533993BR

Title:

Lead Product Manager

What you'll do... :

H&R Block Financial Products team works on building and improving a range of financial products designed to meet our customers’ diverse financial health needs. These products include:

• Spruce: A mobile banking application

• Emerald Card: A pre-paid card

• Emerald Advance A seasonal loan product

• Refund Advance: A free tax advance

• Refund Transfer: A pay-by-refund option for tax preparation fees

   

We’re seeking a driven, action-oriented self-starter to join our team as a Lead Product Manager to help us drive efficiencies in operations and let us serve our financial products customers better as we modernize our internal facing operational and support tools.

You will be responsible for developing, planning, and managing the implementation of system improvements, features, and internal client experiences. Leading a collaborative squad of engineering, operations, and product colleagues, you will manage the full life cycle from ideation, research, and business case to launch and ongoing maintenance. Working with stakeholders, partners, and clients to craft a product that accomplishes goals within timeframes and funding allocated, you will be the engine behind the product.  This role will report to the Director, GTM, Engagement and Data and provide exposure to a range of business and functional leaders.

Day to day, you'll...

• Build rapport, confidence and trust between operational leaders, product managers, and internal customers with the end goal of completing development work that drives operational efficiencies and serves our customers better.

• As part of a multi-disciplinary software team, function as the product manager responsible for our internal operational systems and tools

• Develop feature lists, user stories, and roadmaps for building and maintaining systems, which includes developing technical diagrams, data flow diagrams, and deep technical understanding of existing processes.

• Maintain and prioritize the squad backlog and coordinate with other stakeholders as progress is made and deliverable dates are updated. 

• Develop improvement options including goals, time frames, and funding limitations and to model operational efficiencies in various forms (such as time saved, errors reduced, losses avoided, etc) as we evaluate competing priorities.

• Gather new business ideas from internal sources, external reference companies and listening to customer feedback, including being able to surface business issues.

• Manage other product managers and reporting analysts that support data and operational improvement.

• Support the development of associates along with modeling true product leadership to the broader product and operations team.

• Work on multiple projects at once, sometimes as an individual contributor and sometimes leading cross-functional teams.

Job ID:

533993BR

Address1:

Remote - Anywhere in the U.S.

City:

Remote

State:

Colorado

About H&R Block... :

H&R Block’s purpose is simple: To provide help and inspire confidence in our clients and communities everywhere. We’ve been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. Since then, we’ve grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and around the world.

We are a people company first and a tax company second. People who join H&R Block say it feels like being part of something bigger. A place with an amazing and storied history, but with a strong and urgent focus on the future. Maybe it’s how determined, forward thinking and innovative we are, or how accessible our leadership is. We believe it’s all those things, and much more.

H&R Block is committed to diversity and inclusion and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. All qualified applicants are welcomed and encouraged to apply.

Employee Type:

Regular

It would be even better if you also had... :

• An MBA or other advanced degree (preferred) or equivalent practical experience 

What you'll bring to the team... :

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree

• 7+ years’ experience as a product owner, as a Product Manager, Program Manager or related field, launching digital products 

• Strong creative problem-solving skills 

• Ability to navigate ambiguity to provide solutions 

• Strong understanding of mobile and web technologies and financial services industries 

• Experience building operational tools for financial institutions

• A diligent attention to detail and strong technical intuition 

• Experience with engagement technical solutions 

• Strong analytical skills and experience with tools for doing data analysis 

• Working knowledge of agile development methodologies 

• Superior communication skills, with an ability to cater written and verbal communications to varied audiences, including executives 

• High level of organization, integrity, and great follow-through on tasks with high autonomy of delivery 

• Self-starter with a demonstrated passion for creatively solving problems for customers

Posting Title:

Lead Product Manager - Internal Tools/Operations

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Job Family:

Product Management

WOTC Eligibility Check:

Yes

Pay Range Minimum:

107000

Pay Range Maximum:

171000

Pay Range Information:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Local minimum wage laws apply. This information is posted pursuant to local requirements to provide applicants with information about what they might be eligible to receive. Individual pay decisions will depend on job-related factors such as experience, education, skill, performance, and geographic location where work will be performed.

Successful candidates may be able to participate in one or more incentive compensation or short-term incentive plans, which could generate additional earnings in accordance with the terms of each plan.

Qualifying associates can enroll themselves and/or their eligible dependents in medical and prescription drug coverage; can participate in the H&R Block Retirement Savings Plan (401(k) Plan), the Employee Assistance Program, (virtual) fitness center programs, and the associate discount program; are automatically enrolled in Business Travel Accident Insurance; and receive Associate Tax Prep benefit.

For best consideration, please submit your application materials by::

09/09/2024