Senior Product Owner, NearForm

• Hands-on experience in a product management role in an agile consultancy environment collaborating directly with engineers and designers
• Experience with early stage products, new product development, and product modernisation from discovery to MVP launch, and beyond
• Proven ability to collaborate with with stakeholders from various levels, areas of the organisation, and with differing business goals to drive to successful roadmaps and releases
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with product experience exercising mature judgment
• Ability to define and lead product discovery workshops to define customer journeys, deliver tangible roadmaps and prioritised backlog
• Understanding of product analytics and KPIs/OKRs, including test and learn and A/B testing methodologies
• Focuses on business outcomes and not just the tactical outputs
• Occasional travel required - Dublin, Ireland

Desirable

• By putting the ‘human’ at the heart of everything we do, NearForm creates software solutions that accelerate enterprise success, enrich customer experience and contribute to the development of our community
• Our Product community plays a big role in supporting and executing on our stakeholders’ business vision by working with the engineering teams on user experience, architecture, design and development, driving to successful product launches
• A Product Manager is responsible for the business management of a product and its commercial success
• They are required to have both a 10,000 ft view and a 2 foot view by defining and executing on a the product strategy, clearly communicating this strategy and vision to stakeholders and delivery team members clearly, collaborating with all parties needed to uncover and define requirements, and carrying a deep understanding of the user needs to support the product strategy
• This role is operationally hands-on with an emphasis on defining the product vision and strategy with stakeholders and NearForm counterparts in order to create a robust and clearly defined backlog for the engineering team to execute on in delivery
• Translate business strategy into product strategy and execute to that strategy in the delivery phase with the engineering team[s]
• Collaborate with stakeholder to define the product roadmap
• Lead the ideation, development, and launch of features
• Drive action throughout the organisation to get products to market
• Plan and carry out product launches, MVP and phased releases
• Provide insight to stakeholders on the product, competitors, technical innovations and market
• Support a SaaS platform and 3rd party integrations
• Provide product marketing with insights on key differentiators and messages
• Write requirements – typically as epics, features and user stories - including clear acceptance criteria
• Define and adhere to Definition of Ready and Definition of Done
• Support Product Owner, stakeholders and NF engineering team[s] with any questions they may have
• Support grooming and refinement ceremonies in collaboration with Tech Leads to ensure alignment on the requirements and to support the delivery goals
• Identify, document and communicate risks, changes or delays as soon as possible
• Manage all aspects of in-life products, including customer feedback, requirements, and issues
• Participate in daily scrum meetings, planning, reviews, demos and retrospectives