Position Summary
Assist in shaping the individual product requirements in support of an existing product strategy. Accountable for assisting in driving the full product lifecycle from ideation to end-to-end of life. Responsible for relevant, specific product feature requirements. Limited interaction with net new products. Ensures that user personas & product requirements are defined and reflected in user stories. May also own and/or assist in Epic development. Working with Scrum Master and agile team on backlog grooming and ensures that timely decision making on product requirement trade-offs.
Supervision and Autonomy
- Conducts tasks & assignments as directed.
- Operates with moderate supervision, little instruction on routine work; detailed instructions on new projects or assignments. Latitude for independent judgment for defined tasks.
- Uses existing procedures to complete diverse assignments
Product Knowledge
- Develops competence by completing structured work assignments
- Expands knowledge about industry, customers, org. to capture internal/external requirements.
Leadership
- Leads product requirements, works daily with agile teams & defines user stories and Features (Epics).
- Successful execution has impact on overall product deliverables and related customer & business outcomes.
- Has limited impact on commitments & issues can be overcome with no more than a moderate disruption to the business.
Position Responsibilities & Essential function
- Assist in shaping the individual product requirements in support of an existing product strategy.
- Accountable for assisting in driving the full product lifecycle from ideation to end-to-end of life. Responsible for relevant, specific product feature requirements. Limited interaction with net new products.
- Ensures that user personas & product requirements are defined and reflected in user stories. May also own and/or assist in Epic development.
- Working with Scrum Master and agile team on backlog grooming and ensures that timely decision making on product requirement trade-offs.
- Translate defined product vision & Features (Epics) into user stories (based on feedback from dealers/customers & analysis of user & buyer personas) to deliver differentiated customer outcomes.
- Manage the backlog for sprint teams, partnering with R&D/scrum master in prioritization of user backlog, supporting full lifecycle from definition, beta, showcase, & retrospective.
- Work with other CDK product managers and product marketing to articulate the value proposition for user stories & Features (Epics).
- Understand the key product success metrics (e.g. adoption, profitability, NPS, market share growth) & how they relate to user stories/Features (Epics).
- Invest in gaining functional expertise & SME through training, partnering with more experienced CDK product managers.
- Develop & prioritize user stories based on user/market requirements, strategy & business plan.
Qualifications
Education/Experience
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or equivalent industry experience
- 2+ years of Product Owner or Product Management and/or equivalent experience in Enterprise SaaS, full lifecycle management.
- Experience in Agile software/DevOps methodologies & working with globally distributed teams.
- Experience in creating user stories, working with R&D & other product managers to drive end-to-end execution of product releases.
- Strong written & verbal communication skills. Experience is facilitating customer communications.
- Ability to listen & consider the points of view of others, collaborate & build consensus with cross-functional areas.
- Strong technical aptitude, can work with R&D to translate business requirements into actionable user stories.
- Strong track record of product execution in dynamic environment.