Overview
Objectives of this role
1. Drive the product- and business-planning processes for cross-functional teams
2. Analyse customer needs, ongoing market trends, and potential partnerships from a value-add perspective
3. Partner with the business to assess competitor offerings and seek opportunities for differentiation
4. Develop / Analyse product requirements and create appropriate programs to ensure they are delivered on time, in budget with customer satisfaction at the forefront of all deliverables
5. Develop, implement, and maintain development timelines across multiple products
6. Ownership of product end-to-end lifecycle both internally and via third parties
7. Manage the deployment of new product/functionality and upgrades in partnership with business stakeholders and third parties
8. Facilitate the trouble shooting of application issues between the customer and third parties, driving progress and minimising impacts on the business
9. Own the relationship with the business
Responsibilities
10. Drive the execution of all processes in the product lifecycle, including product market research, competitor analysis, planning, positioning, requirements and roadmap development, and product launch
11. Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototyping and final development by engineering teams
12. Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI
13. Assist regions to develop growth strategies, and define product objectives for effective marketing communications
14. Collaborate closely across the organisation in the development, QA, and release of products, and balance resources to ensure success for the entire organisation
15. Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates the company
16. Triaging application issues with Third parties and users while taking ownership to drive satisfactory outcomes
Required skills and qualifications
17. Strong experience in a dynamic product management role
18. Excellent stakeholder management
19. Prior experience in software development lifecycle & QA
20. Proven success in overseeing all elements of the product development lifecycle
21. High effectiveness in managing cross-functionally
22. Experience in delivering finely tuned product strategies
23. Exceptional writing and editing skills, combined with strong presentation and public speaking skills
24. SQL in use and building procedures (essential) – MySQL(beneficial)
Preferred skills and qualifications
25. Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in product design or engineering
26. Previous experience in software/web development
27. Proven success as a product developer in a nonmanagerial role