Product Development Manager Jobs in Ridgefield Park, NJ

JOB TITLE:

Manager, Product Development

SALARY RANGE:

$160,963 - $189,990

DEPT/DIV:                          

Information Technology

SUPERVISOR:                    

Senior Director, Product Development

LOCATION:

2 Broadway, New York, NY 10004

HOURS OF WORK:           

9:00 am - 5:30 pm (7.5 hours/day) or as required

This position is eligible for teleworking, which is currently 2 days per week. New hires are eligible to apply 30 days after their effective date of hire.

Opening

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people across a 5,000-square-mile travel area surrounding New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. The MTA network comprises the nation’s largest bus fleet and more subway and commuter rail cars than all other U.S. transit systems combined. MTA strives to provide a safe and reliable commute, excellent customer service, and rewarding opportunities.

Summary

This role is responsible for developing and maintaining product lifecycles from inception/innovation through design, build, and ultimately the ongoing run stage before an eventual product retirement. This role must possess knowledge in a core IT discipline and a broad understanding of related domains.

The role is also responsible for managing cross-functional teams assigned to design, build, and maintain one or more product lines. Various products including, but not limited to:

• Corp Finance/ Capital Planning & Budget 
• Legal, Risk & Safety 
• Enterprise Asset Management  
• Workforce Products (Payroll, Pension, Timekeeping, Recruitment)  
• Employee Experience  
• Platforms/Back-End Operations/DBA  
• Bus & Paratransit 
• Scheduling Crew Pick 
• Transportation Intelligent Systems, Train Control  
• B&T Products  
• Customer Experience  
• Revenue Fare Collections 

Responsibilities

• Oversees rigorous quality assurance processes to deliver reliability, performance, and safety objectives. Oversees staff workload and quality of work, addressing performance issues when needed.
• Possesses knowledge in a core IT discipline and a broad understanding of related domains. Implements the product vision and strategy into the product development team’s work. Identifies potential risks to the product and develops mitigation strategies. Escalates risks to leadership as needed.
• Manages product initiatives so they are completed on time and within budget.
• Manages through change, including the ability to adapt to shifting priorities and market conditions.
• Translates strategies and policies into operational plans, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
• Delivers monthly or quarterly results, with performance subject to regular review against targets.
• Collaborates with IT and business leaders to create and manage product roadmaps aligned with digital strategies.
• Ensures team compliance with governance processes and adherence to technology architectures and methodologies.
• Develops, manages, and monitors system support processes to maintain product quality and sustainability.
• Understands customer needs, market trends, and the competitive landscape to inform product strategy and feature prioritization.  
• Manages day-to-day operations and motivates team(s) to achieve results; may be responsible for a budget. Manages team priorities and resource demand/supply; recommends timelines and resources needed to achieve goals and objectives. 
• Supervises a professional team of IT staff in its selection, adoption, development, and support of one or more product lines through all stages of the product lifecycle, from ideation, definition, prototyping, design, validation & testing, launch, run stage, and eventual product retirement. 
• Monitors and manages team activities and deliverables for adherence to relevant enterprise and departmental resource, technology, and operational governance/approval processes, and departmentally spanning technology architectures, models, methods, and tools. 
• Analyzes and monitors effectiveness and efficiency of product(s), and develops, proposes, and implements improvement strategies. 
• Develops and maintains personal knowledge of relevant industry models, methods, and tools, emerging technologies, and high-impact regulatory changes.   

Required for All Jobs

• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards
• May be required to work hours outside regular work hours, as applicable
• Observes the work performed by contractors, as applicable
• Reviews invoices and approves them if the work has contractual standards, as applicable
• Addresses performance issues with the contractor when possible, as applicable
• Escalates issues to other parties when needed, as applicable

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS). A combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 5 plus years of relevant technology experience.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Demonstrated leadership ability.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire, motivate, and empower people to achieve organizational goals.
• Collaboration skills to ensure design specifications are seamlessly implemented by the development team.

Technical Skills

• Expert in deep understanding of technology.
• Strong ability to develop and implement enterprise product solutions. Ability to prioritize, handle multitasking, and work in an agile environment. Ability to quickly learn and understand new technologies.
• Strong experience with managing projects and initiatives.
• Strong experience with constantly shifting needs and demands of the business Departments.
• Experience in at least one software engineering methodology, including but not limited to:  Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, Lean, Rapid Application Development (RAD).
• Experience with the following language(s): Job Specific (e.g Ruby, Python, Java, C++, COBOL, etc).
• Familiarity with the following vendor-specific platforms: Job Specific (e.g., Azure, Windows Server platforms, or Linux).

Leadership Skills

• Expert leadership in leading change by developing inter/intra team communication and cohesiveness; sustainment of culture and supporting staff during organizational growth/changes.
• Expert leadership in leading people by working with staff to develop systems to ensure consistent, high-quality project management discipline for all technology-related initiatives and endeavors.
• Expert leadership in driving results by meeting organizational goals and customer expectations and making decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
• Expert leadership in business acumen by providing direction on evaluation, selection, implementation, and maintenance of information systems, ensuring appropriate investment in strategic and operational systems.
• Expert leadership in building coalitions by internally and externally building partnerships with key stakeholders to help achieve the MTA’s mission or common goals through influence or negotiations

Behavioral Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, provide coaching and direct feedback.
• Expert in active listening, attention to detail, customer service, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
• Expert in working independently and strategically.
• Expert in identifying and analyzing risks and developing effective mitigation strategies.
• Expert technical knowledge and diverse skillset to understand various technologies, systems, and potential risks.
• Expert in critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Expert in interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with both technical and non-technical peers.
• Expert in managing multiple projects simultaneously and prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact.
• Extensive hands-on experience with related tools.
• Expert experience with working under pressure and