A successful company based in Maidenhead is seeking a Product Manager to join their highly entrepreneurial and experienced team. As a Product Manager you'll be responsible for the creation and evolution of exciting products which meet the needs of their customers and the business.
Responsibilities
• Support Product Management by creating epics and user stories to enable applicable development for at least 2 sprints of prioritized user stories
• Work closely with the Scrum team to help clarify stories as required
• Compile test results to provide data for use in solving problems
• Perform engineering level tests to find defects; troubleshoot and debug development and production issues, collaborating with QA Engineers to develop optimal product test plans
• Work with Product Owner to clarify and estimate feature work
• Work with QA Engineers to develop optimal product test plans and resolve new feature issues as QA finds bugs during release stabilization
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Bachelors degree in business, computer science or equivalent field plus c 2 years experience working as a business analyst, product manager, product owner or similar role OR equivalent experience
• Highly motivated self-starter with a desire to help others and take action
• Requires strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms
• Ability to independently work as a contributing member in a high-paced and focused team
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks with competing deadlines
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to work under pressure
• Ability to socialize ideas and influence decisions without direct authority
• Collaborative in nature with a strong desire to dig in and learn independently and as well as through asking questions
• Considers best-practice standards, as well as departmental policies and procedures
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills
• Understanding of product and sprint backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, and work breakdowns
• Understands the fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
If this sounds of interest, please apply today.