Product Manager-Localeze

Company Information

Founded in 2004, Localeze helps national brands and local merchants to structure, enhance and distribute data that will make them prominent to consumers searching for local goods and services online.

Job Purpose

Currently, Localeze is seeking a product manager, responsible for managing our content acquisition products and content distribution products throughout the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with Engineering to deliver revenue-generating offerings.   The product manager drives the strategy, direction, execution and financial results for his/her products.Localeze helps merchants, marketers and local directories cash in on the exploding local-search market. Our rich repository of business listings connects consumers with local businesses at the moment they're ready to buy — and lets local directories offer the richest possible data.

Key Responsibilities

• Define new products
• Develop/refine product roadmap
• Maintain the product portfolio
• Develop market/product requirements based on market analysis and customer input
• Insure continual alignment between projects and business cases, strategic objectives and market requirements
• Drive the creation of project plans for design, development and delivery
• Document and communicate project parameters
• Track product line profitability

Qualifications

• Recent experience in product management for internet offerings; search-related experience a plus
• Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams and influence outcomes
• Analytical problem solving and decision making skills
• Ability to understand the details of technical, operations and business challenges
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience working in fast-paced environments
• 6—8 years work experience

Education Required

Bachelor's degree required; MBA a plus..

Submission Guidelines

• Email is the preferred method of retrieval (see contact information below)
• Candidates should include resume, cover letter, and salary requirements

Localeze
Attn: Recruiting Manager
8010 Towers Crescent Drive
Fifth Floor
Vienna, VA 22182
Jobs@targusinfo.com