Vaco
Who you are:
- Agreat teammate, you are able to contribute and thrive within a fast-paced environment.
- A creative problem solver,you are energized by roadblocks and have a knack for troubleshooting problems in stride and solving them in a calm, cool, and collected manner.
- A collaborator,you love to partner with others in your work and prefer to drive the group to a decision.
Core responsibilities:
- You develop and implement product strategies consistent with the company vision.
- You collect and analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders, and other teams to shape features and end Products.
- You ensure products and releases are launched correctly and on schedule.
- You make creative recommendations to expand the product base and vision.
- You suggest ways to track product use and impact on end users.
- You maintain and manage a healthy backlog and prioritize based on changing requirements.
- You interact and collaborate with the product team, marketing, development, QA, project managers, leadership initiatives, feedback, and additional requirements to put in the backlog.
- You manage and interact with cross-functional teams to include confirmation of requirements and review and test features and releases for users in both desktop and mobile worlds.
- You ensure ongoing feature enhancement of digital products to keep up with changing market needs.
- You collaborate closely with technology teams to provide clear direction on Agile product backlog, epic and user story requirements, and feature delivery.
- You oversee development stages through each event, including planning, refinement, and sprint review.
- You accept user stories as done based on acceptance criteria and definition of done.
- You understand technical feasibility and optimal implementation processes in web environments.
- You prepare requirements and specifications for website and web application product backlogs.
- You collaborate with development and engineering teams (Prioritize work, maintain processes, and monitor progress).
- You address technical and logistical challenges to promote innovation.
Requirements:
- You understand implementing APIs, server-side scripting, and database integrations. Strong knowledge of web accessibility best practices.
- You’re proficient with web development technologies like React.js, NodeJS, and Kubernetes.
- You have strong analytical skills and an understanding of complex web development issues.
- You have hands-on experience in software and web development in a CI/CD environment.
- You have hands-on experience with front-end technologies like MUI, Headless UI, and shared CSS libraries.
- You have five years of relative experience in Program Management, Product Management, and Agile Framework (Scrum, KanBan).
- You have experience with SDLC, problem-solving, and creative thinking.
- You have excellent communication skills.
- You have organizational and leadership skills.
- You have proven experience setting direction for technology teams, prioritizing development activities, and driving new product development investments in an organization using Agile methodologies.
- You understand UI/UX design practices.
- BS/BA in Computer Science, Marketing, or a related field or equivalent relative experience.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected] .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco’s HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
