Product Manager - Strategy & Roadmap (10-15 yrs)

Job Description :

Create the roadmap to launch certain software products or services in the market. Operate as the management focal point for the execution of the roadmap.

Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions) :

- Define the customer problems that need to be solved and define the solution that can be deployed to address the need.

- Define the product roadmap which should include defining the problems that the product will solve and the release plan and features for the releases.

- Define product launch plan

- Work with Technical team that will be building the product and ensure that product build is per the product launch plan.

- Define how the product will be priced

- Define marketing plan

- Define target market and customers for the product.

- Define how to segment the market and potential customers.

- Define marketing collaterals, campaigns, websites etc. that will be needed to support the marketing plan

Basic Required Qualifications :

- Bachelors degree

- 10-15 years of total Experience

- 7+ years of digital product management experience leading programs from inception to launch.

Preferred Qualifications :

- 5+ years of complex and cross organizational project and program management experience in a business leadership capacity.

- Experienced in managing digital programs involving web portal development, deployment, enhancements and their integrations with other applications

- Experience managing product development and marketing of software applications or solutions in any industry.

- Excellent understanding of how Retail Industry and CPG industry works and the relationship between suppliers and retailers.

- Excellent project management skills and demonstrated competency in managing simultaneous execution of multiple projects and workstreams within the program

- Results driven with the ability to combine strong quantitative foundation with business acumen

- Excellent facilitation, negotiation skills, verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; the ability to communicate effectively at all levels and to all functional groups; the ability to translate technical requirements and issues into appropriate context

- Strong business acumen across multiple business functions in Retail (e.g. Sales, Distributions, Supply Chain, etc.)

- History of ability to maintain flexibility, multi-task, and deliver results in a deadline driven environment