engaged through solution design, development,   and   testing   to ensure outcomes match intent.   Y ou proactively keep   stakeholders   informed,   remove   roadblocks, and drive   timely   decisions to keep ini ti atives on track.       In   long , our Product Managers   are responsible for :    Owning the product vision and   executing   the product roadmap, articulating the features that feed the roadmap    Influencing roadmap and investment decisions beyond an individual feature or release   Assessing business needs and value,   determining   potential solution options, and making strategic tradeoff decisions to   choose the   solution with the best ROI   Establishing schedules, guidelines, and procedures and   determining   the most effective way to deliver a complete solution to an identified problem    Owning software vendor assessment and relationships to support business goals.    Working with business owners and development teams to analyze, prioritize, and organize business requirements to ensure efforts focus on the most critical needs    Defining business requirements by partnering with internal and external stakeholders    Facilitating and leading discussions with technology teams and business users to define business requirements and acceptance criteria    Managing projects from ideation to delivery, ensuring the intent and execution are aligned    Working cross-functionally with strategy analytics ,   process,    operations , legal ,   an d compliance   to ensure products are delivered successfully    Communicating the vision and goals for a project, and   support ing   the development team through the achievement of those goals    Conducting meetings with all business levels to communicate new initiatives, features and rollout of new products and services    Ensuring success criteria are measured and results are socialized to key stakeholders        So   What Kind of Folks Are We Looking for?      Excellent verbal and written communication skills.   The ability to talk and write with confidence,   charisma   and competence for a wide variety of   audiences   including management.    A mind for the details.    Okay   we know “detail-oriented” is   on about   every job description – but we really mean it!      Agile in a fast-past environment.   We move, and we move quickly.  Thriving in an environment that never   stops,   is   a must .    Plays well with others.    You will be working in a high-functioning team environment.  We work together   in order to   win together.    Organization and time management skills in spades.    You’ll   be handling multiple projects and deadlines that will require you to prioritize then re-prioritize… then… re-prioritize again.    Exceptional interpersonal skills . Friendly and tactful with the ability to influence others, effectively manage conflict, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage   highly sensitive   and confidential information, interact at all levels within the organization, and build cross-functional partnerships across the business    Rebel with a cause.    You are always looking beyond the obvious for continuous improvement.    Takes   a hold   of the