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Job's Responsibilities Define Value Proposition & Set Product Strategy Spend time with customers & stakeholders to identify value drivers. Understand customer values, application, competitive environment, market trends, go-to-market, and anticipate evolutions. Gather and analyze customer's needs by meeting customers and collaborating regularly with business stakeholders. Evaluate the strategic value of the offer. Define and validate the offer value propositions (UVP, business models, go-to-market). Understand technical trends to identify valuable innovations in the product environment. Lead and contribute to the customer interaction strategy. Define, create & maintain global reference tariff levels, ensuring offers are priced following value-based pricing principles and portfolios are rationalized (only in circumstances where there is not an Offer Marketing Owner or League Marketing Lead). Build, Follow-up and Support Business in Collaboration with Zones (when no Offer Marketing Owner) Co-build or analyze business cases with zones. Create, Prioritize & Communicate with Squad Members the Squad Backlog, Release Map & Roadmap Challenge and evaluate requests (from business, quality, etc.). Periodically review critical quality issues and associated mitigation plans. Build, manage, and prioritize the product backlog (note: Backlog should be transparent, visible & understood). Communicate backlog refinement. Streamline the execution of priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the features or components for the team. Define, update, and validate the offer/marketing requirement (in sync with companion Squads and Leagues guidelines / strategy) within backlog product prioritization. Build the release plan and global roadmap according to technology, feasibility, budget, resources, TTM. Communicate the product roadmap to all stakeholders. Periodically review customers demo feedback to assess new needs. Periodically review with internal stakeholders (including management agreement). Lead the offer requirement trade-offs. Define with Squad Members the Sprint Strategy and Achievement Criteria. Take Accountability in Sharing Outcomes with Stakeholders Organize iterative deliverables for each sprint based on release objectives. Ensure team understands and refines backlog items before committing to them. Ensure sprint objectives contribute to value for customer (backlog) and product/process robustness. Define and update achievement criteria. Consider retro session outcomes in the iterative sprint definition. Guide the Squad to set-up and re-prioritize realistic but ambitious enough sprint objectives: squad velocity. Support the Squad to Deliver on Sprints & Rendezvous, Acting as Obstacle Troubleshooter Be the voice of the customer for the squad questions. Support the squad on all obstacles (including capacity issues). Periodic analysis of the product cost to deliver the right level of product cost. Define the best trade-offs between all parameters (e.g., Squad budget, schedule, product cost and business stake, quality, time to market, innovation). Ensure product/process robustness (according to major rendezvous). Review periodically main acceptance criteria with the Squad. Synchronize with companion Squads. Create a Conducive and Collaborative Environment Through Effective Leadership Organize, lead, challenge, and motivate the Squad. Be the voice of the Squad in case of trade-offs and success needs with stakeholders outside of the Squad. Provide transparency to key stakeholders. Be part of the Agile rendezvous. Celebrate team's success. Qualifications Bachelor's degree and 4 years of product or project development experience, OR 3 years of project development experience on an Agile Team, OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Experience presenting to Customers & Leaders, and experience in saying No when required. Experience in successfully building and leading teams in a matrix environment. Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles. Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills. Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e., Scrum, Kanban); an in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles would be an advantage. Planning and problem-solving with product management and delivery teams
