The Product Manager will have the following qualities
- Strong ability to execute. Effective at partnering with team members and reaching out in real-time to overcome roadblocks.
- Strong ability to prioritize. Effective at perceiving customer needs and understanding how to deliver value quickly.
- Data driven. Effective at using data to understand what is most important.
- Excellent in verbal and written communication and able to convey dissenting opinions in a constructive manner, particularly written communications.
- Will have a passion to learn the world of Network Security and the requirements imposed by a predominantly Machine Learning ecosystem.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Act as the Product Owner for a high-performing Agile team, representing the customer, defining and documenting requirements and working closely will team members to deliver quality, valuable and lovable products.
- Work closely with the product leaders to plan the product life cycle and execute product releases.
- Work with the team to drive decision-making processes to consensus and ensure that the team is effectively implementing the product roadmap.
- Work closely with pre-sales staff to receive feedback, understand product requirements and support sales demonstrations and product evaluations.
- Participate in strategic planning and design sessions with product management, engineering management, architects and technical sales leaders.
- Assist in the creation of product documentation, knowledge-base articles, product demonstrations, release notes and customer newsletters.
- Participate in troubleshooting Production issues, review new product features and work with customers and prospects.
Skills and Experience
We seek a top performer with the passion, perspective and inquisitiveness to build a market-leading product. The ideal candidate will be a high energy, team oriented, customer driven problem solver. Prior experience in delivering SaaS security solutions for small businesses and enterprises is highly desirable.
- Experience with network, endpoint or application security solutions.
- Experience working directly with engineering teams, both onshore and offshore.
- Experience with Agile Software Development methodologies, preferably in a product owner role.
- 2-3 years of experience in a product manager or product owner role in a software company, preferably with experience building SaaS, security or Big Data solutions.
- Exceptionally strong written and verbal communications skills, as well as good interpersonal and organizational skills.