Product Manager
Pandora
- København
- Permanent
- Fuldtid
- Own, develop and specify our backlog for the EMEA POS solution.
- Develop a detailed understanding of the processes and technology functionality that the POS product consists of
- Develop product strategy (now, next, later) based on collaboration with key stakeholders and guided by team mission and business benefits to pursue.
- Maintain the product roadmap, and prioritize features (quarterly) and stories (bi weekly)
- Create and maintain roadmap features, and ensure, together with scrum masters that stories are sufficiently specified for the development team to work on prioritized features
- Work with functional consultants in the D365 space to ensure their work is aligned with the product backlog and their outputs support the OKR's of the Retail Technology Team
- Drive the cadence of coordination and alignment with commercial stakeholders, and own the artifacts of coordination that can inform the product roadmap and feature prioritization.
- Collaborate with Delivery management in creation of complex Lean Business Canvas' that include market analysis, costs, business/user benefits, OPEX & CAPEX calculations, output - working with stakeholders to align and agree.
- Carry out analysis of impact, scope, and technical dependencies for user stories, working with Engineering Manager, Architects, and the wider team to understand technical implications, as required.
- Set clear objectives and key results for new features, working in conjunction with analytics, if required
- Work collaboratively with other Product Managers to identify dependencies between product teams an define how to manage them.
- Schedule, plan, and drive critical Product governance sessions, e.g.: continuous refinement of the product backlog with the Scrum team through regular and frequent backlog refinement sessions.
- Own the 'what' of sprint planning meetings to provide clarity and elaborate user stories to help the team better understand the requirements.
- Define sprint goals and ensure that work is prioritized and prioritization is understood and aligned with the development team.
- Actively engage in daily stand-up meetings, as required by the development team.
- Contribute to sprint retrospectives to foster continuous improvement.
- As the expert for your product, be confident and forthright in your backlog, saying 'no' where the data and insights do not support following a particular path.
- Protect the Scrum team by confidently and diplomatically rejecting unnecessary changes to the sprint backlog mid-sprint.
- Own the business readiness for your features liaising with all parties involved to clearly communicate what will be released, and when.
- Actively participate within the community of Product Managers to foster best practice and consistency of approach.
- A team first mentality and behavior, with demonstrated success in prior organizations.
- Ideally 3 years experience in product management, demonstrating successful development and delivery of product strategies, roadmaps through to product launch, continuous development and optimization
- Passion for retail and technology
- Experience of owning digital products with multiple stakeholders and complex, competing priorities. Desired experience in D365 Commerce
- Experience of applying agile analysis techniques for defining and creating user stories and acceptance criteria
- Experience of producing high quality supporting artefacts to assist the team in the development of the feature (e.g., Roadmaps, Product Canvas, Story Map)
- Demonstrates pragmatic judgement, balancing risk, and business value to reach decisions which are well informed and actionable.
- Is proactive in planning to achieve targets and objectives which deliver profitable outcomes.
- Experience of applying data and insight to inform decision-making
- Experience of working with engineering teams and quickly understanding the technology landscape of the product area they were working in.
- Experience of prioritizing decisions based on the value of a feature and the estimated risk / time / technical complexity to deliver it into production use
- Strong team working, and collaboration skills demonstrated in Scrum/agile environments