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Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. Korn Ferry works with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people. Our 10,000 colleagues serve clients in more than 50 countries.

Korn Ferry Digital is a scaled product business unit within Korn Ferry that develops and sells our suite of talent products and HR technology, supporting clients across six solution areas:

• Organizational Strategy
• Assessment and Succession
• Talent Acquisition
• Leadership and Professional Development
• Sales and Service
• Total Rewards

Our comprehensive talent suite leverages a combination of proprietary talent IP, talent data, analytics and insights to help customers understand their workforce and existing talent gaps, and deliver targeted talent interventions at scale using HR technology.

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Within the assessment and succession solution, Korn Ferry Digital offers KF Assess and KF Select, cutting-edge tools designed to evaluate and identify talent across various levels within an organization. KF Assess provides comprehensive insights into employee capabilities and potential, aiding in leadership development and succession planning. KF Select streamlines the hiring process by offering data-driven candidate assessments to ensure the best fit for the role. The growth of KF Digital in this area is driven by the integration of these solutions with advanced analytics, enabling organizations to make informed talent decisions and foster leadership pipelines effectively.

OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE YOUR CAREER - It's about exceeding your potential.

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager who will help deliver our vision for Talent and product analytics for our Assessment and Succession solutions. In this role, you will not only be responsible for executing the vision, strategy, and roadmap for our innovative Assessment and Succession solutions and analytics capabilities, but also advocate for the product's vision and align stakeholders.

You will be the driving force behind ensuring everyone involved understands and supports the direction in which our AandS products are headed. You will be involved in identifying new market opportunities and defining product roadmaps, while driving cross-functional collaboration and ensuring successful product launches.

This position reports to the Vice President, Product Management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shape Vision and Strategic Direction: Shape the vision for our innovative Assessment and Succession solutions and accompanying analytics capabilities. Collaborate closely with other business functions to comprehend needs and translate them into appropriate application functionality.
• Product Strategy and Innovation: Provide guiding vision of product line strategy and roadmaps, identifying key business opportunities and analyzing market research to define the competitive landscape and drive innovation.
• Customer-Centric Approach: Uncover customer pain points and identify market opportunities through direct and indirect interaction with customers, prospects, go-to-market leaders, and analysts.
• Business Case Development: Develop robust business cases and seek approval for funding from senior leadership to support product initiatives and innovations.
• Partnership Development: Cultivate strategic partnerships and relationships with internal stakeholders, and go-to-market teams to drive product growth potential and future innovation opportunities.
• Scaled Solution Development: Collaborate with vertical business leaders and go-to-market teams to create, launch, and scale packaged solutions for our market-leading custome s, enhancing their end-user experiences.
• AI Integration: Identify and explore opportunities to adopt Artificial Intelligence to drive better user outcomes, ensuring our products remain at the forefront of innovation.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with decentralized agile development teams to deliver products, engage in technical conversations, weigh technology choices, and communicate effectively across all levels.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Manage all aspects of product capability throughout the product lifecycle, from definition to sunset, while evaluating and reporting on current product line performance and usage.
• Post-Implementation Support: Lead the post-implementation support effort from a functional and training perspective, ensuring seamless transitions and continued product success.

Professional Experience/Qualifications:

• Innovative Thinker: Creative problem solver and innovator who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience: At least 5 years of experience in product management; proven design and delivery record for cloud solutions; data products experience.
• Industry Familiarity: Familiarity with Talent Management / HCM / Assessment / Analytics / Talent Marketplace solution companies and their offerings.
• Technical Background: Technical acumen with an understanding and hands-on experience in software development.
• Analytical Skills: Strong experience in conducting market research, customer feedback, user testing, and data analysis to drive product improvements and innovations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products that meet customer expectations and business goals.
• Agile Methodologies: Experience in using agile methodologies and tools to plan, execute, and monitor product development cycles.
• Metrics-Driven: Demonstrated experience in launching and evaluating products using various metrics and KPIs.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written, to convey product vision, strategy, and value proposition effectively.
• Adaptability: Strong organizational skills, ability to learn quickly, and willingness to collaborate with highly distributed teams across different time zones.
• Growth Mindset: Growth/metrics orientation with strong analytical abilities and problem-solving acumen.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree required.

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Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry

If you currently work for Korn Ferry or one of our affiliates, you must be eligible to apply for a different position within Korn Ferry to use the Careers Site. If you accept such a position, your benefits programs and Human Resources policies may change. Please consult with your HR contact for the new position concerning application eligibility, including any immigration/visa needs, benefit programs, and HR policies applicable to that position.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to r