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Description
Job Specifications
Academic:
- At least an undergraduate degree Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related quantitative subject area; or equivalent experience.
Desired Work Experience:
- 5+ years of product management experience shipping world-class products at fast growing companies and have had demonstrable engagement with Design, Engineering and Leadership teams.
- Knowledge of multiple functional areas, including product management, engineering, UX/UI, sales, customer support, finance or marketing.
- Understanding of go-to-market commerce enablers (e.g., payments, loyalty, subscriptions, etc.).
- Exceptional communicator, with the ability to generate stakeholder buy-in and influence cross-functionally to a high standard
- Extensive experience building intuitive UI and premium UX for large feature sets on small screens
- Extremely data driven with the understanding that perfect data is not available but knows the importance of what pragmatic assumptions can be made to drive reasonable decisions
- Proven experience shipping a breadth of high-quality product features at a Fintech company
- Ability to achieve strategic goals and evolve product strategy based on research, data and industry trends in an innovative and fast-paced environment.
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills.
- Strong empathy for customers and an unwillingness to compromise on user-centered design
- Experience in working with third parties, whether it’s evaluating APIs and capabilities, mapping out integration plans or evaluating different technology options
- Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority.
- Experience with using A/B testing as tool to inform product improvements
- Proven capabilities in leading design thinking/co-creation engagements with leaders at senior levels.
- Proven experience in managing medium size & diverse teams; ideally experience managing creative teams of designers and developers
Responsibilities
Product Acceleration (35%)
- Manage feature development end-to-end; provide guidance and feedback to Product Analysts and Engineers, ensuring everyone is aligned.
- Take ownership of products to drive the product and business-planning process across cross-functional teams of the company.
- Be the voice of the customer in the product development process.
- Develop use cases documentation and mock-ups for proposed customer journeys.
- Collaborate with Managers in Customer Management, Operations, Portfolio Management, Data Science, and Engineers in cross-area features to build products.
- Drive teams to acquire necessary data to back assumptions, show value, and drive prioritization.
Product Strategy (30%)
- Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates our products and features across primary market segments.
- Define initial product propositions and go-to-market strategies for new expansion markets.
- Align stakeholders around the vision for the product and prioritize product features and capabilities.
- Meet with the C-suite to discuss financial data and ways to improve business operations.
Customer (20%)
- Develop a deep understanding of our users and gauge customer needs to propose prospective solutions.
- Drive the execution of all product lifecycle processes, including product research, market research, competitive analysis, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements development, and product launch.
- Work with the Senior Product Manager to identify potential opportunity areas, determine the impact for our customers, and implement the most effective course of action.
- Run experiments to improve signup conversion ratios, lead-to-customer conversion ratios, time-to-value for new customers, and the adoption of new features.
- Send quality messages and notifications to customers at the right time.
- Remove bad friction from the user experience.
Learning and Growth (15%)
- Drive Employee Engagement initiatives within the Product department.
- Maintain high performance and personal growth.
- Help team members achieve their career growth plans.
- Ensure up-to-date and actionable competency assessments and development plans.
- Foster close collaboration among staff and relevant stakeholders across the Group to cultivate collective responsibility for achieving business goals.
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