MAIN AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY:
The primary responsibility of the Product Manager is planning and execution throughout the product life cycle, including gathering and prioritizing requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and support to ensure goals are met. He / she will be the champion of a key initiative within Sprout’s product offerings.
TASKS:
- As a product owner, manage products through the product development life-cycle using Agile Scrum methodology.
- Understand customer needs, gather and define product requirements, features, and functionality. Gather business requirements, prioritize features, author user stories and acceptance criteria, and collaborate with scrum team members to ensure product features are delivered according to specifications.
- Build and maintain an effective and groomed backlog providing clear requirements for new initiatives and enhancements.
- Work closely with the Product Design & UX team to bring engaging user experiences to life.
- Analyze the impact, usage, and adoption of features and improvements to confirm they had the right effect on the business, and if not, make corrective actions to ensure it meets the required success criteria.
- Research and understand competitive offerings, regulations and other industry constraints, operational impacts and needs.
- Assist with Sales enablement, and demonstrate new features and the product to internal and external stakeholders as needed.
- Take a hands-on approach to operational monitoring and product launch activities, and assist product marketing as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS | COMPETENCIES:
- At least eight years of work experience, with at least four years of product management experience. Experience in a startup environment would be a bonus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics or related field is preferred.
- Expert in product management methodologies and tools such as agile, scrum and JIRA.
- Experience in SaaS-based Mobile and Web applications would be a plus. .
- Knowledge of building data/analytics oriented products would be a plus.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills. Adept at communicating with technical and non-technical cross-functional teams.
- Able to engage internal and external stakeholders and manage their expectations.
- Ability to work effectively and independently under pressure, meet deadlines, multitask and to prioritize tasks effectively.
- Experience in developing B2B or B2C products. Mobile product experience would be a BONUS!
This is a full-time employment opportunity with a hybrid work arrangement. The position requires reporting to the office in Mandaluyong City once a week.
The role offers certifications and annual budget for training/upskilling.
To know more about the company, you may check our website: https://sprout.ph/
Sprout Solutions provides equal Opportunity Employment and Welcomes applications from all sectors of the society. Discrimination on the basis of race, religion, age, nationality, ethnicity, gender, citizenship, civil partnership status, or any other grounds as protected by law.
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What We Do
Sprout is a rapidly growing SaaS company aimed to create paradigm-changing solutions for the Philippines. Our goal is to help small, medium-sized, and large enterprise Philippine businesses grow through our suite of backend solutions that address end-to-end HR challenges - especially with the new normal of hybrid work we are all experiencing. With over 1,000 clients across a number of industries, and with a leadership position in the BPO market, Sprout is uniquely qualified due to our laser focus and keen understanding of the intricate nuances of Philippine HR. The Sprout Ecosystem, a comprehensive and effective cloud-based People Platform, is a powerful and completely secure solution that not only allows companies to manage all their HR in one place, with one employee user interface and open API to leverage other enterprise data but also gives invaluable analytics that aid in better enterprise-wide decision-making. Our team is all about individuals who genuinely want to make things better for Filipinos, and actually have the courage to do something about it. We believe that local talent, combined with diverse international talent, united by a common passion and core values, are not just able to build world-class products, but are also able to ignite digital transformational change that will revolutionize a whole economy.
