Product Manager

GreatAmerica Financial Services

Product Manager managing end-to-end product lifecycle and strategy for equipment financing company GreatAmerica. Collaborating with stakeholders and agile teams to implement product strategies.

Posted 6/20/2026full-timeCedar Rapids • Illinois, Iowa • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define product outcomes and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), break down work into actionable steps to facilitate product discovery, design, development, and delivery.
Manage an end-to-end product lifecycle by implementing a Now, Next, and Later framework that captures a rolling 12-month product roadmap.
Stay abreast of industry trends, competitive landscape changes, recommend new technological trends, and innovative products/features to the teams.
Partner with key stakeholders to identify and prioritize new features and enhancements and record them in Jira.
Influence product decisions by providing consultation and direction to stakeholders.
Identify, analyze, and interpret new requests using various kinds of techniques to meet customer and internal stakeholder needs and requirements.
Talk to customers to understand pain points, new feature opportunities, showcase product capabilities, and go-to-market strategies.
Work with various partners to create screen prototypes/wireframes, gather feedback, and adjust to optimize performance.
Work with the Agile Development Team and Scrum Master, lead backlog planning and grooming, and support Release planning.
Maintain the sprint backlog: refine, estimate, and prioritize work.
Collaborate with BSAs, developers, testers, and UX to clarify requirements.
Participate in daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related disciplines.
4+ years of experience as a product manager/owner.
Experience in the financial services or banking industry is a plus.
Experience with Agile and/or SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) in a product owner role.
Track record of creative and strong problem-solving and ability to thrive in a cross-functional and virtual environment.
Strong customer centricity to implement strategies and techniques used to ensure that customers and internal business partners have a positive experience with GreatAmerica products and services at every touch point.
Ability to anticipate shifting market priorities, internal and external customer needs in a manner that consistently adds value.
Ability to deep dive and lead complex product discovery, requirements gathering & design sessions.
Ability to plan and sequence work that captures dependencies and synchronizes resources to achieve business results using key performance indicators.
Strong presentation & communication skills (verbal and written).
Passion for learning about new technologies and identifying ways to drive innovation.
Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Compensation
Monthly Bonuses for Eligible Employees
401(k) and Company Match
Annual Profit Sharing
Paid Time Off
Paid Vacation - starting at 80 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Paid Sick Days - Ten (10) per year with a conversion option for unused time.
Ten (10) Paid Holidays per year
Gym Reimbursement
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Short-Term and Long Term Disability
Company Paid Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Employee Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance
Networking Opportunities
Leadership Development Opportunities
Paid Parking
Service Awards
Hybrid work arrangements
Business casual environment
A strong organizational culture focused on our greatest asset: you!

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Hard Skills & Tools

product managementAgileSAFeproduct lifecycle managementrequirements gatheringproduct discoverybacklog managementsprint planningwireframingOKRs

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcustomer centricitycross-functional collaborationcommunicationpresentationadaptabilityinnovationstakeholder managementanalytical thinkingleadership