Product Manager

What you will be doing:

• You will run the end-to-end product lifecycle of Arena initiatives you are responsible for;
• Create, communicate, and execute the roadmap and strategy to achieve the goals;
• Create use-cases, user stories, and detailed product requirements that clearly articulate the functionality of the product that will be developed;
• Own and manage the product backlog and prioritize product enhancements, partner, and customer requests by using sound judgement and decisive tradeoffs;
• Develop competitive expertise to assist in outbound product positioning and inform internal development priorities;
• Collaborate with Engineering, Design, and Marketing teams to deliver an amazing product and an exceptional user experience;
• Partner with Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support to successfully roll out the products and ensure an outstanding end-to-end user experience.

You May Be a Good Fit If You Have:

• 3+ years of product experience, preferably in a SaaS platform software;
• Industry experience and familiarity with UI design and best practices, APIs, general programming languages and concepts, including web and mobile application architectures and components, and network effect concepts;
• Strong organizational skills: prioritization, effective time management, conflict resolution, risk identification, and mitigation;
• Depth of experience leading business-critical product initiatives. You can take big ideas and turn them into a roadmap of features and research with minimal guidance;
• Tireless eye for detail and demonstrated an obsession with building great user experiences;
• Natural leadership. You know how to influence people to get things done across any job function. People love working with you;
• Experience with SCRUM/Agile development process;
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken) and feel comfortable talking to native English speakers on a daily basis.

Nice-to-Have Experience:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering education;
• Experience with programming languages;
• Mentoring team members.

Example Responsibilities:

• Prepare project, epic, and sprint plans with the Tech Leads;
• Deliver projects on time and within quality standards;
• Ensure all relevant tasks have a technical plan before development is started;
• Coordinate technical plans with the Architecture Team and make sure the development is aligned with their designs;
• Provide technical expertise, guidance, training, and mentoring to the engineers and designers working in your team;
• Maintain a friendly, non-hierarchical team;
• Manage releases and war-rooms;
• Contribute hands-on features  from wireframe to production releases;
• Serve as a responsive contact point to other departments and customers;
• Conduct regular 1-on-1s with team members;