Short Description
The Product Manager develops and drives the product vision and strategy, as one of the closest people in the Business to the customer, providing constant feedback to the team and helping to set and drive toward the vision. The biggest challenge is ensuring that the team knows with accurate detail, the value they are to deliver, driving towards simple solutions with an MVP mindset by managing a ruthlessly prioritized backlog. The Journey Owner must have a deep understanding of the target market/industry, a strong understanding of customers, and close relationships with key stakeholders, to define the business strategy for the product.
Key Responsibilities
- Set ambitious and clear product vision and communicate ‘the story’ effectively to key stakeholders and the rest of the team
- Own the end-to-end journey strategy from inception, and determine business value once the solution enters production
- Ensure customer-driven design considering user pain points & usability test results while using market & industry knowledge as well as continual research, to deliver a well-positioned product Approve each feature and provide valuable feedback for the team
- Ensure alignment of product features and stories, i.e. review, give feedback and prioritize User Stories in line with own vision
- Exercise strong decision-making mandate from executive group to own product e2e Work with Digital Solution Architect to build a modular & reusable solution
- Work with Digital Solution Architect to build a modular & reusable solution
Skills Information
- Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate complex messages and trade-offs and tell a compelling story
- Sufficient authority to make real-time decisions in the Agile Room Ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders – strong leadership skills
- Strong problem solver with the ability to lead the team to push the solution and progress
- Able to ‘let go’ of authority where needed, allowing the team to thrive
Relevant Experience
- Experience in Agile Development, with Product Owner (or similar) experience preferred
- Should be confident in managing the backlog: writing detailed user stories, refining stories with experts, and typical ‘servant leader’ mindset when with the team
- Deep knowledge of relevant domains/products/journeys
- Solid knowledge of industry trends and user demands and pain points to be able to create a high-value product vision
- Comfortable with technology/IT to be able to engage in discussion with the tech team to understand risks
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Information Technology, IT Manager, Manager, Product Manager, Technology, Marketing, Management, Operations