Product Manager

Role Expectations:

A successful Product Manager can independently lead and manage a business or product area within a brand. They are able to pinpoint customer value and identify iterative MVP solutions that can be delivered through collaboration with design and engineering team members. A successful Product Manager engages internal stakeholders to drive product understanding and establish a strong public narrative for release. They are continuously developing expertise in their business or product area through research, competitive analysis, emerging technologies and market trends. A Product Manager owns the management their roadmap and must have a clear understanding of the reasoning behind each decision, however they must consult their Brand Product Lead prior to making key changes to the roadmap.

Job Responsibilities:

• Owns planning, vision, and implementation of features for your product area
• Engage current and prospective customer to understand and analyze their needs, business practices, and future plans
• Identify areas of improvement with your existing product area and fresh opportunities to thrill the market
• Engage internal stakeholders to drive product releases and support the public narrative for feature releases.
• Deliver clear and comprehensive product requirements to provide guidance to the development team
• Own the management and grooming of a product backlog ensuring tickets are ready to be pulled into upcoming sprints.
• Able to articulate user stories for the team by breaking down features/epics.
• Engage sales, marketing, and customer support to capture customer feedback and to ensure prompt and seamless delivery to the market
• Align your product roadmap with the broader product strategy and find balance in delivery between long term investments, shorter term wins, and tech debt
• Partake in the Scrum process and help drive effective scrum ceremonies including standups, grooming sessions, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Outline key metrics for success and articulate plans for continuous measurement and iteration.
• Ability to focus on customer value and identify MVP solutions that deliver on that value with the least amount of time, effort and risk
• Identify and eliminate low value work undertaken by their agile team
• Engage with design, research, and development to clearly articulate customer pain points and build a process for effective problem solving

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant product owner/manager experience managing software products from inception through launch and iteration
• Have worked in a SaaS Organization and were able to launch multiple features.