Vice President, Product Manager, Environmental New York City, NY

Vice President, Product Manager, Environmental

• Company

  Markit

• Location

  New York City, NY

• Compensation

  Commensurate with your experience

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  Jan 31, 2013

• eFC Ref no

  1088239

The position is to assist in carrying out our existing strategy for the growth of environmental assets and products; help define new asset or product growth and then lead and direct the implementation of some of these products.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Manage product release schedules, coordinating development, operations, business analysts, testing and sales and ensuring commitments are met.
• Coordinate resources across various product platforms for end-to-end solutions.
• Understand and communicate the business drivers behind usage of Markit environmental products.
• Aid with new product direction and positioning, define features, and set enhancement schedules
• Draft and / or coordinate creation of external and internal communications including working with sales on marketing materials
• Meet with clients to provide product expertise and support the sales process

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• College Degree (Masters/MBA desirable); 7--10 years product development experience in environmental markets (carbon, water, biodiversity, renewable energy).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Very strong inter-personal and influencing skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Project management experience
• Ability to work under pressure, multi-task and consistently meet tight deadlines
• Previous experience in leading commercial discussions and negotiations on new products;
• None initially, but history of increasing management, product and/or project management responsibility is important
• Energetic, Self motivated
• Ability to create a vision and execute on it
• Strong organizational skills and attention to details
• Very strong interpersonal and communications skills required
• Ability to work well both across and within the team