Product Development Specialist (Product Manager)

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-15 Level: To be minimally qualified for this position you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 which is the next lower grade level of the normal line of progression of this position in the Federal government. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience serving as a digital Product Manager (or in a similar position), who is responsible for defining and managing product roadmap definitions, lifecycles and enhancements. This would include experience establishing the current state of products in order to define direction and goals based on customer needs and business requirements; defining desired experiences for key product users; conducting research to determine what new digital features should be incorporated and developing product performance metrics. In addition, you must have: Experience developing and managing web analytics programs and tools to track and analyze data to assess and improve the effectiveness of a website. Experience with digital/multi-media marketing to build brand recognition, using digital channels. Experience compiling data from various products and channels for an all-inclusive analysis. Experience must also include developing data visualization techniques, such as dashboards to compile data and visualize trends and occurrences to understand Key Performance Indicators and other strategic data; and, Developing, launching and managing new digital features and/or products and/or 3rd party application programming interfaces (API). AND MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks. AND TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to “All US Citizens”. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM’s Qualifications Standards.
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