Project Manager/leader - Toronto, Canada - Softline Technology Inc.

Softline Technology Inc.

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Project Manager (Product Manager) / Leader - Senior Deliverables

Must haves:

This role is completely remote
Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of products

Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies

Ability to delivery on a product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) utilizing Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies.

Scrum master experience is preferred.

Through ongoing product management, monitoring and reporting, services required to be performed by
the product manager shall include:

Identifying strategic and operational requirements of specific product management environment for IT initiatives.
Providing ongoing advice on refinements and enhancements to the organization's product management delivery processes.
Developing product design criteria, planning activities, business objectives, communication and reporting protocols, implementing planning, product prioritization and phasing strategies, issues management, quality assessment and transition requirements.
Directing, coordinating and monitoring product management activities to ensure timely, costeffective and highquality business and customerfocused results

Key Responsibilities

Articulate the product vision and product strategy so the product team knows why they are undertaking the effort of building the product, and what the plan for doing so is.
Prioritize features & manage the backlog
So the product team has a shared focus across tactical design and development work.
Establish and track against measurable objectives
So the product team knows whether they are on the right path or not.
Decide when to ship software
So customers can experience the benefits of the product as soon as possible, and the product team can continue to gather valuable feedback about how to iterate on the product.
Continually derisk product direction
So the product team only builds the features they should build, based on validated customer problems and business opportunities, and increase the likelihood that the product will be successful in the market

Communicate effectively

So the product team, stakeholders and sponsors are all aligned, and momentum is maintained.

Specific Deliverables

Deliverables expected to be produced could include:

Product vision and road map (now, near, and future timeline)
Product strategy: target audience (endusers), problems you're trying to solve, value propositions
Customer discovery insights through enduser research activities
Product features and functions through product management backlog and the authoring of user stories with the business product owner
Product key performance Indicators (KPIs) or success criteria including a metrics dashboard
Product decision and direction rationales
Product wins (success stories)
Continuous shipping of product features to improve upon the mínimal viable product produced by the product team through usercentred design processes and agile (scrum) delivery methodologies
Product risk mitigation strategies
Communications to senior management level including executive summaries, and product status updates as required.

Experience and Skill

Project Manager / Leader (Product Manager) - Senior

Evaluation Criteria Breakdown

Relationship Management - 35%

Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client products are progressing according to schedule or product road map
Demonstrated experience in team building, consensus building and relationship management skills
Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of products
Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies

Product Management - Knowledge, Risks, Issues, Scheduling & Reporting - 35%

Experience with identification to risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at program management and senior executive level and recommend mitigation strategies for decision makers
Ability to create and maintain a product road map which describes how your product is likely to evolve over time.
Ability to delivery on a product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) utilizing Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies. Scrum master experience is preferred.
Experience gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed product schedule and/or integrated plan
Experience with product program, and/or portfolio reporting to multistakeholders at senior executive levels;
Experience with participating in steering committee and stakeholder forums.

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