Staff Product Manager, CMS

As a Staff Product Manager at Acquia, you'll be tasked with leading the development and adoption of innovative CMS products. Your key responsibilities will include planning competitive feature roadmaps, collaborating with design and engineering teams to define requirements, monitoring customer feedback for continuous improvement, and overseeing product launches. You'll play a crucial role as a bridge between technical and business stakeholders to ensure that product offerings align with customer needs.

To be considered for the Staff Product Manager position at Acquia, candidates should possess 5-9 years of experience in complex product management or equivalent roles. It's critical to have a proven track record of defining and managing enterprise or open-source software, excellent communication skills, analytical problem-solving abilities, and leadership experience. Familiarity with user-centric design and Agile methodologies is also highly beneficial.

The Staff Product Manager at Acquia plays a pivotal role in overseeing well-coordinated product launches. This involves defining the product positioning alongside marketing teams, ensuring all launch efforts align with business goals, and monitoring performance metrics to guide future product decisions. Your leadership will help deliver high-impact solutions that resonate with our customers' needs.

Candidates for the Staff Product Manager role at Acquia should have extensive knowledge of Content Management Systems and experience with open-source software, particularly Drupal. This expertise will enable you to effectively drive the adoption of our CMS products and contribute to innovative feature development that leverages our DXP portfolio.

The work culture at Acquia emphasizes inclusivity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. As a Staff Product Manager, you’ll work within a global team that values your input and empowers you to make informed decisions. The environment is dynamic and encourages innovative thinking, making it an excellent place for someone passionate about developing user-centric digital solutions.

In answering this question, showcase your strategic thinking by discussing how you analyze market trends, identify customer needs, and integrate feedback into your roadmaps to create successful product features.

Mention your familiarity with Agile methodologies, detailing how these practices enhance team collaboration and efficiency while allowing for flexibility during the product development process.

Discuss your approach to prioritization, emphasizing the use of data-driven decision-making and how you balance stakeholder needs with user feedback to deliver the most impactful features.

Provide a detailed example, outlining your role, the strategies you executed, and the measurable results that followed. Highlight your leadership and coordination with cross-functional teams.

Explain the methods you employ to gather user feedback, including surveys, interviews, and analytics, and how you incorporate this information into product development.

Emphasize your communication skills and your commitment to transparency, explaining how you facilitate discussions to find common ground and prioritize tasks according to strategic business goals.

Discuss the key performance indicators (KPIs) you utilize and how you analyze data post-launch to assess user engagement, satisfaction, and overall impact on business objectives.

Mention the analytics tools you are experienced with and explain how data informs your product vision and decisions, leading to enhancements and new features.

Share a specific instance demonstrating your adaptability, detailing what prompted the pivot, how you communicated it to your team, and the final results of the change.

Reflect on Acquia’s mission and values, discussing how they resonate with your career goals and your excitement about contributing to innovative CMS solutions that empower businesses.