Opportunity Details

Product Manager Job Responsibilities:

• Define and communicate the product vision and strategy. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand market needs, define product goals, and align them with the organization’s strategic objectives.
• To create and maintain the product roadmap, which outlines the high-level plan for product development and evolution. Should prioritize features and enhancements based on business value.
• Manage the product backlog, which contains a prioritized list of Epics, Capabilities, and enhancements. Should continuously refine backlog items, prioritize work, and ensure that the backlog aligns with the product vision and roadmap.
• To work closely with development teams, providing clarifications on product requirements, participating in backlog refinement sessions, and answering questions related to the product.
• And also collaborate with the RTE to ensure a shared understanding of the product vision and requirements.
• Continuously assess and prioritize new features.
• Track KPIs and capture metrics.
• Communicate the product’s progress, plans, and goals to various stakeholders. (Includes agenda, Deck, status, Roadmap, Etc.)
• Create and maintain the product documentation in Confluence, creating Epics and Capabilities cards in JIRA.
• Identify potential risks and challenges in collaboration with RTE and Teams and develop mitigation strategies.
• Once the product is developed and tested, validate that the product is free of any defects.
• Leads product development, strategy, and redesign from concept through development and manufacturing to market launch.
• Develops products by identifying potential products, conducting market research, generating product requirements, developing marketing strategies, and determining specifications, production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction.
• Determines customers’ needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information.
• Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and analyses, and answering questions and requests.
• Completes operational requirements and meets product development deadlines by scheduling and assigning employees, and following up on work results, including quality control and testing.
• Identifies and manages new and existing product partnerships.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications and content, and participating in professional societies.

Product Manager Skills and Qualifications:

• Product innovation and development track record
• Project management skills
• Customer focus
• Budgeting and purchasing
• Understanding of the marketplace
• Technical and manufacturing know-how
• Leadership and team management
• Data analytics and metrics management skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong communication, presentation, and public speaking skills
• Organizational, planning, and documentation skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously
• Experience drafting Product and Market Requirements Documents
• Familiarity with Agile work management and/or the ability to effectively communicate complex processes within and across teams
• Experience using computer-aided design (CAD) platforms
• Experience using SQL.

Product Manager Education, Experience, & Licensing Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, industrial engineering, or a field tied to the product’s sector (tech, finance, etc.) required, master’s in engineering or MBA a plus
• 2-3 years relevant work experience, including project management experience
• Prior management experience a plus
• SAFe POPM certification is must
• Experience using Agile/Scrum methodology and/or workflow management tools JIRA, Confluence.