Senior Product Manager at Sokowatch

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop a product vision & roadmap to transform the Sokowatch product set
• Manage all product development efforts including interviewing teams, analysing the automation opportunities, presenting recommendations to senior leadership and supporting integration, training and measuring of automation outputs
• Ensure existing hardware and intellectual properties from current business functions are being assessed and repurposed to drive improvement and accountability, and create business value
• Advise senior leadership on world-class operational and digital procedures for running our important business functions, including the co-creation of a delightful innovative environment
• Co-develop predictable processes, data models, execution plans and support tools for teams
• Represent the business teams in the product cycle, and lead prioritization of clear use cases and communication of the product strategy
• Maintain a self-help knowledge base and appropriate communication tools for staff for discussing and documenting new issues and their solutions
• Support adoption of new processes for business teams by using data and agile tools like sprint trackers
• Review and give feedback on features being built by engineers
• Manage innovation budget and opportunities to implement open-source and other plug and play software tools with clear cost-benefit analyses to preserve engineering resources

Requirements:

• Technical knowledge of coding languages including Java, XML, and SQL, or automation tools like Google Scripts, IFTTT, Zapier.
• Degree, certification or demonstrable impact in Product Management, IT, Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of experience with product management or building products with immense traction
• Epic communication skills and empathy for technical and operational staff in order be the bridge between them
• Passion and drive for solving problems, building, planning and designing tools for teams to thrive
• Demonstrated ability to work in a self-directed manner, seeking out areas that need attention, rather than being asked to look at specific problem areas.
• Consistently asks for help and seeks advice from colleagues to let the best idea or process win
• Ability to grow and maintain a current network of hardware, software and support providers
• Entrepreneurial drive, and proven ability to take ownership, and lead the team’s combined learning
• Naturally curious and constantly improving