Product Manager Volunteer – UK or Europe based

SkilledUp Life Ltd; Manchester; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Join an innovative organization as a Product Manager Volunteer, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the next version of a dynamic marketplace platform. This opportunity allows you to lead product development, manage a talented volunteer team, and enhance your skills in agile methodologies and roadmap creation. As part of a small yet impactful team, you'll ensure sprints are efficiently planned and executed. While this is a voluntary position, you'll gain invaluable experience and receive recognition for your contributions, including testimonials and recommendations to bolster your professional profile. If you're passionate about product management and eager to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Testimonial for LinkedIn

Letter of Recommendation

Company Name addition to LinkedIn profile

Qualifications

• Experience in product management and agile methodologies is essential.
• Familiarity with GitHub Projects for sprint management is required.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the product team using volunteer talent.
• Plan and deliver weekly sprints while ensuring team accountability.

Skills

Product Management

Agile Methodologies

Team Leadership

GitHub Projects

Roadmap Development

Tools

Laravel

Vue.js

Job description

Product Manager Volunteer – UK or Europe based

About the Company

SkilledUp Life is a two-sided marketplace, which solves two major global problems:

• Less than 1% of tech startups secure investment. Without capital, it’s impossible to build a team to bring your idea to market.
• Without experience and demonstrable skills, it’s hard to land your dream job.

SkilledUp Life has grown to 56,000+ SkilledUp Life volunteers from 145 countries. We have helped hundreds of tech startups to find the talent they need and have helped many Volunteers to land their next gig including career transition.

About the Opportunity

We have embarked on developing Version 2 of SkilledUp Life. We need a seasoned product manager to help us steer through the development process including building and maintaining the product team. Our tech stack is Laravel PHP back-end with Vue.js front-end. The project is managed via GitHub Projects, which you need to be familiar with. You need to plan the product build and maintain a minimum of 3 sprints including the current week. You need to ensure sprints are delivered and sprint velocity is gradually increased.

Duration

• Part-time
• Remote

Activities

Working alongside our Founder:

• Build the product team using the Volunteer talent pool.
• Build the product roadmap and take ownership of delivering it.
• Ensure weekly sprints are well planned and delivered.
• Ensure every team member has weekly tasks and is fully aware of delivery requirements.

Acquired Skills

Potential skills you might develop as a result of this Opportunity:

• Get a deeper understanding of developing a product.
• Learn how to develop an effective product roadmap.
• Learn how to build an effective product team.
• Learn how to plan and execute product development through GitHub projects based on weekly sprints.
• Learn to thrive in a small yet dynamic team (punching well above its weight).
• Learn the importance of paying attention to detail, consistency, and rapid delivery.

Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will:

• Provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life.
• Provide a testimonial for LinkedIn that can also be added to your CV/Resume.
• Provide a Letter of Recommendation.
• Allow you to add the SkilledUp Life Company Name to your LinkedIn profile.

Disclaimer

This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, promise of future paid work, or any taxable benefit in kind.