Job title:
Sr. Product Manager
Company
LanceSoft
Job description
Required Skillset
- Proven experience in product planning and lifecycle execution
- Hands-on experience in managing product lifecycle/tracking using tools like Jira, KanBan, and Azure DevOps.
- Experience working with hybrid teams by utilizing collaboration tools like Miro, Microsoft Teams, FigJam, Slack, etc.
- Skilled in planning product delivery and leading distributed teams for efficient outcomes.
- Proficient in creating and managing product roadmaps, and other product artifacts such as proposals, and business cases
- Knowledgeable in project management methodologies, principles, and processes.
- Expertise in defining project scope and controlling work inclusion.
- Competent in budgeting, tracking expenses, and maintaining financial constraints.
Desirable Skillset:
Product Management Expertise:
- Experience in product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle.
- Ability to gather and prioritize product and customer requirements.
- Proficiency in defining product vision and ensuring alignment with strategy and goals of the organization.
- Capability to identify and fill product gaps, generate new ideas, and drive growth.
- Proficient in maintaining product backlog and prioritizing tasks based on business needs.
- Experienced in planning product delivery and guiding teams for timely, efficient outcomes.
- Capable of creating, updating, and delivering product roadmaps focused on growth objectives like market share, revenue, profit, adoption, and ROI.
Project Management Skills:
- Knowledge and experience with project management methodologies, principles, and processes.
- Experience and understanding of product objectives, goals, and metrics to oversee the development and implementation of large-scale projects.
- Defining and controlling the scope of the project to ensure all necessary work is included and unnecessary work is excluded.
- Planning and managing the project budget, tracking expenses, and ensuring that the project remains within financial constraints.
- Being flexible and able to adapt to changes in project scope, timelines, and resources as necessary.
Risk Management and Reporting:
- Identifying potential risks, assessing their impact, and developing mitigation strategies to minimize their effect on the project.
- Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at program management and senior executive levels.
- Experience in creating and maintaining a product road map and reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
Technical Skills:
- Basic knowledge in Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
- Proficiency with online collaboration tools such as MIRO, Microsoft Teams, Atlassian Confluence, Trello, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, Zoom, and Slack.
- Experience with backlog management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, and Pivotal Tracker.
Agile and Scrum Experience:
- Ability to deliver products using Agile (SCRUM) methodologies with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers).
- Experience in Scrum master role is preferred.
Communication and Relationship Management:
- Demonstrated skills in communication, mediation, and team building.
- Ability to build consensus and manage relationships effectively.
Soft Skills:
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
- Proven track record of meeting deadlines and delivering high-profile, high-risk, complex initiatives.
Resumes Evaluation/Criteria:
Product Management – 25%
- Proven experience in product planning and lifecycle management.
- Skilled in defining and executing product vision and strategy.
- Ability to gather and prioritize customer and business requirements.
- Proficient in creating and managing detailed product roadmaps.
Project Management – 25%
- Experience with OPS project assessments (e.g., TRA, PIA) and financial analysis for multi-year projects.
- Proven ability to manage multi-year, multi-million budget projects, including stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and scope control.
- Expertise in formulating business and technical requirements, solving business problems, and defining product visions and goals.
- Experience in coordinating cross-functional teams for product delivery.
Technical, Deployment and Project Integration Skills – 20%
- Basic knowledge in Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
- Skilled in managing project life cycles, utilizing tools like Jira, Trello, Microsoft Project, KanBan, and Azure DevOps.
- Proficiency with online collaboration tools such as MIRO, Microsoft Teams, Atlassian Confluence, Trello, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, Zoom, and Slack.
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Documentation Skills – 20%
- Experience creating privacy, financial, communication and IT documentation including business cases, Privacy Impact Assessments, Threat Impact Assessments, Requests for Service
- Experience in creating Agile methodology artifacts such as roadmaps, release plans, epics/features/user stories
Public Sector Experience – 10%
- Experience with Public Sector ITIL process including incident management, release management, problem management, support models, etc.
- Familiarity with the PMO Stage Gate process as implemented in Ontario Public Sector
- Experience with Service Ontario/Ministry of Government and Consumer Services business processes, gating procedures, project management requirements and business rules.
Must haves:
- Proven experience in product planning and lifecycle execution.
- Skilled in planning product delivery and leading teams for efficient outcomes.
- Proficient in creating and managing product roadmaps.
- Knowledgeable in project management methodologies, principles, and processes.
- Expertise in defining project scope and controlling work inclusion.
- Competent in budgeting, tracking expenses, and maintaining financial constraints.
Nice to Have:
- Previous Public Sector Experience is an asset.
Expected salary
Location
Toronto, ON
Job date
Sun, 26 May 2024 04:06:11 GMT
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