Sr. Product Manager
- Spotify
- Full-Time
- New York, NY, USA
- Sep 2022 - Dec 2023
- Product Owner – Led the definition and development of a new internal financial system consisting of frontend, backend, and data systems components
- Product Brief – The new financial system ingests licensor data & other internal data; calculates and tracks music publishing royalties based on contractual terms; tracks manual approvals of financial calculations; prepares financial data to be sent to payments and reporting; and generates financial reports
- User Research – Interviewed end-users and business/accounting stakeholders to identify and define key user journeys, end-user needs, and system requirements and behavior
- UI Design & Prototyping – Owned wireframe design & iterations, testing each design with end-users and incorporating feedback into design updates
- Cross-Functional Collaboration – Partnered with UI designers, backend/frontend/data engineers, accounting, licensing, and business operations teams to ensure on-track development and product expectations were met
- Roadmapping – Created a prioritized feature list roadmap containing near-, mid-, and long-term milestones
- Development – Managed zero-to-one launch product lifecycle, ensuring key milestones were met leveraging agile scrum methodology
- Risk Management – Identified, managed, and addressed technical system risks and product development risks
- Compliance – Ensured financial system compliance with controls and regulations
- Communication & Documentation – Provided regular updates to stakeholders, leadership, and project sponsors and owned product development and launch documentation