Product Manager, Stewardship (EU)

A Product Manager, Stewardship at Glass Lewis is responsible for managing a suite of products that cater to the stewardship needs of institutional investors. This includes defining product strategies, collaborating with various teams to align client insights with product development, and ensuring successful product launches and enhancements.

Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in ESG and corporate governance, specifically in stewardship processes for institutional investors. Strong communication skills, project management experience, and the ability to translate client needs into product features are essential.

The Product Manager, Stewardship works closely with sales, marketing, and product operations teams. This collaboration is crucial for understanding market needs, prioritizing product features, and ensuring effective communication about product strategies across the organization.

Key responsibilities include developing product vision and strategy, managing the product development lifecycle from concept to launch, leading cross-functional teams, and staying informed about industry trends that might impact stewardship products and client needs.

A successful Product Manager, Stewardship should possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication capabilities, the ability to manage competing interests in projects, and a genuine curiosity about understanding client needs to develop compelling solutions.

When answering this question, highlight specific roles or projects where you engaged with ESG frameworks and corporate governance. Discuss any relevant tools you used and how your contributions helped stakeholders make informed decisions.

Focus on outlining methods like client interviews, surveys, or market research. Discuss how you would analyze this data to translate client needs into actionable product developments and enhancements.

Provide an example illustrating your leadership skills, focusing on specific challenges like conflicting priorities and how you navigated these to ensure successful project completion.

Explain your approach to prioritization, such as utilizing user feedback, market analysis, and aligning enhancements with the overall strategy to meet client demands effectively.

Stay informed and mention trends like increased regulatory scrutiny, the growing importance of ESG factors to investors, and how technology might enhance data transparency and reporting for stewardship.

Discuss tools and methods you would use to facilitate clear communication, such as regular meetings, updates, completing shared documents, and tailoring messages to suit different team needs.

Identify challenges like regulatory compliance, the demand for transparency, and effectively balancing long-term objectives with short-term market pressures, and suggest possible solutions.

Mention metrics such as engagement rates, client satisfaction surveys, retention statistics, and overall product adoption rates, explaining how you would track these over time.

Provide a concrete example where you took feedback from clients and, through an iterative process, translated that into new features or adjustments that enhanced the product's value.

Express your admiration for Glass Lewis’s commitment to governance solutions and how your passion for sustainability and ESG aligns with their mission, positioning yourself as both a fit and a contributor to their objectives.