Lead Product Manager

Product Vision and Strategy:

• Specify and articulate product vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and market demands.
• Drive strategic product and technology activities to maintain competitive advantage and market relevance.
• Establish and communicate clear product goals, KPIs, and success metrics to all stakeholders.

Roadmap Development and Execution:

• Develop and execute a customer-centric product roadmap through close collaboration with Technology, UX/UI, and Business (Go-to-Market) teams.
• Ensure the product roadmap reflects both short-term and long-term strategic objectives.
• Prioritize and sequence development activities to optimize resource utilization and delivery timelines.

Product Delivery and Lifecycle Management:

• Be accountable for product delivery in line with the roadmap and committed delivery dates, ensuring timely and high-quality releases.
• Create and manage user stories and product requirements throughout the product development lifecycle, including new features and enhancements.
• Develop and continuously improve product requirements to meet evolving goals, success metrics, and use cases.

Continuous Improvement and Optimization:

• Continuously monitor, optimize, and enhance the configuration, features, and functionalities related to the product.
• Use objective market data sources, user feedback, and analytics to drive product improvements and minimize user friction.
• Implement A/B testing, usability testing, and other validation techniques to validate hypotheses and iterate on product features.

5. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required – preferred focus in engineering, business, economics, marketing or related fields

Minimum Experience:

• 7+ years of related work experience including product management, product design, or any related field

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Extensive experience in product management, including developing product strategies, roadmaps, and managing product lifecycles.
• Proficiency in using product management tools such as JIRA, Trello, Asana, or similar platforms for managing product backlogs, user stories, and development tasks.
• Strong understanding of enterprise platforms and platform integration.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, particularly SCRUM; certification as a SCRUM Master is preferred.
• Good understanding of user interface design and usability principles.
• Experience with UX/UI design, including customer journeys and conversion funnels.
• Familiarity with UX/UI design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar for wireframing, prototyping, and collaborating with design teams.
• Ability to prioritize user experience and implement design thinking practices.
• Ability to understand product and commercial needs, translate into functional and technical requirements, and effectively communicate with the development team
• Good understanding of user interface design and usability, UX/UI (customer journeys, conversion funnels), and prioritize great user experience
• Proficiency in using analytics tools to track product performance and inform decision-making.
• Strong analytical mindset with a data-driven approach to problem-solving to support decision making
• Experience in managing and mitigating risks related to product development and delivery