What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager position at TechClub Inc?
Responsibilities:
* Work with business and engineering leadership to develop, document, and communicate OKRs, ensuring alignment with the broader business strategy.
* Create and maintain a clear and actionable product roadmap that balances short-term objectives with long-term goals while prioritizing initiatives based on impact, feasibility, and level of effort.
* Manage the software development life cycle for respective team by creating high-level themes/epics, developing detailed product requirements via user stories, manage the product backlog, plan feature/product releases, and ensure that work is aligned with delivery of the OKRs. Proactively manage and mitigate risks.
* Be an active party in a high performing product organization, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
* Collaborate cross-functionally, have a deep understanding of competitive dynamics and ensure product development is aligned with market needs and capabilities.
* Regularly update executive teams on product performance including challenges and successes using key performance indicators. Make data-driven recommendations for product enhancements to business and technical stakeholders as needed.
Key Skills:
* Strategic Thinking: Strong understanding of business strategy and how to align product initiatives to drive company success. Curiosity to explore and uncover areas of opportunity.
* Cross-Functional Communication: Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders ranging from executives to business partners and technical teams.
* Analytical & Data-Driven: Skilled in using data to inform decisions, measure success, and iterate on the product with a focus on continuous improvement.
* Customer-Focused: Passion for understanding customer pain points and solving them through innovative product solutions.
* Problem-Solving: Ability to navigate complex problems, manage competing priorities, and make tough decisions.
* Change Management: Ability to manage change in a dynamic environment and lead teams through periods of transition while constantly re-evaluating priorities as situations evolve.
* Domain Expertise: Experience in building modern consumer facing products in financial technology organizations.
* Experience: 5 years of progressive experience in a plan, build and/or product/operation role in a high-performing, technology-powered product organization. Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent practical experience.
Mandatory Skills:
* 5-7 years of product management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
* Experience working in agile operating models.
* Analytical mindset: ability to turn findings from data into executable plans that meet business objectives.
* Working with distributed teams and using agile delivery tools (i.e. JIRA, Confluence).
* Demonstrated experience working with lending products, understanding of platform functionality, processing flows, APIs/data transmission technology, and/or new business integration services.
* Experience leading scrum team(s) through an end-to-end program of work via SDLC.
* Proficient in writing detailed user-stories and acceptance criteria.
