Junior Product Manager | Barcelona

TransPerfect; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

TransPerfect Translations International in Barcelona is seeking a Junior Product Manager to help drive the development lifecycle of our translation automation platform. You will collaborate with Client Solutions and Internal Solutions teams, assisting with requirements, user stories, and coordinating with developers.

You’ll participate in UI/UX design, document updates, QA cycles, and stakeholder communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Fluency in English with good verbal and written communication.
• 1 year of software product management experience in a corporate environment.
• Good knowledge of all aspects of the software product development lifecycle.
• Good problem-solving skills, especially in troubleshooting web applications, and good analytical skills.
• Experience gathering and organizing user requirements, user stories and use cases with external and internal clients.
• Strong interpersonal and time management skills; ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive, self-starter attitude with desire to own projects with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Support the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to release, including participation in UAT/QA cycles for new versions.
• Support tracking of delivery schedules, QA, and scope changes.
• Engage stakeholders, manage communications, expectations and dependencies.
• Participate in UI/UX design.
• Author and review Documentation updates.
• Analyze reported issues and feature requests, communicating with developers and writing formal specs as needed.
• Provide support to Client Solutions Teams, Internal Solutions Teams, Technology Sales and Tech Services.
• Self-train to understand internal and third-party technologies.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the manager/supervisor.

Skills

Product management

English fluency

Requirements gathering

User stories

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Proactive

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Testrail

CAT tools

Translation memory

Job description

The Product Management team at TransPerfect is comprised of individuals skilled in proactively managing the development process of our applications with a desire to apply their knowledge during the entire lifecycle of an application, from gathering requirements to releasing to Production in collaboration with other teams. Junior Product Managers work within our Technology group.

The Junior Product Manager acts as the primary point of contact for our Client Solutions Teams and Internal Solutions Teams, as well other teams within our group, collaborating with some of the industry’s leading technology minds on the world’s leading translation automation platform.

Position responsibilities:

• Support the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to release, taking an active approach during User Acceptance Testing/Quality Assurance cycles of new product versions

• Support the tracking of delivery schedules, ensuring proper quality assurance, and manage changes in work scope

• Engage stakeholders on necessary inputs, manage communications, expectations and dependencies

• Participate in UI/UX design

• Author and review Documentation updates

• Analyze reported issues, new features and improvement requests from stakeholders and communicate them accurately and effectively to developers, writing formal specifications when necessary

• Provide support to colleagues from other teams, including Client Solutions Teams and Internal Solutions Teams as well as Technology Sales and Technology Services

• Self-train to better understand internal and third party technologies

• Perform any other special tasks that are deemed appropriate for this role as assigned by the manager/supervisor

Essential skills and experience required:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent

• Fluency in English with good verbal and written communication skills

• 1 year of software product management experience in a corporate environment

• Good knowledge of all aspects of the software product development lifecycle

• Good problem-solving skills, especially in the context of troubleshooting web applications, and good analytical skills

• Experience in effectively working with external and internal clients to gather and organize user requirements, user stories and use cases

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Outstanding time management and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment

• Resourceful with the drive to learn and improve skills

• Proactive, self-starter attitude with desire to own projects with limited supervision

Desired skills and experience:

• Knowledge of a second language

• Knowledge of JIRA, Confluence, Testrail or similar systems

• Knowledge of localization Computer Aided Translation tools and Translation Memory Tools

• Ability to work with cross-functional teams