Senior Technology Product Manager

divh2Product Manager/h2pThe ideal candidate should bring proven expertise in Product Management, including requirements definition and prioritization, stakeholder collaboration, and negotiation within Agile/SAFE frameworks. Prior experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager is essential./ppStrong communication skills are critical, along with a demonstrated ability to think analytically and structurally, with keen attention to detail. The candidate should be a creative problem solver, capable of applying innovative approaches to complex challenges./ppQualifications:/ppMust have:/pulliBachelors degree, preferably in Engineering, Technology, or similar program/liliTotal 7-8+ years of experience with SDLC./lili4 to 5 years of experience as an independent Business Analyst, Product Owner, or Product Manager role./liliStrong analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills/liliExperience driving all aspects of the software development lifecycle with development teams - iteration themes, backlog grooming, story mapping, user story creation and decomposition, retrospectives, etc./liliDeep customer empathy, including ability to understand end-to-end scenarios and how to measure success./liliExcellent writing and verbal communication skills/liliStrong attention to detail and organization skills/liliStrong ability to gather and interpret complex and relevant data./liliPassionate about sharing your experiences and knowledge and growing your peers./liliBuilds a strong relationship with key stakeholders to understand their objectives and products/services./liliProven ability to negotiate priorities with business stakeholders./liliDriven, curious, and continuous learner who strives to understand the business impact of work./liliVisio (or similar tool) expertise required to create systems or other simple logical drawings and mapped workflows./li/ulpNice to have:/pulliSAFE PMPO (Product Manager /Product owner) or CSPO (Certified Scrum Product owner) or PSPO (Professional Scrum Product Owner) certification/liliKnowledge of US Tax and accounting/liliPrevious Experience on US Tax Filing Product/li/ulpEssential Duties and Responsibilities:/pulliProactively seeks detailed understanding of vision, and near-term and long-term priorities for the product portfolio they support, including target customer segment(s), focus areas for solution portfolio, success criteria and goals, etc./liliGathers functional and non-functional requirements from technology product managers, customers and internal stakeholders, including, marketing, sales, implementation, training and support teams/liliTranslates functional and non-functional requirements into feature and user stories/liliRepresents the voice of customers and internal stakeholders to user experience and development teams throughout the solution development process/liliDocuments user acceptance criteria for all functional and non-functional requirements/liliPresents and explains the feature and user stories to the development team throughout the development process in all forums associated with Agile process/liliFacilitates quarterly development planning process (e.g., agile big room planning)/liliPartners with the development team to strike the right balance of scope, schedule and resources to maximize progress towards their portfolio goals/liliPlans for the year, to ensure that the development team will have the written technical features and stories on time and prioritize development of those appropriately along with other user stories for the upcoming five quarters/liliPartners with program/project manager to develop detailed project plans and closely track performance against those plans; convey progress, any deviations and impacts of those deviations to product line managers in a timely fashion/liliSets iteration themes and assign prioritized user stories from the product backlog to the Scrum teams; participate in team planning meetings, and provides advice, clarification and guidance during the execution of each sprint/liliInspects, and accepts or rejects completed work for the development sprint, and ensures new functionality meets the acceptance criteria/liliCollaborate with partner teams across the organization to develop an in-depth understanding of the Audit Products./liliGather requirements and write concrete features to be implemented by the development team and prioritize them./liliAs a data-driven company, you will need to clearly define what we want to achieve, how to measure our progress against those achievements, and collect and report on that data./liliMeasure and evaluate how the product is used and if it solves the right problem./liliBuild a roadmap that meets desired needs and goals, and clearly articulate the benefits of that roadmap across partner teams and stakeholders to gain feedback and realignment./liliPlan and prioritize roadmap / issue work with the engineering teams./liliContribute to technical/product documentation, release notes, and other guides for users./li/ul/div