Product Manager

SQUAD is seeking a Product Manager to help establish and advance its product culture within a user-centric UX Design and Research environment. The role involves identifying opportunities, defining product direction, managing roadmaps and backlogs, and driving initiatives from concept through delivery and growth in collaboration with clients and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business objectives, challenges, and opportunities
• Translate business needs into clear product requirements, user stories, and actionable plans
• Define and maintain product roadmaps that align business goals, customer needs, and delivery capabilities
• Own and prioritize product backlogs to ensure teams focus on the highest-value initiatives
• Partner with Engineering, Design, UX Research, Marketing, and other cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle
• Facilitate communication between business and technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment and transparency
• Drive product initiatives from idea through implementation, managing priorities, dependencies, risks, and trade-offs
• Analyze customer feedback, market dynamics, industry trends, and competitive landscapes to identify opportunities for growth and differentiation
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of internal products, services, and product practices
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, enhance customer value, and support business growth
• Monitor product performance and use data-driven insights to inform decision-making and prioritization
• Foster collaboration and alignment across diverse stakeholder groups while maintaining a strong customer and business focus

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Business Analysis, or a similar role
• Experience working directly with stakeholders to define business needs and product requirements
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, roadmap planning, and backlog prioritization
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in Agile environments
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
• Comfortable working independently, taking ownership, and driving initiatives forward with minimal supervision
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Product thinking and customer-centric mindset
• Business and commercial awareness
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Curiosity and a continuous learning mindset
• Flexibity and high level of autonomy with minimal supervision
• Ability to influence and build alignment across teams and stakeholders
• Proactive approach to identifying opportunities and solving problems
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Experience working with IoT would be a huge advantage