Software Product Manager at Progressive Edge

Senior Product Manager

Permanent

Remote

A software development company who builds cloud software that grows their clients businesses has opened a new role within their organisation. The companys work covers a variety of industries and a range of apps and IoT software projects. Clients include startups, scale-ups and enterprises that need brand new cloud software or upgrade or replace existing software.

Join a creative team of product managers, UX designers & researchers, software architects, software developers and QA analysts & engineers dedicated to delivering software that delivers value to our clients and engaging experiences to users.

We are serious about always learning new things. We create the time and opportunities for you to learn and develop new skills and actively promote and compensate you for taking on more responsibility aligned with your career goals.

What does working with us look like?

• Exposure to a range of industries, projects and technologies
• Work in teams of product managers, UX designers & researchers, software developers and QA
• Work remotely but not in isolation
• Continuously learn about new shiny things with allocated training budget and time
• A mentor with the experience in the skills that you want to develop

About the role

It will be your job to help the client discover what software to build that would be valuable to their business, usable to their users and technically feasible. We believe a good product manager is experienced in at least one of the following areas: business, user experience or technology.

Responsibilities

Stakeholder communication and expectation management

• Keep in mind the different views of various stakeholders and explain changes to them within their context
• Facilitate decisions on scope, budget and timeline
• Lead an empowered cross-functional team (UX designers & researchers, software developers, QA analysts & engineers)

Business acumen

• Collaborate with the client and the team to determine the product context including vision, strategy and OKRs
• Compile the business case for product discovery and development
• Manage value, usability, technical feasibility and business viability risk
• Data visualisation to derive business value
• Market analysis and competitive positioning
• Business process mapping

Lean product process

• Product owner support (the product owner is client-side and often inexperienced with making software)
• Product discovery
• Release planning and execution
• Lean analytics

Project and financial management

• Project budget management
• Resource planning
• Project plan update with dependencies in mind
• Financial updates, invoicing and forecasting
• Project risk management

Scrum master

• Remove impediments to product development
• Facilitate retrospectives and implement Agile principles

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of work experience
• Minimum 5 years experience in Agile software development
• Minimum 5 years experience as a project manager
• One of the following
• Minimum 2 years experience as a tech Product Manager
• Minimum 2 years experience as a Business Analyst

Location & commitments

The work is remote with quarterly co-located team events, usually at our offices in Stellenbosch