Product Manager

Position: Product Manager I
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Job Summary:

The Product Manager I will own a product feature and lead project execution. He/she will own the development plan and represent their feature within the PM team and will have an internal network across product domains. The individual will have a solid understanding of the customer and target market. He/she will represent the needs of the customer to the delivery team and will support and participate in the demo to key stakeholders at program milestones.

Responsibilities:

Customer Focus

• Interacts with customers to represent requirements and understand key customer needs and market basics.

• Is familiar with and can use customer frameworks (e.g. Jobs To Be Done, personas).

• Focuses on delivering customer commitments.

• Keeps up to date on news/incidents and understands what is happening in the market and with competitors.

Data-Driven Decision-Making & Analysis

• Autonomously analyzes situations and data.

• Is proficient at reviewing and utilizing data from predefined dashboards to make decision recommendations.

• Compares and evaluates various possibilities, and makes recommendations for action that consider business implications.

Go to Market & Product Marketing Lifecycle

• Executes on go to market launch plans as required.

• Works directly with internal business partners, e.g. sales to gather and assess product needs in the marketplace.

• Trains and educates internal business partners, e.g. sales.

• Contributes to building collateral and marketing materials and provides input and expertise.

• Directly addresses customer complaints.

• Interacts independently with customers through in person communication, e.g. at various customer events.

Product Delivery & Development Lifecycle

• Leads the execution of a product roadmap for a single feature area.

• Understands and utilizes the drivers for improving the customer experience.

• Leverages tools to coordinate activities and ensure quality based on the development methodology in place.

• Defines and prioritizes requirement changes for engineering and performs analysis to meet acceptance criteria.

• Participates and contributes to process improvement activities.

Strategy & Commercial Acumen

• Meaningfully contributes to development and execution of the product strategy.

• Makes links between personal goals and the product teams/business strategy.

• Understands how role contributes to success of product and business strategy and goals.

Technical Skills

• Understands the company technology stack at a high level, for his/her feature area.

• Uses technologies to assist day-to-day tasks (Excel, Balsamiq, Tableau, Python, SQL, etc.).

• Understands the relevant technology architecture.

• Ability to engage developers to understand technology constraints.

Competencies:

Personal Capability
Practices Self-Development

• Is curious and keen to learn and develop new ideas, skills and knowledge

• Acts on feedback to improve him/herself

• Looks for developmental opportunities in day-to-day work

• Invests time and energy in self-development (professional qualifications , relevant reading, networking meetings, etc.)

Solves Problems and Analyzes Issues

• Is able to ask effective questions and collect facts from multiple sources in order to solve problems

• Is able to effectively identify and analyze problems and propose solutions

• Effectively manages day-to-day issues and problems without intervention

Innovates
• "Brainstorms" with others to look for different approaches to current process and tasks

• Looks for opportunities to develop new ideas or thinking within own role

• Experiments with new ideas as part of role

Interpersonal Skills
Communicates Powerfully and Prolifically

• Demonstrates effective conversational skills, including active listening and questioning

• Shares information relevant to own role

• Participates in team presentations

Collaboration and Teamwork

• Develops co-operative working relationships within the team

• Considers how own style affects others and tailors interactions…