Senior Product Manager

About Netguru

Our mission at Netguru is to help entrepreneurs and innovators shape the world through beautiful software. We care about trust, taking ownership, and transparency. As a Certified B Corporation®, we offer a safe, inclusive and productive environment for all team members, and we’re always open to feedback.

What's in it for you?

• You'll have ownership on shaping innovative software products:
  we work both for start-ups (like solarisBank or Moonfare) and big enterprises (like Volkswagen or IKEA). You'll have an impact on our clients' new and existing products.
• You'll have a possibility to scope the role: you will have a high degree of autonomy, room for experimenting and questioning the status quo.
• You'll have a chance to build a product mindset within the company.
• You'll receive lots of knowledge and support from your Product Management Team.
• You'll give and receive regular feedback from people you cooperate with and from your leader. Your leader will deeply care about your development: you'll meet every 3 months to discuss your progress and share feedback.
• You'll have a clear career path: you'll know exactly what skills to work on to help you grow.
• You'll work on the best equipment: we will provide you with a Macbook and additional accessories for your computer to make your work even more efficient and comfortable.

Salary:

PLN 18 700-27 700/month Before Tax (Long-term contract (B2B))

PLN 15 600-23 100/month Gross (Contract of employment)

Requirements

Knowledge/skills:

• In-depth knowledge and proficiency with product management (vision and product strategy), product backlog management (analyse, create, refine, and prioritize product backlog items), Agile Scrum and mainstream software design & development methodologies;
• Experience with multi-vendor project and delivery coordination and management;
• Experience deploying in enterprise production environments;
• Experience with design and development team set-ups;
• Practical understanding of how to make a solution successful at scale;
• Strong customer empathy and a passion for building great user experiences across web and mobile devices.

Competencies:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills;
• Well organized and detail oriented;
• Able to effectively coordinate multiple responsibilities simultaneously;
• Able to articulate complex concepts in non-technical language;
• Able to plan and organize work and communicate effectively.

Typical deliverables:

• Product Canvas;
• Product Roadmap;
• Product Backlog well-structured in Epics, Features, and User Stories;
• User Stories that pass the “Definition of Ready”.

Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain the Product Canvas outlining the vision of the product;
• Create and maintain the Product Roadmap outlining the evolution of the product;
• Perform the role of Scrum Product Owner:
• Gather and validate requirements following a Human-Centred Design (HCD) approach.
• Communicate requirements inwards to the Development Team:
• Identify and categorize stakeholders/customers/users/subject-matter experts;
• Decompose high-level requirements;
• Identify and describe Product Backlog Items (PBI), partnering closely with the Business and the team to ensure everyone understands the items in the backlog;
• Ensure the PBIs pass the “Definition of Ready” criteria;
• Facilitate the Just-In-Time (JIT) detailed requirements delivery;
• Determine whether PBIs were satisfactorily delivered; and
• Give the Development Team clear guidance on which features to deliver next.
• Communication out