Product Manager

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a product professional focused on problem analysis, solution testing, and goal-oriented execution to work on digital products within agile teams. Key Highlights: 1. Experience with digital products and agile teams (Scrum or Kanban) 2. Proficiency in discovery and techniques for structuring products 3. Proactivity, flexibility, and systemic thinking expected **What We’re Looking For?** **We’re looking for a product professional!** You must enjoy analyzing problems and testing solutions. You must be able to work goal-oriented and proactively. You must understand discovery and its techniques to achieve results in structuring products aligned with user needs. **Responsibilities and Duties** **What You Need to Have:** * Experience working with digital products in areas such as Product Ownership, Product Management, Systems Analysis, or UX Design; * Experience writing user stories; * Experience working in agile teams (Scrum or Kanban); * Experience supporting maintenance teams. **Requirements and Qualifications** **What You Will Do:** * Build and maintain the product backlog, based on understanding of the client’s business objectives, user needs, and market benchmarking; * Explain your ideas using low-fidelity prototypes (on whiteboards, paper, or Miro); * Refine the backlog and solution ideas collaboratively with the client; * Refine the backlog with the technical team, discussing solution options and story details; * Support the technical team in conducting deeper solution analysis, evaluating the impact of proposed solutions on the existing system; * Occasionally design processes to better understand the client’s workflow and involved integrations; * Participate in and/or facilitate co-creation and design thinking sessions; * Conduct research (desk research, user research, etc.) jointly with designers; * Assist the client in developing optimal prioritization and experimentation strategies; * Build and use the product roadmap as a communication tool. **Expected Attitudes:** * **Proactivity and Initiative** \- You must be proactive in managing the product, deciding on the best techniques and tools to use, proposing product improvements, and “taking the lead”. * **Flexibility** \- You must be flexible enough to refine the backlog with both the client and the team, listening to diverse opinions and incorporating them. * **Accountability and Commitment** \- You must be committed to the product, care about delivering high-quality work, and genuinely aim to solve the problems presented. * **Organization** \- You must be highly organized to effectively manage a backlog :) * **Systemic Thinking** \- You must be able to see the big picture and understand how components interrelate to formulate an effective prioritization strategy. **Desired Education and Engagement:** * Completed undergraduate degree; * CSPO certification is desirable; * Courses or training in Product Ownership, Product Management, User Research, and related topics are desirable; * Knowledge of Systems Analysis is desirable. * Fluent English. **Additional Information** **What We Offer:** Meal and mobility allowance; Health insurance; Biannual performance reviews with growth opportunities; Feedback-driven culture; Maternity/Paternity leave; Referral bonus; ZenKlub \- two free sessions per month; Education benefit; Longevity award; Coworking office available in Porto Alegre (RS). **About the Hiring Process:** Employment contract under CLT or PJ model; Remote work; This position is fully remote, but we seek candidates from the region who can occasionally visit our headquarters for strategic meetings. Learn more about our career page at https://softdesign.com.br/vemprasoft/