The Product Manager is a cross-functional position that requires taking ownership and responsibility for a product/service and all issues and considerations related to it.
As a Product Manager, you’ll be the bridge between product stakeholders and the development team, taking the business requirements and defining the product requirements.
Play a central role in building capabilities that will empower multiple business-critical software projects.
Build insights into Welocalize use cases, strategize where software solutions can be applied to drive business impact, and use these insights to build and champion the product roadmap.
Closely partner with outstanding talent across engineering teams and drive tight integration with other systems to build effective software solutions.
Define clear OKRs to ensure progress towards our goal of driving software adoption and effectiveness.
Collaborate with internal operational stakeholders, external clients, and our engineering team to ensure product success.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, define clear objectives, and develop technical plans.
Develop metrics that reflect the needs of the business for their stakeholder cases, partner in the analysis of experiment results, interpret findings, and provide actionable recommendations.
Stay updated with the latest advancements in software development, technologies, and methodologies.
Lead product development and launches by working with multiple stakeholders to define product requirements, prioritize features, and manage timelines.
Monitor product performance and user feedback to ensure product success.
Develop and execute a formal plan to regularly engage with stakeholders to ensure all product needs are captured.
Ensure that requirements slated for development are internally consistent, well-described, and granular enough to be implemented by developers.
Collaborate with the development team by involving them in the development of the product vision, sharing credit for success, thinking through nuances before presenting requirements, and creating schedules through consensus.
Contribute to a culture of excellence, open communication, courage, and respect.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or higher
5+ years of relevant work experience in software product management.
Familiarity with AI and ML technologies and localization platforms, including TMS, CAT tools, LQA, MT, and integrations.
Background in Life Sciences is a plus.
Demonstrated ability to work with senior executives, stakeholders, and users to define and manage scope, strategy, and requirements.
Strong ability to seek out, understand, and dive into data, research, and others' thoughts to support data-driven decision-making.
A well-rounded communicator, collaborator, and presenter who loves to share findings and insights.
Strong practical knowledge of MS Office, Atlassian (JIRA, Confluence).
Understanding of Lean and Agile methodologies.
Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines, and reporting.
Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning).
Ability to build clear and concise presentations and communicate effectively at every level of the organization.
Demonstrated specialization, execution, and delivery of software products.
Demonstrated project management skills, including effective planning, organizing, and administration of multi-functional work responsibilities.
Demonstrated ability to facilitate cross-functional planning sessions (e.g., Scrum and Squad in Agile).
Demonstrated ability to effectively partner across, collaborate with, and inspire teams and individuals, including remote employees.
Ability to negotiate and resolve complex and sensitive issues with diplomacy and persuasiveness.