What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager position at Aktana?
We are looking for a talented Product Manager who is excited about working in a rapidly growing technology company and who will thrive in a fun and challenging environment. The right person will be responsible for managing our product throughout the entire development process to deliver high-quality applications that solve real problems and deliver real value to our customers. This product champion will take the reins on Aktana's product into the next generation. We have a strong vision for this product and we are planning to evolve it even further into the leading solution in the market. The right candidate will work closely with the data science team, engineering team, sales account managers, customer success, marketing managers and senior management – to be able to absorb this vision, contribute to how a second-generation product can help further achieve that vision, incorporate and solicit customer input for the product, and drive the successful development of that product through the entire product lifecycle.
What you’ll own and accomplish...
- Managing the entire product life cycle from planning to tactical activities for our learning product
- Generate high-quality agile product requirements based on market research, customer needs, and product vision (collaborating with Product Management and Customer Success peers)
- Collaborate closely with all of the cross-functional teams (including Engineering, System architects, UI/UX, and Product Management peers) which are required for successful integration & delivery of the product
- Own the customer experience for key customers across product lines
- Design & manage the product impact analysis reports and proactive offering
- Design & implement A/B testing scenarios to ensure the best solution is developed and adopted
- Maintain critical thinking of product impacts and integration with other core products
- Maintain and execute on our product roadmap with a heavy emphasis on direct expression of market needs
- Partner with UX researchers/designers as part of the product development process
- Prioritize efforts and identify high-potential product opportunities based on usage metrics, qualitative end-user feedback, and customer/sales input.
- Work with marketing and the Customer Success teams to ensure product features and benefits are clearly communicated to customers and the market
- Educate and support all areas of the organization includes Sales, Support and Services
What you’ll need to be successful...
- 4 years Product Management experience (software or software as service products)
- Experience with guided learning, machine learning, and other algorithmic approaches to discovering patterns in data (preferably with an emphasis on communication/delivery of learnings to end users)
- Experience with databases, data warehouses, and Big Data technologies
- Experience in business intelligence, reporting tools, ETL tools and analysis of data
- Experience in iterative, agile, test-based product design and management including disciplined re-factoring practices
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills
- Strong organizational and analytical skills, a preference for making data-driven decisions, and strong attention to detail
- Ability to remain disciplined and say “No” to feature creep, while remaining flexible and re-assessing priorities based on the latest data points
- Comfort in working with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-paced, loosely structured environment
- Comfort in fast pace multi-tasking, context switching environment between multiple solutions
- Strong presentation and listening skills; comfortable getting in front of customers and users to gather requirements, present and demo the product features as well as the product’s roadmap
You’ll really stand out if…
- You have knowledge of the Pharma industry
- Have a computer science or technical background
Why you’ll love working at Aktana…
Committed to customer success and innovation, Aktana is at the forefront of transforming how life sciences companies share information with healthcare providers (HCPs). Our proprietary platform harnesses machine learning algorithms to enable marketing and sales teams to seamlessly coordinate and optimize multi-channel engagement with HCPs. Today, more than half of the top 20 global pharma companies are using Aktana for intelligent engagement.
Aktana is growing fast and looking for exceptional talent to join our team. We are committed to building a diverse workplace in which our employees are empowered to do their best work. We value hard work, transparency, and collaboration – and we like to have fun too!
Headquartered in San Francisco, we also have offices in Philadelphia, London, Barcelona, Tokyo, Osaka, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Bucharest, Pune, Sydney, and Sao Paulo.
Aktana conducts background investigations and/or reference checks on all new hires.