Product Lead

Job Description

Role & responsibilities Overall 7 to 10 years of work experience with 3+years of experience in product management, ideally with web-based products applying user-centric design thinking Experience and passion in building software. Should have started career as a Developer and has work for 4-6 years as Developer Able to track development matrices to build quality software products Hands-on in Agile Product development and have practiced Scrum, Kanban or SaFe In a mature environment and in close cooperation with the PO Ideally has worked as a PO or written user stories Exposure to Test Driven Development (TDD) and pair programming Deep empathy for what drives current Volkswagen product groups Skilled at defining, validating and prioritizing product features Be a people manager to lead people and coach them Strong leadership and communication skills; able to teach others Experienced with guiding and synthesizing user research and testing Ability to collaborate well with engineers, designers and business stakeholders and navigate complex decision making Open-minded and willing to take the lead while constantly reflecting the teams opinions in order to create and sustain a balanced team focus English at business level fluency Additional indicators for suitable candidates: Experience in developing products rather than working on projects Technology experience with modern / digital technologies Ideally DevOps experience