Job Description
Welcome
to Yoush Consulting. Are you an independent IT Consultant or wish to become
one?
Are you looking to partner with an organization that presents you
to consulting opportunities and supports you as a partner?
Product Manager / Leader
(Contract, Hybrid Remote/Onsite "Toronto") -
On-Year Contract with possible extension
Through
ongoing product management, monitoring and reporting, services required to be
performed by the product manager shall include:
Identifying strategic and operational
requirements of specific product management environment for IT initiatives.
Providing ongoing advice on refinements
and enhancements to the organization’s product management delivery processes.
Developing product design criteria,
planning activities, business objectives, communication and reporting
protocols, implementing planning, product prioritization and phasing
strategies, issues management, quality assessment and transition requirements.
Directing, coordinating, and monitoring
product management activities to ensure timely, cost-effective and high-quality
business and customer-focused results
Key
Responsibilities
Articulate the product vision and
product strategy - so the product team knows why they are undertaking the
effort of building the product, and what the plan for doing so is.
Prioritize features & manage the
backlog - So the product team has a shared focus across tactical design and
development work.
Establish and track against measurable
objectives - So the product team knows whether they are on the right path or
not.
Decide when to ship software - So
customers can experience the benefits of the product as soon as possible, and
the product team can continue to gather valuable feedback about how to iterate
on the product.
Continually de-risk product direction -
So the product team only builds the features they should build, based on
validated customer problems and business opportunities, and increase the
likelihood that the product will be successful in the market
Communicate effectively - So the
product team, stakeholders and sponsors are all aligned, and momentum is
maintained.
Requirements
Specific
Deliverables
Deliverables
expected to be produced could include:
Product vision and road map (now, near,
and future timeline)
Product strategy: target audience
(end-users), problems you’re trying to solve, value propositions
Customer discovery insights through
end-user research activities
Product features and functions through
product management backlog and the authoring of user stories with the business
product owner
Product key performance Indicators
(KPIs) or success criteria including a metrics dashboard
Product decision and direction
rationales
Product wins (success stories)
Continuous shipping of product features
to improve upon the minimal viable product produced by the product team through
user-centred design processes and agile (scrum) delivery methodologies
Product risk mitigation strategies
Communications to senior management
level including executive summaries, and product status updates as required.