About the role
HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidate resumes must include first and last name, email and telephone contact information.
Description
- Product Manager is responsible for strategic planning and development of IT products and solutions.
- Product manager defines product roadmaps, prioritize features, and oversee product development processes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, design, testing and partners/stakeholders to ensure successful product launches.
- Product Manager must have expertise in product management, technical analysis, and technical understanding essential for delivering innovative and customer-centric IT solutions.
- Product Manager plays a pivotal role in driving product success, meeting user needs, and achieving Ministry goals through cutting-edge IT products and services.
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Evaluation Criteria Breakdown
Relationship Management - 35%
- Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client products are progressing according to schedule or product road map
- Demonstrated experience in team building, consensus building and relationship management skills
- Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of products – Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies
Product Management – Knowledge, Risks, Issues, Scheduling & Reporting - 35%
- Experience with identification to risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
- Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at program management and senior executive level and recommend mitigation strategies for decision makers
- Ability to create and maintain a product road map which describes how your product is likely to evolve over time.
- Ability to delivery on a product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) utilizing Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies. Scrum master experience is preferred.
- Experience gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed product schedule and/or integrated plan
- Experience with product program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels;
- Experience with participating in steering committee and stakeholder forums.
Technical Skills - 10%
- Basic Knowledge in Microsoft Azure cloud platform
- Knowledge of online collaboration tools such as MIRO, Atlassian Confluence and Trello, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, Zoom, Slack and Microsoft Teams
- Knowledge of Backlog Management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Pivotal Tracker
Soft skills - 20%
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and delivering high profile, high risk, complex initiatives
Must have:
- Product Road Map Development
- Azure DevOps
- Cross-Functional Role
- The hiring manager wants to only see candidates who have product management Exp vs. project management.
- Scrum Master
About Foilcon
At Foilcon, we are focused on delivering results to our clients. To be their go to partner for technical services, application developement, integration and training. This leads us to our goals of being a great partner and being the good guys.
With our global resources, we bring the rest of the world within reach to our customers.
Our nimble, experienced team moves from ideas to execution rapidly.
Our motto..There is always a way
About the role
HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidate resumes must include first and last name, email and telephone contact information.
Description
- Product Manager is responsible for strategic planning and development of IT products and solutions.
- Product manager defines product roadmaps, prioritize features, and oversee product development processes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, design, testing and partners/stakeholders to ensure successful product launches.
- Product Manager must have expertise in product management, technical analysis, and technical understanding essential for delivering innovative and customer-centric IT solutions.
- Product Manager plays a pivotal role in driving product success, meeting user needs, and achieving Ministry goals through cutting-edge IT products and services.
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Evaluation Criteria Breakdown
Relationship Management - 35%
- Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client products are progressing according to schedule or product road map
- Demonstrated experience in team building, consensus building and relationship management skills
- Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of products – Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies
Product Management – Knowledge, Risks, Issues, Scheduling & Reporting - 35%
- Experience with identification to risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
- Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at program management and senior executive level and recommend mitigation strategies for decision makers
- Ability to create and maintain a product road map which describes how your product is likely to evolve over time.
- Ability to delivery on a product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) utilizing Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies. Scrum master experience is preferred.
- Experience gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed product schedule and/or integrated plan
- Experience with product program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels;
- Experience with participating in steering committee and stakeholder forums.
Technical Skills - 10%
- Basic Knowledge in Microsoft Azure cloud platform
- Knowledge of online collaboration tools such as MIRO, Atlassian Confluence and Trello, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, Zoom, Slack and Microsoft Teams
- Knowledge of Backlog Management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Pivotal Tracker
Soft skills - 20%
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and delivering high profile, high risk, complex initiatives
Must have:
- Product Road Map Development
- Azure DevOps
- Cross-Functional Role
- The hiring manager wants to only see candidates who have product management Exp vs. project management.
- Scrum Master
About Foilcon
At Foilcon, we are focused on delivering results to our clients. To be their go to partner for technical services, application developement, integration and training. This leads us to our goals of being a great partner and being the good guys.
With our global resources, we bring the rest of the world within reach to our customers.
Our nimble, experienced team moves from ideas to execution rapidly.
Our motto..There is always a way