Product Manager II

Overview

Overview

Contributes in driving the Product Vision that addresses cross-domain market needs with strong business viability, in line with the Product/Platform Portfolio and guidance from Managers. Assists Managers in delivering the desired product and platform outcomes from initial conception to implementation and support.

Expectations

• A strong evangelist of Product & Platforms Division's Vision and Philosophy
• Actively contributes in driving the product vision and approach, after sound product research and discovery through modern product discovery practices
• Performs primary and secondary research; executes and tracks the product/platform strategy
• Ensures clear and unambiguous translation of the Product Value Roadmap of deliverables to enable the product team to complete work
• Ensures adherence to the Product Value Roadmap set by Product Managers and Product Leadership
• Drafts user stories and ensures they are clearly understood by the cross-functional product teams
• Ensures product requirements are gathered and prioritized
• Ensures commitment to and tracking of clear Product Metrics, under guidance from Managers
• Drives the execution of product development in collaboration with Product Team members comprised of Product Design, Technology & Data Science
• Tracks/drives Product Metrics and success goals under the guidance from Managers
• Adheres to modern product management practices and standards; provides periodic status updates
• Supports Product Managers and Senior Product Managers in product demos
• Supports in achieving the Product OKRs

Performance Measures

• Adherence to agreed product roll-out timelines
• Achievement of Product Metrics
• Achievement of Product OKR's
• Product Team Performance
• Number of domain and product certifications

Performance Areas

Plan to develop outstanding products and platforms

• Strong research enabling sound Product Discovery
• Co-facilitates Discovery Sprints under guidance from Product and Senior Product Managers
• Writes and articulates impressive user stories by capturing and translating solutions for identified user problems into product features that deliver value and impress users
• Executes early feasibility risk mitigations through product prototyping/POCs
• Adherence to Product OKR's

Design to deliver a great end-user experience

• Facilitates sound user research across target market segments
• Influences implementing design user-centric experiences throughout the user journey
• Assists in defining user experience (e.g. wireframing, journey maps), partnering with product designers

Research the market to ensure an unfair advantage

• Sound understanding of market trends, partner ecosystems, and competitive strategies
• Understands users, the marketplace, the competition, and future trends for the domain or type of system being developed through customer and market research, competitive analysis, and rapidly acquiring domain expertise
• Defines and articulates unique product and business differentiation

Manage business to acquire additional markets

• Assists in implementing GTM strategies and achieving the metrics for product success
• Protects assets and mitigates risks employing IP knowledge

Manage great people

• Inspires Product teams, communicates with diverse groups, and influences change throughout the organization

Use great technology

• Good understanding and usage of tech stacks
• Good understanding of exponential technologies including AI/ML, IoT, and Blockchain
• Agile proficiency for Rapid Product Discovery & Development
• Employs the latest technology in product management by diving deep into technology trends and architectures

Employ great methods in product management

• Understands different product management and development approaches
• Understands product usage models

Skill Examples

• Ability to understand and articulate the core positioning, messaging, and value propositions of the product
• Ability to support product demos to customers/end users
• Ability to define the user experience, to be incorporated into the User Design
• Aptitude in creating user stories
• Ability to create market, customer, and competition research based on understanding of market trends, partner ecosystems, and competitive strategies