Product Manager

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Progressive Edge Full time

Remote / Cape Town
Join a company who build a personality profiling platform used by corporates around the globe.
As the direct report to the leader of product development, your primary responsibility will involve organizing and overseeing the product's strategic planning, development, prioritization of features, support, testing, and release timeline. In an Agile setting, you will collaborate closely with the software development team.
Key Responsibilities of the Position
Work closely with the Product Development Leader and develop a deep understanding of the products Business strategy, product vision and stakeholder objectives
Design and maintain the Product Lifecycle
Understand key market drivers and user needs
Own the Product Roadmap and collaborate with the Product Development Leader to align this with business objectives
Leverage BA and data analysis skills to evolve product requirements, understand challenges and market opportunities
Translate business strategy and user needs into Product Functional Requirements which are strategically aligned and prioritized to meet business goals
Serve as the voice of the products business for the Lead Architect and the software development team
Nurture a close working relationship with the development team and project manager, working within a fully Agile environment
Be accountable for the creation and delivery of the product in accordance with the product roadmap milestones
Translate functional requirements into a prioritized set of technical specifications, including new features and changes to existing features
Work closely with the Project Manager to maintain a prioritized backlog, including the scoping of Epics, Features and User Stories
Represent the product during, and actively contribute within, Sprint demo and planning sessions
Solve Product Related challenges and communicate product needs to stakeholders
Ensure that appropriate testing protocols are in place, including managing UAT within the business
Collaborate with the client service and support team to pro-actively identify and solve user challenges, as well as contributing to the appropriate level of automating technical support
Liaise with the User Experience team regarding the design and prototyping of UX
Coordinate the product release schedule internally and with the development team

**Requirements**:
A bachelors degree or equivalent in a computer science or related technology field BSc. Degree essential
A minimum of 8 years of total work experience
At least three years of experience as a product manager or in a product ownership role
Work and project experience across diverse domains
Fostering a close working relationship with technical teams and have the ability to interact on both a technical and human level is required
Familiar with SDLC best practice to optimally grow and maintain a mature product within the market
Demonstrated BA and data analysis experience
Agile product management and SCRUM experience, and the ability to flexibly reprioritize strategically valuable features in line with market requirements
Maintenance and updating of product documentation
Ability to write, speak and present information to a high degree effectively and persuasively
A working understanding of Azure Devops is an added advantage
Foundational software development and or coding experience is an added advantage
Experience within the field of people development and/or HR is an added advantage

**Culture of the Company - Your Role**:
Be proactive about your own personal character development
Be prepared to push back with a heart of humility and be prepared to be push back on with the same heart
Give colleagues feedback where appropriate and be prepared to receive feedback from others
Manage your time to keep work and life balance (be ruthless with time, but gracious with people)
Keep communication open with colleagues and expectations explicit
Actively engage in the coaching / mentoring made available to you for your growth


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