Position: Product Manager - SmartXpo, UK
Company: Global Talent
Experience required: 2y
Category: Product Manager
English level: upper
Published: 2022-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

On behalf of **SmartXpo**, **GT** is looking for a **Product Manager** to drive their new product **Profisy.io.**

**Smartxpo** is a cloud-based platform to boost business performance and profitability by simplifying the challenge of pricing **B2B** products at scale, using prescriptive analytics and machine learning.

**Smartxpo** was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in London, England with business operations, product engineering, R&D and customer success located in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2021, Smartxpo pivoted to address Product Price Optimisation for B2B businesses, under the Profisy.io brand, from a niche provider of Space Pricing to the Exhibition and Tradeshow industry.

**The Profisy.io** platform is currently in Alpha, with closed Beta expected in Q1 2022, and the initial MVP is currently providing customers with the core value proposition of like-for-like prices.

**Team.** We are a small family team with a flexible and relaxed culture. And we're looking for someone like us. There are 2 Financial Analytics, Backend Engineer, Frontend Engineer, Data Operations Manager (Team Lead), Customer Success Manager, Designer CTO, and CEO.

**What you will do:**

The Product Manager reports to the CTO and is guided by the executive team to lead the development of the price optimization products and to plan, coordinate, and execute all activities related to their development in line with the Smartxpo plans.

This individual will apply knowledge of pricing theory, Lean Product processes, product knowledge and best practices to assess the market, distill customer needs, develop feature definitions, user stories, and work as part of a cross-functional R&D, design, implementation and business team to deliver product outcomes.

**STRATEGY & PLANNING**

- Lead the strategic evaluation and optimisation of product-market fit and pivot opportunities
- Define the Features, Epics and User Stories by conducting customer research using Lean Product techniques
- Work with R&D, Product, executives and stakeholders to prioritise and plan the product backlog, including product testing, marketing and launch

**ACQUISITION & DEPLOYMENT**

- Engage in the development and deployment of new and/or enhanced product Features, Epics, and User Stories
- Ensure that any new and/or enhanced platform and product features meet appropriate compliance and security standards.
- Ensure adequate quality and acceptance testing of new and/or enhanced product features

**OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT**

- Promote a collaborative and agile culture and contribute to the development and direction for the cross- functional team
- Identify and prioritise platform and product defects
- Provide product leadership to product owners and engineers
- Compliance with product and branding guidelines

**How our new mate looks like:**

- At least Upper-Intermediate level of English, as CEO and CTO are from the UK
- 3+ years of experience in the Product Manager position in IT
- Strong knowledge of pricing theory applied across B2B sectors
- Strong knowledge of Lean Product development processes
- Technically fluent and proficient at communicating with engineers, designers, customers and leadership
- Good project management, planning and Agile skills
- Exceptional ability to articulate feature requirements

**Interview stages:**
1. Intro call with the Recruiter
2. Interview with the Team Lead
3. Team Interview
4. CEO&CTO Interview

**We go beyond usual perks… By working with us, you will get:**
- Best-in-class IT equipment.
- Monthly education allowance for courses, training, books, events.
- Cutting-edge office in the centre of Ukraine’s first innovation park — Unit.city.
- Access to all events in the Unit.City and our partner’s network.
- Lunches coverage (even when working from home); unlimited coffee and snacks in the office.
- Mentorship club from GT executives.
- Internal team-building events every month.Lectures from experts.
- Vacation (18 working days a year), and sick leaves (up to 18 working days a year).
- Health insurance (UNIQA).
- Monthly commute allowance or free parking space.
- Unit.Gym membership, after-work activities.

**Working Model:**
GT builds remote engineering teams for outstanding product companies. Our future mate will work directly with a client. We call this ‘Extended Team model’, and it means that each team member is integrated as deeply as possible into the client's team. You will work with the same tools and technologies as they do and communicate directly with a client without any intermediary in between. Our clients usually (before the pandemic) came for a week each month and spend a lot of time with the team in Kyiv. We also encourage trips to a client and joint teambuilding and after-work activities.