Job Summary
In short, a technical product manager attains a deep knowledge of how-to bring products into the market in terms of development. They would typically be responsible to translate the roadmap of the particular product’s journey into actionable steps in order for the product to be built and developed. In addition, a technical product manager would work closely with technical team lead/developers. Because they have strong technical knowledge, it would further facilitate communication between strategy minded product individuals and engineering employees.
You are: (personality / competencies etc)
- Passionate about working with developers, learning about new technologies, and evangelising developer tools;
- Highly competent in managing all phases of project management (inclusive of risk identification & management; change management; tracking dependencies and achievements; communicating to stakeholders overall project status);
- Have an ambitious spirit to drive innovation independently and passionate to make things better at any and every opportunity;
- Detailed orientated and structured in thinking
- Attain a natural leadership style and has a positive disposition
- Expertise on continuous improvement and process automation;
- Able to learn and understand technical concepts and efficiently communicate in a way that is understandable to non-technical audiences;
- Able to grasp and understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements;
- Have a deep understanding of technical platforms, and internal and party API interfaces.
Your Responsibilities: (What is this role all about? What does the applicant have to do?)
- Understand, research, and follow technical/general trends in the industry. Regularly study competitors’ products and explore new ways of improving existing products;
- Uncover and understand customers’ needs and convert them into requirements;
- Outline the vision, strategy and roadmap of the product. Translate the product’s strategy into detailed requirements for prototype construction and final product development;
- Define the success criteria for testing and product approval;
- Use database queries to analyse performance indicators, evaluate tests, etc;
- Able to work with teams within technology and marketing by managing the requirements and communications. Ensure requirements are fully understood and that implementation plans match expectations;
- Organise and implement internal and customer training/technical expertise on how to use the product;
- Serve as a product subject matter expert to the technical/developer community. Able to answer incoming questions raised about the product and its capabilities;
- Able to identify and present innovative product solutions. Along with being able to assess and address technical risks;
- Strong technical skills with experience in configuring and troubleshooting issues faced in production;
- Understand and analyse data pipelines, algorithms, and automated systems;
- Coordinate product releases with marketing, sales, and development teams;
- Facilitate the creation and maintenance of proper product documentation.
Your Merits: (these are must haves in terms of qualifications & experience & specific technical /professionals skills that you want from the applicant)
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science / Information Technology / Engineer or any other related degrees;
- Experience in software development;
- Minimum of 2 years of experience delivering technical products/projects in multi-functional teams consisting of Program Managers, Product Managers, Developers and Business Owners;
- Experience in either leading or working with Agile methodologies;
- Experience in developing products from end to end i.e. production, requirements gatherings, stakeholder management and working with engineering to deliver teams vision and goal.