Senior Product Manager

About Netguru

Our mission at Netguru is to help entrepreneurs and innovators shape the world through beautiful software. We care about trust, taking ownership, and transparency. As a Certified B Corporation®, we offer a safe, inclusive and productive environment for all team members, and we’re always open to feedback.

What's in it for you?

• You'll have ownership on shaping innovative software products:
  we work both for start-ups (like solarisBank or Moonfare) and big enterprises (like Volkswagen or IKEA). You'll have an impact on our clients' new and existing products.
• You'll have a possibility to scope the role: you will have a high degree of autonomy, room for experimenting and questioning the status quo.
• You'll have a chance to build a product mindset within the company.
• You'll receive lots of knowledge and support from your Product Management Team.
• You'll give and receive regular feedback from people you cooperate with and from your leader. Your leader will deeply care about your development: you'll meet every 3 months to discuss your progress and share feedback.
• You'll have a clear career path: you'll know exactly what skills to work on to help you grow.
• You'll work on the best equipment: we will provide you with a Macbook and additional accessories for your computer to make your work even more efficient and comfortable.

Salary:

PLN 18 700-27 700/month Before Tax (Long-term contract (B2B))

PLN 15 600-23 100/month Gross (Contract of employment)

Requirements

Knowledge/skills:

• In-depth knowledge and proficiency with product management (vision and product strategy), product backlog management (analyse, create, refine, and prioritize product backlog items), Agile Scrum and mainstream software design & development methodologies;
• Experience with multi-vendor project and delivery coordination and management;
• Experience deploying in enterprise production environments;
• Experience with design and development team set-ups;
• Practical understanding of how to make a solution successful at scale;
• Strong customer empathy and a passion for building great user experiences across web and mobile devices.

Competencies:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills;
• Well organized and detail oriented;
• Able to effectively coordinate multiple responsibilities simultaneously;
• Able to articulate complex concepts in non-technical language;
• Able to plan and organize work and communicate effectively.

Typical deliverables:

• Product Canvas;
• Product Roadmap;
• Product Backlog well-structured in Epics, Features, and User Stories;
• User Stories that pass the “Definition of Ready”.

Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain the Product Canvas outlining the vision of the product;
• Create and maintain the Product Roadmap outlining the evolution of the product;
• Perform the role of Scrum Product Owner:
  • Gather and validate requirements following a Human-Centred Design (HCD) approach.
• Communicate requirements inwards to the Development Team:
  • Identify and categorize stakeholders/customers/users/subject-matter experts;
  • Decompose high-level requirements;
  • Identify and describe Product Backlog Items (PBI), partnering closely with the Business and the team to ensure everyone understands the items in the backlog;
  • Ensure the PBIs pass the “Definition of Ready” criteria;
  • Facilitate the Just-In-Time (JIT) detailed requirements delivery;
  • Determine whether PBIs were satisfactorily delivered; and
  • Give the Development Team clear guidance on which features to deliver next.
• Communication outwards to Stakeholders:
  • Communicate estimates, dependencies and technical issues after grooming sessions, informing and negotiating with the Business;
  • Make decisions, in consultation with Stakeholders, regarding the priority of PBIs;
  • Inform of progress and host demonstrations to stakeholders;
  • First point of contact between stakeholders and the Scrum team.
• Decide when to deploy the product with the predisposition towards frequent releases;
• Take care of Backlog Grooming: regularly review items on the backlog to ensure the backlog contains the appropriate items, that they are prioritized, and that the items at the top of the backlog are ready for delivery;
• Participate in the Sprint Planning session; a team planning meeting that determines what to complete in the coming Sprint;
• Listen-in at the Daily Stand-up session: a 15-minute mini-meeting for the team to sync-up;
• Chair the Sprint Demo session: A sharing meeting where the team shows what was produced during the Sprint;
• Participate in the Sprint Retrospective session: a review of what did and did not go well during the Sprint, with actions to make the next Sprint better;
• Manage the product budget (including support & maintenance costs), and prepare cost estimates based on the IT Solution Architect’s high-level effort estimates;
• When required, act as Project Manager:
  • Report periodically on progress to the project management office, informing them of any issues/risks requiring attention. Identify and escalate issues that could affect the product outcomes, timeline or budget;
  • Any other duties as required for the successful delivery of the product.

Benefits

• Access to the WorkSmile platform offering benefits adapted to your preferences:
  • Multisport card,
  • Private health insurance package,
  • Life insurance,
  • and hundreds of other options to choose from 15 categories (shopping, leisure, travel, food, etc.)
• Discounts on Apple products,
• Performance Bonus,
• Various internal initiatives: webinars, knowledge-sharing sessions, internal conferences.