[Remote] Liferay Product Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Youth Villages is a national leader in children’s mental and behavioral health, transforming the lives of children and families through innovative programs. They are seeking a Liferay Product Manager to oversee the product management of their proprietary clinical platform, GuideTree, collaborating with various internal teams and managing the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Serves as internal system administrator for the Liferay environments (i.e., development, QA, and production)
• Handles all basic administrative functions including user account maintenance, workflows, and other routine tasks
• Manages Liferay data feeds and other integrations
• Completes regular internal system audits and prepares for upgrades
• Acts as technical lead for all Liferay projects
• Conducts discovery to gather business requirements for initial and on-going development projects in Liferay, documenting and organizing them into features, stories, and tasks
• Understands and documents current and future state business processes
• Understands business needs and translates them into requirements for use by a cross-functional software development team (currently an external vendor), modifying and updating them as needed
• Works with various internal and external teams to understand clinical and operational data needs and ensure solutions align
• Prepares and maintains the product roadmap that defines product development in both the short and long term
• Support Product Analyst(s) in managing all help desk tickets and support requests for the product
• Assists in training new back-end users, as needed, in partnership with Product Analyst(s)
• Provides data about the product to business development teams
• Supports Clinical Services in loading and managing content effectively
• Facilitates testing of new Liferay functionality and manage rollouts
• Oversees production of functional, technical, and system design documentation by external vendor, or produce own if not completed by vendor
• Supports Product Analyst(s) in providing expert support to end users in managing system and process changes
• Proposes and manages the product budget
• Manages external vendor and partner relationships for product development
• Ensures solutions follow best practices as well as meet business needs
• Monitors and evaluates new technologies and features, informing the company on their potential application to the product
• Reports analytics on platform utilization and functionality
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (required)
• 5+ years of product management or similarly related experience in lieu of degree (acceptable)
• 3+ years of experience working in Information Technology (required)
• Experience managing digital experience or horizontal portal platform, preferably on Liferay DXP (required)
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written, verbal, and oral skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products
• Ability to maintain a flexible schedule
• Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or related field (strongly preferred)
• Understanding of Liferay DXP platform, including Liferay best practices and functionality (strong plus)
• Experience using Liferay Analytics (strongly preferred)
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle (preferred)
• JAVA programming experience (preferred)
• Experience with non-profits (strongly preferred)

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug Coverage and Vision
• 401(k)
• 2 week paid vacation (full-time) / 1 week paid vacation (part-time)
• 12 paid sick days per year
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Mileage & Cell Phone Reimbursement (when applicable)
• Tuition reimbursement and licensure supervision
• Growth & development through continuous training
• Clinical and administrative advancement opportunities

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