Product Manager III at Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee, WI Corporate

Summary: Northwestern Mutual is a leading financial services company, and they are seeking a Product Manager III to drive business results through technology. The role involves working with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, document processes, and manage projects in an agile environment. Responsibilities: - Partner with peer group, business partners and product management to learn business area/domain, while continuing to learn and grow knowledge across the enterprise - Document and assess current state in a few processes, or single business area / domain - Assist with task-based work items in more complex situations - Responsible for fact-based requirement gathering, including all system, technical and intake requests - Author user stories and/or features independently with low to medium complexity while participating in some task-based work in higher complexity situations - Assist throughout the development process as needs arise - Assist with coordinating and reviewing test plans for smaller or non-complex efforts - Independently provide execution on testing as needed (UAT, checkouts, etc.) - Use project management principles to successfully complete and advance work Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree - 1-3 Years Prior Experience in industry or business - Ability to lean on strong communication skills to influence outcomes while approaching conflict with organizational savviness - Deep familiarity of agile & scrum development environments - Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience, judgment and precedents Preferred Qualifications: - Wealth Business knowledge is preferred - Wealth Business and /or digital Domain expertise via previous internships or similar roles in the past - Certifications demonstrating mastery of role specific competencies Required Skills: Wealth Business Domain Expertise, Digital Domain Expertise, Agile Development, Scrum, Requirement Gathering, User Story Authoring, Test Plan Review, User Acceptance Testing, Organizational Savviness, Project Management