We are seeking an experienced Product Development Manager to join our team on an initial 3-month contract with the potential for extension. The ideal candidate will bring strong product development expertise, particularly in creating customer-facing APIs and new solutions from the ground up, along with the technical acumen to bridge business and engineering needs.
This role balances hands-on product ownership (story and feature writing, backlog management, stakeholder collaboration) with technical depth to ensure robust, scalable, and high-quality delivery.
Key Responsibilities
* Translate business needs into detailed epics, features, and user stories, collaborating closely with stakeholders and technical teams.
* Facilitate backlog grooming, iteration planning, and prioritization to ensure delivery alignment.
* Lead effort sizing and estimation with Architecture, Engineering, and Support teams.
* Provide technical analysis of application hardware and software to validate business and functional requirements.
* Partner with Business Owners to ensure smooth product/service rollout and offer technical guidance during adoption.
* Act as subject matter expert for handling escalations and cross-system dependencies.
* Identify and prioritize cross-application/system enhancements to optimize overall solution performance.
* Conduct impact analysis of proposed changes and coordinate technical implementation.
* Lead technical requirement review sessions to align teams on scope and approach.
* Oversee the defect resolution process and ensure timely issue closure.
All About You
* Proven experience in product development with exposure to designing and delivering APIs and customer-facing applications.
* Solid understanding of software engineering concepts and development methodologies.
* Strong background in Agile delivery, including backlog management and requirements elaboration.
* Ability to write clear, actionable user stories and requirements spanning the full tech stack (front-end to data warehouse).
* Skilled in project tracking, execution, and stakeholder communication.
* Analytical, pragmatic problem solver with a hands-on mindset.
* Excellent documentation and communication skills.
* Familiarity with ISO 20022 and/or ISO 8583 messaging standards is a distinct advantage.
Job Type: Fixed term
Contract length: 3 months
Pay: €500.00 per day
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Sandyford, CO. Dublin: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
* Do you have hands-on experience creating customer-facing APIs from scratch?
* Do you have experience with story writing, feature elaboration, and backlog management in an Agile environment?
Experience:
* Product development: 4 years (preferred)
Work authorisation:
* Ireland (required)
Work Location: In person