Position: Technical Product Manager #2989
Company: Zhuko.Net
Category: Product Manager
Experience required: 3y
English level: fluent

Responsibilities: 
Work with development teams to organize and manage large scope projects from initial design concept phase through life cycle of products.
Understand and help to communicate the business value of product initiatives; collaborate with Product Managers to kick off initiatives with development teams and facilitate the process to break those initiatives into feature and user story-level requirements.
Collaborate with development team leaders to drive the planning process.
Ensure development efforts will meet the business requirements and timelines of the project, with a focus on quality and timely delivery of scheduled features; decision-maker for user-facing functionality.
Participate in development team ceremonies including stand ups, story refinements and team retrospectives, to align the team towards a successful delivery cycle.
Responsible for feature and user story acceptance on one or more development teams, where features or stories have customer-facing value.
Primary point of contact for inward-facing stakeholders (i.e. development, QA, UX, technical writing and all supporting teams) regarding the value of development initiatives and relationship to product vision. 
Collaborates with Product Managers to understand Engine & Engine-as-a-Service goals and help prioritize initiatives supporting those goals. 
Responsible for maintaining a prioritized feature backlog and communicating priorities to the Product Development Team.
Help to identify, manage and communicate initiative and feature risks and dependencies across multiple teams.
Collaborate with Product Managers to review and respond to feedback via the Beta Program.
Collaborate with QA and Customer Support teams to prioritize resolution of customer issues related to Engine & Engine-as-a-Service functionality.
Approves QA test plans for customer-facing requirements.
Manages multiple projects and tasks simultaneously while meeting and maintaining reasonable timelines.
Monitors and manages successful delivery of features defined in the product roadmap with respective teams throughout the development life cycle; works to identify risks and remove impediments; discovers opportunities for improvement and keeps senior management and others informed.

Requirements:
3+ years of Product Management or equivalent experience in the enterprise software industry.
Detail oriented with critical thinking skills - ability to break down initiative-level requirements into feature and story attribute level details.
Demonstrated success defining and launching exciting software products.
Domain expertise in XML, Multi-threading, Python, Macros, SQL Optimization, databases, Big Data and In-DB a big plus.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Project management skills; problem solving skills; strategic thinking and business acumen with ability to build strong working relationships across organizational teams in a fast paced and changing environment.
Effective documentation skills with ability to articulate technical information.
Excellent teamwork skills, ability to manage, interpret and influence cross functional teams.

What we offer: 
Full time regular employment 
Comfortable office 
Monthly Education Days for professional development
Quarterly Innovation Days fir product development
Paid vacation and public holidays
Business trips to the USA and Europe
Bootcamp for all newcomers in California
Performance bonus system
Mental health/sport activities reimbursement
Medical and life insurance for employee (full coverage) and his/her family (partial coverage)
English classes reimbursement
Professional literature reimbursement
Opportunity to attend conferences and trainings
Library of trainings, books, courses
Paid weekly team lunch, free snacks and soft drinks and so on