Director, Product Management Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for director, product management, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for the business assumptions to the Finance group in development of financial models and utilize the resulting models to set offerings and pricing with the OEM Partnership team.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Strong technical knowledge of SaaS and Cloud computing capabilities, architecture, vendor landscape
• Strong business knowledge in the go-to-market strategies and related business considerations of Cloud offerings
• Strong business knowledge in the go-to-market strategies and related business considerations of SaaS offerings
• Knowledge of hybrid deployment models and operational / financial considerations related to tuning for hybrid models
• Definition of the product strategy and product plans and the translation into clear product specifications for the development department, in such a way that in short, mid and long term a sound business result can be achieved
• Guide and drive the development of new products from the initial phase until the final product, in order to get the optimal combination of performance and price in time for the defined market segment
• Work with other product managers and technical teams to build scalable solutions/frameworks
• Comfortable working with product teams using Agile development

In response to your job posting for director, product management, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for financial oversight of budgets to ensure initiative expense remains in line with the product priority & strategy.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience in finance and/or accounting
• Experience driving collaboration and results via cross-functional teams
• Project and/or program mgmt experience
• Strong business acumen and knowledge of macro/micro industry changes and correlated business impacts
• Advanced computer skills, including MS Office suite, to include Excel, Word and Outlook
• Ensuring ongoing governance of lifecycle process, by managing governance process and stage-gate reviews with key stakeholders
• Extending product lifecycle to cross-functional stakeholders
• Driving resolution of issues in a timely manner and escalating quickly when needed

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the director, product management position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for greater financial view to savings opportunities = Financial, Usage, Trend Analysis, Business Cases and Product Pricing.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Understand application programming interfaces
• Write English-language customer-facing product content
• Represent the product and company in front of any audience
• Trusting and trustworthy
• Knowledge of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures
• Demonstrate a growth mind-set, seeks feedback often
• Comfortable with constructive conflict
• Proficient in Agile methodologies and Agile best practices

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the director, product management position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for strong product leadership and partner with engineering resources to efficiently and effectively drive agile product development including setting scope, prioritizing features & stories, managing progress, and defining acceptance criteria.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Keeps human centered design principles at the forefront while managing a healthy backlog to improve experiences through agile development and process improvement
• Understands risks, controls, performance, and gaps for the experiences managed and participates in management routines across the experience hierarchy
• Experience leveraging data to make business decisions, process engineering, and/or agile development
• Leads efforts to expand or change existing product features
• Accountable for the development and delivery of product and financial plans and forecasts
• Generates innovation and solutions for customer needs to ensure a dynamic product development pipeline exists
• Develops roadmaps for Member needs, translating business cases into beautiful experiences for Experience Owners to execute, while focusing on human-centered design
• Builds and manages a high performing team of Experience Owners through recruitment, training, coaching, performance management, and related managerial activities

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the director, product management position.

Previously, I was responsible for agile Leadership coaching and training to Scrum Masters, Scrum teams, Product Owners, functional managers, and executives.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Proven track record in designing and developing indices or structured products for cash equity and/or other asset classes
• Strong relevant experience in the financial services industry
• Partners with Marketing to define and implement product strategy
• The Canada Distribution Segmentis comprised of 22 supply centers in Canada under the Gentek brand
• The Direct Segment sells only the company’s manufactured products to a variety of national and regional distributor customers and national dealer customers
• Extensive experience with stage gate new product development process
• Has a strong experience set and sense of the market, competition, and products and services
• A complete understanding of agile methodology