Dayforce is a global human capital management company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are seeking a Product Manager for the Platform Core Services team to bring next-generation platform capabilities to life, collaborating with development teams and ensuring high-quality internal tools that enhance developer productivity.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with members of the Product Management and Development teams to translate requirements into solutions and system designs that align with product development strategy
- Drive forward Platform Core Services initiatives with a passion and enthusiasm
- Serve as the voice of the user in conversations with design and development
- Partner with the cybersecurity and privacy teams as well as with customers and other product development teams to understand their needs and use that input to help shape the product
- Identify, prioritize and execute against both the backlog and roadmap using a data driven approach
- Manage the risk of poorly developed software by ensuring the team is focused on building the right product for the right user at the right time
- Perform ongoing backlog grooming, including maintaining and prioritizing backlog items in conjunction with team members
- Coordinate activities across development teams, identifying, documenting and driving cross-team dependencies
- Define acceptance criteria and technical requirements, including data requirements, data flow and usage, and for features
- Create and maintain technical and end user documentation Review product release notes and ensure the accuracy of any technical details
- Work with product operations to plan charters and launches to get our products out to customers
Requirements:
- Highly organized, disciplined self-starter, capable of working independently or in close collaboration within an agile development team
- Excellent consulting, collaboration and communication skills
- Ability to communicate with external customers and partners to gather requirements
- Ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Experience writing user stories, doing user research, breaking down technical features
- Experience building developer tools or internal tools for large platforms
- Demonstrable understanding of technical concepts like Microsoft Azure, Kafka, and microservices. Familiarity with architectural frameworks is preferred
- Skilled in data analysis, user interviews, documentation, and cross-time zone collaboration
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration / Computer Information Systems or equivalent degree
- Minimum 3 years of experience as a Product Manager working directly with agile development teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent multitasking and problem-solving abilities
- Exceptional self-awareness and time management skills
- Familiarity with architectural frameworks