Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager

The Senior Product Manager role should be able to flex between multiple roles:
Product Owner, Project Manager, QA, UX Designer, Researcher, and Consultant. He/She will be responsible for managing client development initiatives, leading requirements gathering, prioritizing the product backlog with client input, testing the product, and partnering with the Engineering Manager to deliver on the client engagement.

Product Management

• Fostering the product mindset on behalf of clients and evangelize new technology that can be used to build a user centric product that empowers users to do the right job
• Following the lead of a client that already has a strong product vision and needs help with execution - support them and challenge constructively, always with a focus on building the right product with the least amount of waste
• Leading the client to move in the desired direction, if they don’t already have a strong perspective
• Teaching the client how product management is done well with Metafora sanctioned tools and processes
• Owning and maintaining the product backlog, including the creation of product/program visions, requirements documentation, and documenting delivery risks
• Writing stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria
• Including creating wireframes and making collaborative design decisions with the client
• Articulating the What and the Why to the Engineering Team so that they have the right level of information to focus on the How
• Leading backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and product demos
• Partnering with the Engineering Manager to usher projects through the entire project lifecycle and deliver the project on time and on budget
• Project/Program management
• Work closely with the client stakeholders to keep the project roadmap prioritized
• Developing domain expertise, both within the client s unique business and the product category (i.e. marketplace vs TMS)
• Striving to reduce waste, whether that be in the product, the SDLC, or both
• Evangelize products and product features throughout the development lifecycle
• Visiting clients and meeting with users to obtain feedback and product direction
• Engaging with customers to understand key decision points, map out workflows, and identify product features that enable you to become the voice of the customer
• Reviewing project deliverables with clients to obtain approval for invoicing
• Generation of content to be included in client invoices and coordinating with Accounting to generate and send out client invoices
• Fostering a culture of building, measuring, and learning
• Identifying product / project specific metrics to measure
• Develop a shared understanding across the client, stakeholders, users and engineering team
• Establishing application KPIs, monitor application usage, and identify / implement strategies that lead to attainment of product goals
• Support in the renewal of client engagements

Communication

• Up & Out:
  Communicating project status, risks & impediments, and feedback up the management chain and out to client stakeholders and users
• Provide business and technical understanding to all stakeholders
• Across:
  Communicating with peers and other functional groups across the organization
• Down:
  Communicating news and decision making to the Engineering Team
• Making sure that the Engineering Team is communicating with the customer the right amount to maintain velocity on development priorities, i.e. both serving as a buffer and connecting the team with customer feedback/domain knowledge
• Being the consummate professional that actively listens to clients and users, providing advice and guidance when appropriate

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