AccuWeather · 14 hours ago
Product Manager, Digital Forecasting Systems
State College, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expAccuWeather is recognized as the most accurate and widely used source of weather forecasts. The Product Manager for Digital Forecasting Systems is responsible for the strategy, development, and enhancement of AccuWeather’s digital forecasting platforms, ensuring forecasts are accurate and aligned with company standards.
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Responsibilities
Lead work on our Digital Forecasting Database, UFDB, to ensure forecasts are conveying accurate and actionable forecasts that follow AccuWeather philosophy
Continually prioritize and ensure on-time delivery of an ongoing set of enhancements to the UFDB system bringing benefits of improved accuracy, greater forecast preparation efficiency, process automation and new features
Identify concerns and enhancements to our forecast systems and displays (UFDB, MinuteCast, WinterCast, etc) and work with the appropriate teams to being them to fruition
As a key component of this responsibility, develop and continually monitor process to identify operational weather data related quality concerns within AccuWeather products such that the root cause of such issues are quickly understood and corrected
Ensure the AccuWeather Philosophy is kept up to date through a continuous review process and that training is held for pertinent parts of the organization so all of our communications are properly in line with our standards
Oversee creation and maintenance of products and forecasting systems for the Forecasting Operational team
Work with Forecasting leadership to ensure department runs effectively in producing forecasts and communications that positively represent the company, its mission and standards
Establish, refine and execute a process for new products and changes to ensure philosophy is followed and best practices in weather displays and weather communications are utilized. Engage early in the development process and provide feedback toward these goals
Work with third parties, strategic partners, and cross functional internal teams to further AccuWeather’s reach and feature set
Manage the development sprints; prioritize product enhancements, while simultaneously crushing technical debt
Lead a scrum team comprising of engineers and product designers to execute against your plans quickly
Produce and review product requirement documents to the highest of standards
Own the end-to-end success of projects from requirements definition through design, development, launch, and post-launch analysis
Work with subject matter experts for your products, capabilities and services
Develop a strategy and make creative recommendations to expand our product vision across the portfolio
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree with 4-6 years' experience in product management
Experience working with web and app platforms and frameworks
Demonstrated superior knowledge of digitally distributed products and technology
Experience writing detailed requirements for products, such as wire frames, criteria, and business cases
Ability to interact and communicate with product, design, and development teams of all levels, backgrounds and distributed staffing models
Demonstrated ability to be meticulous detailed with high-quality attention to detail and focus on a broad, strategic orientation
Comfortable prioritizing pipelines of work based on a strategic evaluation of goals and implications
Proven leadership experience, including showing that you can effectively communicate to your team and to upper management
Exceptional communication skills
Driving collective decisions, while being comfortable making independent decisions and thinking through all product ramifications
Highly creative and curious with ability to work within practical boundaries
Flexibility and adaptability to rapidly changing environment
Preferred
A B.S. in Meteorology or Atmospheric Sciences
Company
AccuWeather
AccuWeather provides local weather forecasts for everywhere.
501-1000 employees
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Chief Executive Officer
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