Product Manager

Job Description

Description

Role Overview
Product Manager for a digital platform. Gather, analyze, and translate market, customer and operational needs into product requirements and prioritizing them while solving for various - potentially, opposing – outcomes. The Product Manager will support the product team in scaling the platform. Your job will be to ensure the team builds the right thing in the right way, and ensure the team is nimble enough to continue to move the product in the right direction as we receive customer feedback on an ongoing basis. Primary focus on articulating technical product specifications and working with developers on a day-to-day basis to manage the technical implementation of product features.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Define Product specifications, and manage execution of those specifications
• Lead / coach / guide product design and development teams
• Be a team player, fill in gaps and take ownership across the board
• Maintain technical knowledge and business acumen within own discipline or function

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline and a 5-8 years of work experience as a project manager, consultant, or other related experience with managing products or projects with software developers - or 9-12 years of relevant combination of education and work experience
• 3+ Experience working as a founder / entrepreneur in residence / product owner / consultant / experience in Agile (or startup) environment
• Experience with managing products with software developers
• Experience in AGILE environments (leading tight sprint planning, standups, retros, etc.)
• Ability to work/review design assets
• Product experience with cloud-based systems
• Technical experience developing software or working in a technical environment
• Knowledge of multiple functional areas, including product management, engineering, UX/UI, sales, customer support, finance or marketing. Understanding of go-to-market commerce enablers
• Ability to achieve strategic goals and evolve product strategy based on research, data, and industry trends in an innovative and fast-paced environment. Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills
• Successfully defined and launched a product or large product capability to the market

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 + years’ experience working as a founder / entrepreneur in residence / product owner / consultant / experience in Agile (or startup) environment
• Technical degree in computer science
• Master's degree in Science or Business
• Ability to work/review design assets inside of Figma (preferred)