Product Manager

Newforma; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Newforma is seeking a Product Manager to drive the development of high-impact digital products. You will own the roadmap, write user stories, and coordinate with Product, Design, Delivery and Engineering teams to deliver valuable features.

You will gather requests, plan releases, and lead prioritization while ensuring a user-friendly platform through UX best practices and research-driven decisions. English communication is essential for worldwide customers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of product management or similar experience.
• Knowledge of Agile processes, backlog management techniques and metrics.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with deadlines and attention to detail.
• Effective communication in English for a worldwide customer base.
• Strong synthesis, written and oral communication skills.
• Autonomy in a rapidly growing company with evolving context.

Responsibilities

• Define, prioritize, and oversee work from the development team to maximize product value.
• Gather feature requests, plan releases, and coordinate the product roadmap.
• Own one or more products from inception to launch with cross-functional collaboration.
• Write user stories and acceptance criteria for new features and functionality.
• Lead backlog prioritization to align with business objectives.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Delivery and Engineering teams on releases.
• Ensure UX best practices are implemented for a user-friendly platform.
• Participate in user research and translate insights into solutions.
• Review documentation, release notes, and technical specs for the platform.

Skills

Agile processes

Backlog management

Story writing

Story mapping

Time management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Aha

Gainsight

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

Are you passionate about shaping impactful digital products? As a Product Manager, you'll have the opportunity to drive the development of our offerings, ensuring they enhance the daily lives of our users. You will act as the cornerstone on the various projects you will lead.

You'll be in charge of defining, prioritizing, and taking charge of the work generated by a development team in order to maximize the value of the product offered to the client. As a Product Manager, you will gather feature requests, plan releases, and coordinate the product's roadmap. You are the owner for one or multiple products from inception to launch in close collaboration with various roles from Product, Design, Delivery and Engineering.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Manage Part of the Newforma product, focusing on Vision, Goals, and Roadmap
• Lead the conceptualization, planning, and execution of new features and modules in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
• Prioritize and organize the product backlog to align with business objectives
• Writing user stories and acceptance criteria for new features, and functionality
• Play a pivotal role in the Project Management Process
• Participate in your team's rituals, such as daily's, demos, and retrospectives
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release and Sprint Goalsby proposing alternate solution
• Ensure the platform is user-friendly by implementing UX best practices and principles
• Act as an expert resource to internal teams for part of the Newforma Konekt product
• Ensure that the development team understands the elements of the product roadmap at the required level
• Collaborate with the development team to plan and coordinate releases, ensuring quality standards and timely delivery
• Analyze and raise dependencies with the development team
• Facilitate Priorization conversations, using market and product metrics to influence decisions
• Review and approve comprehensive documentation, including user guides, technical specifications, and release notes for the platform
• Drive innovation and stay abreast of industry trends to keep the product competitive
• Define and monitor key metrics relative to the value generated, usage and performance of the platform
• Produce beta and release documentation when needed
• Look for opportunities for continuous process improvement with your team
• Work closely with stakeholders by participating in user research, leveraging domain knowledge and expertise to understand industry processes, gaps, and challenges, converting that knowledge into effective and efficient solutions

Requirements For The Position Include

• 3+ years of experience in product management or a similar position
• Knowledge of Agile processes and principles, backlog management techniques (story writing, story mapping) and metrics (burn down metrics, velocity, lead time, cycle time).
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously with deadlines requiring strong attention to detail
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in response to changes in tasks, projects, and organizational priorities
• Demonstrable expertise of Project Management fundamentals.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English to fulfill their duties since our customer base is worldwide.
• Good communicator both orally and in writing, possessing a strong ability for synthesis.
• Ability to break down complex user needs into patterns and create a clear, organized path forward
• Ability to work within a rapidly growing company, in an evolving context and requiring high autonomy
• Demonstrate a commitment to continually improve, share lessons learned with others and encourage team development.
• Inclination to stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in product management and AECO platforms
• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders;
• Time management and prioritization skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to gather and analyze requirements, identify dependencies, and make informed decisions
• Must be comfortable challenging requirements and prioritization. Capacity to say no and influence when requests conflict with product strategy or other requirements.

Nice To Have Qualification For This Position Include

• Experience in the field of AECO or software development in SAAS mode (not mandatory, but will be considered an asset)
• Proficiency with collaboration and analytics tools (e.g., Aha,Gainsight, Confluence, Azure Devops, etc.)