Product Manager

2-4 Years

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Defines the product vision, strategy and roadmap.
Gathers, manages, and prioritizes market/customer requirements.
Acts as the customer advocate articulating the user's and/or buyer's needs.
Works closely with engineering, sales, marketing, and support to ensure business case and customer satisfaction goals are met.
Has technical product knowledge or specific domain expertise.
Defines what to solve in the market needs document, where you articulate the valuable market problem you're solving along with priorities and justification for each part of the solution.
Runs beta and pilot programs during the qualify phase with almost final products and samples. In Agile environments, regularly reviews completed work and checks with customers to ensure that it meets the customer expectations.
Is a market expert. Market expertise includes understanding the reasons customers purchase products. This includes a deep understanding of the competition, and how customers think of and buy your product. Product Managers need market research and competitive analysis skills to complete these tasks.
Acts as the product's leader within the company.
Develops the business case for new products, improvements to existing products, and business ventures.
Develops positioning for the product.

Requirements

Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree / Post Graduate Degree, Computer Science/Information Technology, Engineering (Computer/Telecommunication) or equivalent.
At least 2 years of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
Ability to present to C-level executives both internally and externally
Previous experience managing and developing Product or Development team
Previous experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution
Strong technically: understand how software is built, packaged, deployed, and operated
Innovate within your product area by proposing ambitious features
Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills and coaching/mentorship
Comfort working in a highly Agile, intensely iterative software development process
Effective communication skills: Regularly achieve consensus with peers and clear status updates
Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.