Product Manager

Job Role/Title : Product Manager

Experience Range : 12-15 Years

Location : Chennai

Job Description :

- Primary point of contact for client-side Product managers / leads within a platform.

- Drive Product vision, strategy, roadmap & Business KPIs in collaboration with client product team

- Ensures the product goals & milestones are met as per the release plan & product roadmap

- Define product vision, roadmap and growth opportunities

- Work collaboratively with development leaders, product architects, product designers, and key customers to steer product roadmap.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver new features and functionality that drive customer engagement and growth.

- Analyse the user impact of product features and define key metrics for success.

- Define and prioritize product requirements, working closely with engineering to ensure timely and successful delivery.

- Work closely with the client and feature design team to plan and prioritize the product development and feature backlog

- Manage and groom backlog, facilitating ordering of the backlog so that it is reflective of stakeholder requirements and priorities

- Understand the feature priorities and prioritize what needs to be delivered to meet customer requirements.

- Understand the business objectives of your allocated feature team(s) and act as the voice of the business in all team ceremonies and discussions

- Drive customer validation through beta programs and client meetings, confirming requirements are addressed by the delivered solution.

- Create and document usage scenarios for features.

- Influence product roadmap by advocating for the user and educating the team on key design concerns

- Analyse product performance post-launch and iterate on the same to keep improving the product experience.

- Contribute to high-level strategic decisions with the engineering team and leadership

- Conduct market research to inform product strategy and decision-making.

- Present product updates and strategies to senior management and stakeholders

- Drive stakeholders for fast delivery by being detail-oriented and data-driven.

We also want him to be adept with Product Owner role :

- Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy

- Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories

- Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI

- Lead the planning product release plans and set the expectation for delivery of new functionalities

- Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals

- Collaborate closely with design and engineering to ship offerings

- Coordinate with various functions to ensure product/feature roll-out within defined timelines and understand product priorities.

- Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product

Overall Key Requirements :

- Overall 12+ years experience and minimum 6+ years of experience as a product manager

- Strong track record of delivering successful products and driving growth.

- Excellent leadership, collaboration, and communication skills

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think creatively and strategically.

- A detail-oriented, data-driven approach to decision-making

- Bachelor's degree in a related field (MBA strongly preferred)

- Experience with Agile software development methodologies

- Clear and compelling in written and spoken communication.

- Strong product documentation skills.

- Experience working with product management tools (we use JIRA or LINEAR).

- Ability to influence and inspire a cross functional team to reach ambitious business goals