- Set ambitious and clear product vision and communicate ‘the story’ effectively to key stakeholders and the team
- Own the end-to-end product strategy from inception and determine business value once solution enters production
- Build Backlog of product features, i.e. write user Stories and acceptance criteria together with the work-cell team
- Continuously improve Backlog ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated and prioritized
- Ensure customer-driven design considering user pain points and usability test results, while using market and industry knowledge to deliver a well-positioned product
- Approve each Feature and provide valuable feedback for the team
- Drive Sprint- and release plans together with the Scrum Master
- Exercise strong decision making mandate from executive group to own product end-to-end
- Work with Solution Architect to build a modular and reusable solution
Requirements
- Deep knowledge of relevant domains/products/journeys
- Solid knowledge of industry trends pain points to be able to create a high value product vision and user demands and
- Comfortable with technology/IT to be enable engagement and discussion with tech team to understand risks
- Experience in Agile Development, with specific experience in leading the Product Owner (or similar) experience, should be confident in building and managing the Backlog of work
- Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex messages and trade-offs and tell a compelling story
- Sufficient authority to make real time decisions in the lab (should be an actual Product Manager, or a direct report)
- Ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders – strong leadership skills
- Strong problem solver with ability to lead the team to push the solution and progress
- Challenger mindset and passion to challenge status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas – loves and embraces change
- Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency and trust across the team
- Not afraid to ‘roll up the sleeves’ and seeks to go outside comfort zone to learn – pushes the team to do the same