Position: Data Product Manager
Company: Ciklum
Category: Product Manager
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Responsibilities:
Lead the product creation and continuous improvement through the whole PDLC
Act without supervision effectively handling all the product-related sub-streams insight the program
Identify and analyze market opportunities,  target audience needs and defining product vision and strategy.
Manage expectations of product users and program stakeholders
Collaborate proactively with business stakeholders, project managers, and teams to reach a common understanding of the solution to address the customer needs
Work closely with the Business Development team on go-to-market strategy and product roadmap
Develop high-level requirements and work with Design, Technical and QA teams on their details
Define the prioritization approach and correspondingly address the customers feedbacks

Requirements (Hard skills requirements):
Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience building/shipping technical products.
5+ years of Product Management experience with direct product ownership.
IT industry experience, a clear understanding of agile SDLC methods and frameworks scrum, Kanban scaled frameworks as SAFe or Spotify will be a plus
Experience building products with a demonstrated ability to drive product planning, development launch.
A clear understanding of principles and specifics of software development methodologies.
Extensive knowledge of business analysis activities and techniques.
Awareness of the latest IT industry and digitalization trends.
Knowledge of requirements management tools (at least JIRA  Confluence).
Strong English verbal and written communication skills. Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
Ability to combine creativity, innovation, and analytics without losing sight of the user
Strong analytical skills to make a critical assessment of the information from numerous sources.
Setting clear goals and priorities. Time-management, ability to handle multi-tasking activities and prioritization.
Ability to manage and lead across highly cross-functional teams.
Strong strategic aptitude; proven ability to define a winning business strategy and product roadmap and gain buy-in from stakeholders at all levels.

Desirable (Hard skills):
Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA).
Practical product manager experience in retail and telecommunications 
Understanding of UI / UX principals. 
Experience in collaborating with designers and development teams and the aptitude to motivate and or inter-functional teams with your positive attitude
Knowledge of prototyping tools.
Experience in conducting A / B tests.

Personal skills (soft skills):
High flexibility. Ability to modify approach as per changing stakeholders, conditions, circumstances and feedback. Quick learning.
Self-confidence. Ability to accept criticism for continuous improvement.

What's in it for you
Career growth opportunities
Realization of your innovative ideas in building new Ciklum Solutions and Services
Friendly collaborative teams and enjoyable working environment
Professional skills development and training programs
Variety of knowledge sharing, training and self-development opportunities
State of the art, cool, centrally located offices with warm atmosphere which creates really good working conditions