The Principal Product Manager partners with Product Leaders, Product Owners, and Engineering to provide a clear product vision and strategy for delivery.  The Principal Product Manager is a key product leader who effectively integrates, motivates and builds relationships with and between product team members, customers, key stakeholders, executives, and other individuals or organizations involved with the end-to-end product life cycle. Through ongoing market analysis, competitive analysis, customer interaction and collaboration with engineering/development, business and financial stakeholders, the Principal Product Manager defines product strategy and goals to meet strategic goals, set priorities, guide and support development and operational activities, and provide direction and oversight to product teams. The Principal Product Manager will have a strategic and broad scope of responsibility across key start up product(s) or solution areas as assigned. 

Note: We do not hire in the following states: AK, AR, DE, HI, ID, LA, ME, MN, MS, NV, NH, NM, ND, OR, RI, SD, VT, VA, WV, WY, D.C.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to facilitate difficult discussions and prioritize competing interests by managing both strategic and tactical interests
• Ability to work effectively and influence cross-functional teams without formal authority leading to positive outcomes and goals
• Ability to surface, prioritize and balance multiple stakeholder priorities
• Ability to define and launch products
• Skills in problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Ability to deal with uncertainty
• Skills in oral and written communication
• Skills in presenting to clients and representing the organization in the market
• Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate across diverse and matrixed stakeholders and customers

Experience:

• 10 years of experience as product owner, product manager or similar role
• 3 - 5 years of experience working in healthcare IT or software
• Depth of experience across product management skills with a track record of delivering successful products to market
• Practical experience or technical background with expertise and experience in SAFe/Agile/Waterfall development methods
• Experience developing and managing product roadmaps, goals and themes, for more one or more products in a product portfolio
• Proven experience with design thinking principles and customer/user experience centered design frameworks
• Experience with researching and understanding both market and customer needs
• Experience leveraging data to inform decision making and assist in solving engineering problems

Required Training, Certification and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) product design, engineering, business or related degree; or equivalent work experience

Benefits and Perks:

• Work/Life Balance – NASCO helps you find success at the workplace, and at home
• Matching 401(k)
• Employee Recognition and Bonus Programs – When NASCO is successful so are our employees!
• Tuition Assistance – Learn, develop, and grow… on our dime!
• E-Learning – Comprehensive and current library of e-learning and performance support assets, available on demand and at no cost
• Choice of Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Company-funded spending/reimbursement accounts to help with out-of-pocket medical expenses
• Wellness Program
• 17 Days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year – not including major holidays. That’s just starting out
• Company discount plans on mobile, technology services, etc., to help you save money

NASCO is an Equal Opportunity Employer/veterans/disability/race/color/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin. Must have legal authority to work in the US

We will not accept applicants that use AI when answering the screening questions. Applicants who use AI to answer any questions or to complete their application will not be considered for employment