Product Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver projects and products using the appropriate agile project management methodology, learning & iterating frequently.
• Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements.
• Brings new products to market by analysing proposed product requirements and product development.
• Introduces and markets new products by developing time-integrated plans with marketing and production.
• Lead the collaborative, dynamic planning process - prioritizing the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Understand the different technical aspects of the project including the capabilities and limitations of the systems.
• Communicate or share technical insights of a project to internal or external audiences.
• Support the Product Owner, especially on grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Define the roadmap and ensure user stories are created for product development in JIRA, Confluence etc.
• Groom the product backlog, prioritise user stories, technical tasks and bug fixes into the sprints.
• Work with the Product Owner, Technical Lead, Business Analysts, User Experience Designers, Engineers in planning the activities required and timeline for each release.
• Responsible for tracking the application bugs, assessing impact and severity of bugs.
• Follow up and support assistance where required for the team to resolve any impediments or issues they faced from their daily standup.
• Bridge communication between multiple teams (business and technical). This includes creating documentation or presentations when necessary.
• Measure project development velocity, perform and manage the project risks. 
• Identify and escalate any important risk.
• Continuously gather user feedback, analyze market trends, and identify opportunities for product improvements and new features.
• Assist in government processes, such as procurement, project finance and any other administrative needs in accordance to government policies and documentation requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Technology, Communications or other related disciplines.
• Eager to change and improve workflow and processes. Willing to assist team members. Strong ability in fostering teamwork and collaborations.
• Self-driven and motivated to learn and follow topics related to the projects
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills to devise practical solutions to tackle work issues
• Solid understanding of end-to-end agile software development process (Scrum and Kanban).
• Understand the project from the business and technical point of view
• Excellent communication skills. Able to communicate with technical and non-technical users.

Preferred:

• Experience with using, maintaining and customizing software development tools such as Confluence, SharePoint, Jira, etc.
• Experience in ops-tech integration, AI/ ML creation and implementation, SAAS platform management, UI/UX design and research strategy, go-to market strategy for software services preferred
• Understanding of government to government working relationship and familiarity with public service policies
• Proven experience in defining and executing product strategies, roadmaps, and go-to-market plans