What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager position at Project Made Easy?
Our industry is changing rapidly, and in response we’re developing the next generation of innovative products to meet customers’ needs. Our products are used by both external customers and internal employees. This is an exciting opportunity to delight customers through enterprise software development at scale in a forward-looking company using modern methodologies. We’re looking for a talented product manager to join our team, someone empathetic, analytical, astute in business, innately curious, and passionate about innovating to make our customers’ lives better and to help our businesses run more efficiently.
The Product Manager is responsible for product strategy, identifying market trends, and understanding both customer and operational needs. They are customer advocates and domain experts who lead the organization in defining and delivering high-impact products. Internally, the Product Manager works closely with Marketing, Sales, Operations Management, Product Owners and Engineering. Externally, the Product Manager interacts with customers and industry partners. They bring their acquired deep customer intimacy to the organization in a formalized and deterministic way, and act as Voice of the Customer.
Our product ecosystem is a robust mix of mobile apps, web apps, and enterprise applications.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Define product strategy and create viable roadmaps.
- Act as a knowledge leader and product champion within the company.
- Contribute to a customer-centric, quality-driven environment for developing products.
- Perform competitive and market analysis.
- Work closely with auction employees and customers to build market empathy.
- Determine product KPIs and measure results.
- Work closely with Product Owners and Business Analysts who turn vision into stories that the Scrum teams can deliver.
- Be comfortable digging into some technical detail with architects and software developers to help evaluate the merit of various approaches to delivering product capabilities.
- Be able to say “no” to stakeholders and have the data to support your decisions.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and 5 years experience or Masters Degree with 3 years experience
- Working knowledge of Product Management tools and artefacts.
- Demonstrated success defining and launching successful products.
- Excellent teamwork skills; proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
- Ability to quantitatively assess and prioritize customer needs.
- Ability to communicate, in written and verbal form, with diverse audiences, internal and external to the company, in clear and comprehensible manner.
- Ability to perform market research, market analysis, and competitive intelligence studies.
- Must be able to travel 25% of the time.
- Certified Scrum Master
Location: Indianapolis, IN