Product Manager, Digital Products | Remote

Lifeway is hiring a full time Product Manager, Digital Products. The Product Manager, Digital Products will set product vision and roadmaps, be the face and owner of Lifeway’s digital discipleship offerings, and work alongside Church Ministry area leaders to develop a digital product strategy that is centered on the needs of customers. Will determine customer needs, communicate business and customer problems /needs / business requirements to the Technical Platform Manager. This role will require cross-functional collaboration with internal and external partners and will serve as a member of the Church Ministries Leadership Team.

Why Lifeway? 

Lifeway is a place where you can bring your faith and work experience to join in the most important mission in the world: making disciples of Jesus Christ. Whether you’re a creator or storyteller, data guru or problem-solver, or anywhere in between, if you’re passionate about serving the church, we have a place for you. Lifeway has a strong Work from Anywhere (WFA) culture that is deeply focused on our mission and values. While headquartered in Nashville, TN, many of our positions are remote-eligible and have autonomy and flexibility with work hours. We provide equipment and resources to ensure team members have access to a productive and ergonomic workspace. We believe building relationships and community is essential to how we work together, so Lifeway hosts all-team meetings several times per year and provides travel for key team gatherings for remote-based team members. Full-time employees are eligible for enrollment in our comprehensive benefits plans including healthcare, vacation and sick time, holiday pay, care days, 401(k) plan, maternity and paternity leave, adoption assistance, mission trip time, and more. If this sounds like a place where you would be excited to serve the kingdom of God, we would love for you to join our team.

Learn more about our culture at team.lifeway.com/culture-code 

This is a remote position in the U.S. with occasional travel to Nashville for in-person team gatherings.

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Following is a summary of the essential functions. Other duties may be performed which are not mentioned below.

• Strategic Leadership – Responsible for the development and execution of Lifeway’s digital product strategy. Set the vision and roadmap for Lifeway’s digital offerings determining business stakeholders, metrics for success, pricing strategies, and writing business requirements.
• Thought Leadership – Utilize market research and industry best standards, collect and analyze customer feedback, be the owner of the product internally and externally, and initiate cross-functional teams with learned data and product enhancement recommendations.
• Financial Plan – Execute current year plan by working with all stakeholders to properly align resources to achieve goals identified in the operations budget.
• Market Knowledge – Determine customer needs, use cases, and anticipate future needs of church leaders to develop digital product platforms and resources that chart what’s next for Lifeway’s customers. Continually develop an awareness of Lifeway’s product offerings guiding the team to think digitally as resources are created.
• Collaboration –Collaborates with Church Ministries Leadership team, Technical Platform Manager, UX, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support to achieve long-term and short-term goals of Lifeway’s digital product strategy. Other duties assigned. 

Required Qualifications - The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor’s degree

Minimum Required Experience:

• 8 years of product management, strong preference given to technology products
• 8 years leadership in IT project management or digital publishing.
• 5 years leadership in a church, non-profit or parachurch organization.  

KSAs (knowledge/skills/abilities):

• Strategic thinker – Advanced 
• Collaborator – Advanced
• Communication skills – Advanced 
• Leadership skills – Proficient
• Ability to cast and execute vision – Proficient
• Knowledge of church practice – Proficient

Other Job Requirements:

• Ability to travel, occasionally overnight
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times. 
• Membership/active in a Southern Baptist church preferred
• Travel - 10%