Are you a product manager who enjoys turning employee needs into intuitive, effective workplace technology experiences? This role offers the opportunity to help shape a portfolio of productivity and collaboration platforms—including Atlassian, Wrike, Lucid Suite, Zoom, and Slido—used by approximately 1,200 employees. You will partner with stakeholders to define requirements, guide product roadmaps, strengthen adoption, and ensure technology investments deliver meaningful value across CFA Institute.

The Product Manager, Employee Technology supports the product roadmap and stakeholder experience for an assigned portion of CFA Institute’s employee productivity and collaboration technology portfolio, spanning platforms such as the Atlassian suite (Jira Software, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Jira Product Discovery), Wrike, Lucid Suite, Camtasia, Zoom and Slido, serving approximately 1,200 employees. This role partners with business stakeholders to translate workplace technology needs into product requirements, supports platform adoption and continuous improvement, and contributes subject-matter expertise on platform capability, licensing and configuration that informs vendor and budget decisions owned by the Manager, Employee Technology Portfolio.

This position may be based in approved jurisdictions in the United States. It reports to the Director, SRE and Cyber Hygiene, and is eligible for flexible working arrangements including remote/hybrid.

What You’ll Do

Product Strategy & Roadmap

Support the roadmap for an assigned portion of the employee technology portfolio (e.g., collaboration, work management or diagramming platforms), aligning priorities with stakeholder needs and organizational goals.
Identify opportunities to improve adoption, usability and value realization across in-scope platforms.
Contribute requirements and supporting analysis for business cases on new or expanded platform capability.

Stakeholder Consultation & Demand Intake

Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for stakeholder requests within assigned platform area(s); diagnose the underlying business need and recommend solutions that use existing capability before new procurement is considered.
Partner with Procurement, Information Security, Cloud Operations, People & Culture and business line stakeholders to support intake, review and adoption of workplace technology.
Provide consultative support to business stakeholders on configuration, best practice and use of in-scope platforms.

Vendor & Platform Support

Support vendor relationship activities for assigned platforms, including usage and entitlement analysis, and prepare renewal and quote materials for review and negotiation by the Manager, Employee Technology Portfolio.
Contribute subject-matter expertise on platform capability, licensing and configuration to inform renewal, consolidation and reclamation decisions made by the Manager.
Coordinate vendor-led demonstrations, enablement sessions and migration support for platform enhancements within the assigned area.

Product Lifecycle Management

Maintain and prioritize the backlog for assigned platform area(s) based on stakeholder value, effort and risk.
Partner with platform engineering, business analysis and support resources to translate requirements into configuration and delivery; work assignment and prioritization of those resources remains with the Manager.
Drive continuous improvement through user feedback, usage data and platform performance trends.

Performance & Reporting

Track and report adoption, usage and satisfaction metrics for assigned platforms.
Use data to inform roadmap and portfolio recommendations to divisional leadership.
Escalate issues of the highest complexity or consequence, such as security, compliance or major vendor risk

What You’ll Bring

Bachelor’s degree in statistics, data science, computer science, economics, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Professional experience in data analysis, reporting, or a related analytical role
Foundational knowledge of statistics, data wrangling, and visualization using tools such as Excel, SQL, and Python
Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy in data preparation and reporting
Ability to follow established methods and processes, while recognizing when to escalate novel or ambiguous issues
Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present findings clearly to internal stakeholders
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple assigned tasks under close supervision
Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
Familiarity with AI tools such as Microsoft Co-Pilot, ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor

At CFA Institute, we are committed to transparency and equity in our hiring process. In compliance with wage transparency laws in many of the jurisdictions in which we recruit, we provide the following information regarding compensation for this position: Expected salary range: $95,000 - $145,000 per year. All salary ranges are subject to adjustment based on experience, education, and other factors relevant to the position. Additional benefits include eligibility for an annual incentive bonus, a 12% employer contribution to a 401(k) or pension plan, and a comprehensive medical benefits package.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, including health coverage, generous time off, competitive retirement plans, flexible work options, and wellbeing and development programs. You can learn more on our careers site: Working at CFA Institute | Comprehensive Benefits

About CFA Institute

CFA Institute is the global leader in investment excellence and ethics. With nearly 200,000 charterholders across 160 markets, we promote professional growth, uphold ethical standards, and help advance better financial markets. Join a global organization committed to putting investors first.

Important Message: Your application must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements as CFA Institute cannot make assumptions about your education, experience, or location. We thank all those who apply.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. CFA Institute prohibits both discrimination and harassment with regard to all identifying characteristics: any individual employee, group of employees, or prospective employee on the basis of race, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, religion, creed or belief, age, marital or partnership status, marital or family status, care giver status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, physical abilities/qualities, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, predisposing genetic characteristic, military or veteran status, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence or sex offense or stalking, unemployment status, infectious disease carrier status, migrant worker status, educational background, socio-economic status, geographic location and culture or any other basis protected by applicable law. This policy impacts all aspects of employment, including but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, development, promotion, demotion, layoff, recall, furlough, transfer, leave of absence, and dismissal. This is a global policy that applies to all CFA Institute employees, regardless of location.

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