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Product Manager

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  • Management (incl. project, product management & human resources)

Description

  • Manage, mentor and develop a team of Product Owners and Junior Product Owners.
  • Drive the product vertical aligned to the design principles, project priorities and product life cycle approach
  • Implement/adopt practises to proactively discover, design, build, deliver, execute and maintain products aligned to the roadmap
  • Drive the product vertical aligned to the design principles and aligned to the project priorities and product life cycle approach.
  • Lead product vertical pipelines and requirements gathering with innovation through research and market analysis to enhance customer value; understanding the wider context to the scope of new requirements to support scalability
  • Conduct horizon scanning of the market landscape and ensure we are competitive in vertical offering. Be an expert with respect to the competition, understand customer needs and contribute to the strategies for product positioning
  • To adopt practices to proactively discover, design, build, delivery, execute and maintain products aligned to the roadmap. Work with third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities; Work building relationships with respective SaaS partners and enable their goals and objectives.
  • Report all product developments to the directors, providing full context around value realisation, and risks and issues.
  • Lead product vertical pipelines and requirements gathering with innovation through research and market analysis to enhance customer value.
  • Provide context to the scope of the need of new requirements to the wider market to support scalability.
  • Be a key player for facilitating synergy between the data and development teams to build a true product-focused culture and to drive continuous improvement
  • Manage several product projects within a vertical priorities, deadline, scope, complexities, and scale.
  • Manage a team of Product Owners and Junior Product Owners.
  • To conduct horizon scanning the market landscape and ensure we are competitive in vertical offering.
  • Key member for driving synergies between the data and development teams to build a product culture and continuous improvement.
  • Continuously learn and understand key trends in global trade management plan.
  • Work building relationships with respective SaaS partners and enable their goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Nice to have: product lifecycles and development cycles.
  • Experience in product management/product ownership, business analysis and/or project management.
  • Testing experience.
  • Customer liaison.
  • Outstanding stakeholder management.
  • Understanding of global trade and supply chain.
  • An intrapreneurial leader.
  • An excellent team leader and collaborator.
  • A strong, articulate and considered communicator; have the ability to constructively challenge, to offer opinion and to say “no”.
  • Deeply passionate about technology and transformation.
  • A go getter, with good communication skills.

Hard Skills

  • Customer relations
  • Product development
  • Relationship building
  • Team management
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Business planning
  • Product roadmapping
  • Business analysis
  • Deliverable management
  • Accountability
  • Executive updates
  • Ability to use project management software
  • Advanced language knowledge
  • Advanced writing skills

Soft Skills

  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Skilled Collaborator
  • Innovation
  • Enthusiastic