Product Manager - Agile Methodologies

Description :

Job Summary :

The Product Manager Agile Methodologies is responsible for defining product strategy, prioritizing features, and driving successful delivery using Agile practices.

The role collaborates across engineering, design, business, and customer-facing teams to build high-impact products.

The Product Manager ensures that the product roadmap aligns with business goals, customer needs, and market trends while guiding cross-functional teams through iterative development cycles.

Key Responsibilities :

- Define product vision, strategy, and roadmap based on business objectives and customer pain points.

- Conduct market analysis, competitor research, and customer interviews to identify new opportunities.

- Align product goals with company OKRs, KPIs, and long-term strategy.

- Develop business cases and feature proposals with clearly defined success metrics.

- Act as Product Owner in Agile teams, managing the product backlog and user stories.

- Collaborate with design and engineering to translate customer requirements into detailed user stories with acceptance criteria.

- Prioritize backlog items based on value, feasibility, dependencies, and customer impact.

- Lead Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, and Review sessions ensuring proper alignment across teams.

- Work closely with UX/UI teams to deliver intuitive, high-quality user experiences.

- Partner with engineering to ensure product features are delivered on schedule and meet technical standards.

- Coordinate with sales, marketing, customer support, and leadership on product positioning, launches, and updates.

- Facilitate cross-team communication and remove impediments impacting delivery.

- Manage the full product lifecycle from discovery to launch, iteration, and maturity.

- Define and track KPIs, user engagement metrics, product performance, and ROI.

- Monitor release quality, test execution, and user acceptance testing (UAT).

- Drive continuous improvement by analyzing product usage data and feedback.

- Engage with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to gather insights and validate assumptions.

- Hold product demos, roadmap discussions, and regular stakeholder updates.

- Collect and prioritize customer feedback to guide product evolution.

- Evangelize the product vision internally and externally.

- Create product requirement documents (PRDs), user story maps, workflows, prototypes, and wireframes.

- Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation for features, releases, and technical specifications.

- Provide regular reports to leadership on product performance, progress, risks, and timelines.

- Promote Agile mindset across teams by encouraging iterative development, transparency, and open communication.

- Help teams adopt practices such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and SAFe (if applicable).

- Ensure ceremonies, artifacts, and Agile principles are followed for predictability and quality.

Required Skills & Competencies :

Technical & Product Skills :

- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).

- Expertise in creating and managing product backlogs and user stories.

- Experience with product analytics tools (Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Amplitude).

- Familiarity with UX principles, design tools (Figma, Sketch), and prototyping techniques.

- Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) and technical concepts (APIs, integrations, cloud).

- Hands-on experience with project management and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Trello, Azure DevOps