Product Manager - Wichita, Ks (Hybrid Schedule Eligible)

At Emprise Bank, everything we do is focused on empowering the neighborhoods, businesses, and people in our communities to thrive. We proudly work to provide extraordinary customer service and products to help our customers achieve their goals.
We are looking for a Product Manager to join our Innovation and Strategy team. This position will play a pivotal role in bringing to life products and experiences that are desirable by customers, feasible to create, and viable for the bank.
A successful candidate will have:
A strategic mindset to distill complex information into a coherent path forward
Curiosity and a desire to continuously learn about customers and industry trends
A willingness to experiment, fail, and iterate
Confident and articulate verbal/written communication skills
Drive and resilience to improve the bank to better serve customers
Adaptability to adjust to changing circumstances
An ability to build trust and influence without direct authority
An understanding of and commitment to our values
Essential functions of the role:
Research
Proactively stay up to date on trends related to customer behavior, competitive activity, regulatory requirements, and emerging technologies
Use insights to contribute to the bank’s product roadmap and/or company strategy
Product Discovery
Use input from customer insights, data, industry, and company strategy to find customer problems worth solving
Effectively leverage Design Thinking principles through the product discovery:
Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test
Ensure desirability, feasibility, and viability of product concepts
Define product requirements, features, and specifications
Conduct product design, including buy/build analysis
Construct and communicate effective business cases
Product Delivery
Drive cross-functional execution of identified solutions, including Go-to-Market approach
Partner with stakeholders such as Risk/Compliance, Marketing, Finance, Technology, Data, Operations, Sales, and external vendor partners to deliver products
Ensure effective communication, alignment, and collaboration with relevant internal and external stakeholders through the entire product development lifecycle
Stakeholder Collaboration
Develop and maintain effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
Advocate for the bank and its customers to ensure products meet customer needs
Lead cross-functional teams towards goals without having direct formal authority
Requirements
Bachelors degree required or equivalent combination of experience and education
5+ years in banking, finance, technology, product, or similar
Experience generating effective product insights from customer conversations and surveys required
Understanding of financial products and concepts required
Basic data analysis proficiency preferred
Proficiency with large server-based applications and typical desktop software required
Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary and benefits, Emprise offers professional growth, a rewarding and challenging environment, opportunities to be involved in our communities, and a culture of integrity, passion, and success. We also offer shift differential pay for bilingual candidates!
At Emprise Bank, empowering people to thrive means having an all-inclusive culture that honors our commitment to all dimensions of diversity in our workforce and embraces inclusion of all people. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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Emprise Bank is an EEO/AA/ADA/Veteran Employer/Member FDIC/Drug Free Workplace.
Emprise Bank participates in E-Verify and will provide your Form-I 9 to the federal government to confirm authorization to work in the United States.