Product Analyst
JOB PURPOSE:
Join the Product Management team and be apart of developing long-term strategy for helping our clients be successful. The Product Analyst will lead projects, provide business analysis, and execute on parts of the larger Product strategy. They will also act as Midco’s professional representative when interacting with internal and external contacts and reinforce our aspiration for being a force for good in the communities we serve.
KEY FUNCTIONS:
· Strategic Thinking: assist the Associate Product Manager and Product Managers to develop & implement long-term strategy for business products.
· Project Management: manage a variety of internal projects leading cross-functional teams in a timely and organized manner.
· Business Analysis and Tracking: manage monthly reporting on business performance. Build and update financial models and pricing tools.
· External Analysis: lead analysis of where the complete product offering sits in the industry landscape. This requires an understanding of pricing, features, selling points, and fulfillment processes.
· Thought Leadership: proactively identify opportunities for product improvement; offer & execute viable recommendations.
· Execution: maintain, update and communicate product feature updates, new market opportunities, or regulation updates under the direction of the Product Management team.
· Collaboration: Be a product advocate through presentations and interactions throughout Midco.
· Ad-Hoc: Compile timely, comprehensive, and accurate documentation and or reports as requested.
· Follow and serve as a role model in displaying Midco’s Core Values and Leadership Success Drivers.
· Adhere to Midco’s privacy guidelines to ensure each customer’s privacy.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Effectively communicate with other departments to handle escalating issues in a timely manner.
· Support the mission, vision and values of Midco.
· Collaborate effectively with internal and external customers to ensure exceptional service.
· Demonstrate courage by tackling tough issues while acknowledging own limitations without compromising integrity.
· Remove obstacles for team members. Encourage creative solutions.
· Apply personal ethics, honesty, initiative, flexibility, responsibility and confidentiality in all areas of responsibility.
· Communicate clear expectations that set a high bar while holding team members accountable to reach these goals.
· Demonstrate business acumen by using data to drive decisions and actions.
· Model flexibility, resiliency and change management skills by staying self-aware, constantly learning, and
· finding ways to cut through ambiguous problems.
· Identify root causes of problems and implement solutions while keeping a holistic and long-term perspective in mind.
· Actively follow Midco policies and procedures.
· Perform other duties as assigned.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
· Bachelor’s Degree and/or equivalent experience required.
· 1-2 years’ previous product management or analytics experience preferred.
· Ability to work in a technical environment and lead a cross-functional team.
· Exceptional organizational and time management skills required.
· Demonstrated ability to effectively build team relationships.
· Propensity to learn essential.
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
· The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
· The noise level in the work environment is moderate.
· Employees may be required to work in excess of 40 hours per week and other than normal business hours, such as holidays, evenings and weekends as business demands.
ABOUT MIDCO:
Midco has been blazing trails since 1931, bringing innovation to the world of communications and delighting customers with exceptional service. Through ambition, imagination and a genuine commitment to each other, Midco fiber proudly serves more than 440,000 residential and business customers in 400 communities in Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. By 2025, Midco will deploy 10G, the next great leap for broadband – while also expanding its fixed wireless network to rural areas. We’re also dedicated to making our communities better places to live, work and play. Ready to work at Midco? We thought so. Here are a few more reasons why Midco is one of the best places to work:
· Free Midco internet & cable TV
· Get involved: Midco supports volunteerism and community service
· Generous 401(k) match and paid time away from work programs
Midco is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, familial status, membership or activity in a local commission, or any other characteristic protected by law. To view our full EEO and federal contractor supplemental posters, please refer to Midco.com/FederalPosters.
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)