Sr Technical Product Manager

Airtel Africa; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Airtel Africa is looking for an experienced Product Management professional to lead the development of a web application utilized by millions of customers. Your responsibilities include driving product management, managing multiple agile teams, and collaborating with engineering leadership to ensure successful product delivery.

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in technical product management, a proven track record in delivering web products, and exceptional communication abilities in technical environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical product management experience.
• Management of multiple major and concurrent programs.
• Experience in developing and delivering Web Products.

Responsibilities

• Drive product management for a Web Application used by millions.
• Participate in scrum teams as a product owner.
• Collaborate with functional teams to deliver features.

Skills

Technical product management

Agile coaching

Project management tools (Jira, Confluence)

Software engineering collaboration

End-to-end product development

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Drive the product management and program management for a Web Application which will be used by millions of Airtel customers.
• Participate in one or more scrum teams as a product owner to define quarterly and sprint goals, set priorities and manage backlog
• Work with engineering and architecture leadership to define product and underlying platform capabilities
• Collaborate with the multiple functional teams in Airtel Africa to deliver features which might require upgrade of Core Platform capabilities.
• Liaise with other teams inside Airtel Africa that are instrumental in delivering the project management capability
• Set criteria for release readiness with regards to functionality of the solution
• Support multiple cross-functional technical teams to deliver their objectives in fast-paced and complex programs and projects
• Develop strong partnerships with engineering and product management leaders to drive focus on strategic and tactical program objectives
• Build strategic relationships with key technology and business leaders to ensure program success
• Drive teams and Individuals in planning and executing roadmaps, releases, and work backlogs
• Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key project conflicts, and establish appropriate resolution paths
• Work closely with the SRE team for deployment and delivery of features

What will make you successful?

• 8+ years of full time technical product management experience within an engineering or technical team
• Demonstrated success managing multiple major and concurrent programs to envision, develop and deliver Products.
• Prior experience conceptualizing and development plus delivery of Web Products.
• Significant experience working with software engineering leadership, technical teams and individual contributors
• Knowledge of project management tools, like Jira and Confluence
• Ability to communicate authoritatively at a sufficient technical depth
• Agile coaching and practitioner experience (Scrum, Kanban) with multiple teams
• Experience in managing all phases of end-to-end product development
• Knowledge of Internet client/server applications and systems
• Hands-on software development experience a plus