Associate Product Manager, Salesforce (6-7 months Maternity Cover) (all genders)

Lightspeedhq; Berlin; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Career opportunities in a growing team

Health & Wellness credit

Mental health support

PX benefit (60 days remote)

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Lightspeed is seeking an Associate Product Manager, Salesforce (6-7 months maternity cover) to join our Global Information Systems Team. You will translate business needs into actionable direction, partner with development as the voice of the business, and help shape product roadmaps.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across geographies, translate requirements for technical teams, and help drive agile ceremonies, change management, and training materials to ensure successful implementations.

Qualifications

• Translate between business and technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Salesforce features.
• Experience managing complex projects across multiple functional groups.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies including Scrum.
• Ability to drive decisions in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to pivot priorities.
• Experience leading design workshops and drafting artifacts.
• Salesforce and Scrum Master certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships and manage stakeholders.
• Lead product roadmapping and prioritize features.
• Understand and document business processes, requirements, scenarios, pain points.
• Facilitate development of new business processes and identify optimization areas.
• Analyze and propose solutions to improve business performance.
• Translate business requirements into instructions for technical teams.
• Manage the Agile development process including sprint and release planning and UAT.
• Lead change management with training materials and launch plans.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, technology, data, and GTM teams.
• Contribute to IS Product Management Practice and improve ways of working.

Skills

Product Management

Project Management

Business Analysis

Agile Methodologies

Salesforce knowledge

Scrum

Job description

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well you might just be in the right place! We're looking for an Associate Product Manager, Salesforce (6-7 months Maternity Cover) to join our Global Information Systems Team. You will be responsible for leveraging best practices, understanding internal customer needs, translating them into clear, actionable direction and working hand-in-hand with development as the voice of the business.

What you’ll be doing

• Building trusted relationships and managing stakeholders;
• Product roadmapping & feature prioritization;
• Understanding and documenting business processes, requirements, scenarios, pain points;
• Facilitating in developing new business processes and identifying areas for optimization;
• Analyze and propose new solutions to improve business performance;
• Translating business requirements into instructions for technical teams to execute, and clarifying any issues throughout the development process;
• Managing the agile development process, including sprint and release planning, user acceptance testing, and other related ceremonies;
• Change management, including the development of training materials, communication plans, launch schedules;
• Cross-functional collaboration with various product & technology teams, corporate data, Go-To-Market;
• Contribute to the overall management and development of the IS Product Management Practice, by continuously working to establish best practices and improve ways of working.

What you need to bring

We’re a team of 100+ people located all over the globe (Canada, USA, EMEA, APAC). Our team is responsible for ensuring everyone across the organization has the tools and systems in place to effectively do their jobs.

• 1-2 years of demonstrated Product Management, Project Management and/or Business Analysis experience in SaaS implementations;
• An impressive ability to translate between business and technical stakeholders;
• Intermediate knowledge of standard Salesforce features;
• Proven success managing complex projects across multiple functional groups;
• Usage of Agile Methodologies such as scrum;
• Proven ability to drive decisions, positively influence other team members, and thrive in an entrepreneurial environment;
• Strong organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to pivot and reprioritize across multiple projects;
• Demonstrated abilities in leading design workshops, proposing solutions and building corresponding artifacts;
• Salesforce and Scrum Master certification preferred.

What’s in it for you

Come live the Lightspeed experience…

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everyday;
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.
• Health & Wellness Credit- expense up to 400 EUR per year towards your gym membership, yoga classes, a new bike or whatever else you do for your health;
• Mental Health Support through the Modern Health App- whether it is meditation, coaching or counseling you need - each employee gets access to this platform;
• People Experience - Our PX benefit allows you to work from pretty much anywhere in the world for 60 days a year;
• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community.

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Where to from here? Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that.

We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are: Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences.

Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

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