Position: XR Product Manager
Company: SoftServe
Category: Product Manager
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper
Published: 2022-02-01T00:00:00+02:00

WE ARE
SoftServe is a leading advisory and IT development services company focused on helping clients to build cutting-edge and innovative solutions. We are looking for an Extended Reality (XR) Product Manager to deliver exceptional value during the whole PDLC to our Clients.

You will be part of the team that is fully engaged in designing new and growing existing XR products for our clients all over the world, as well as leading a complex, multi-disciplinary product engineering process that delivers proof of exceptional value to the Company and customers.

YOU ARE
An experienced Product Manager in evolving and managing XR digital products able to demonstrate proven ownership and value during the whole PDLC to our external and internal clients. The candidate should be able to effectively own the product initiation phase as well as work with existing products to boost their performance on the market and combine both – strategic and technical focuses
Demonstrating 3+ years of product marketing, product management, product ownership of XR-enabled products
Having technical experience and a deep understanding of 3D Graphics, AR, and VR field is a must
Hands-on with identification and analysis of market ecosystem to introduce technology-driven innovative products to the market authoring competitive analyses and describing the market landscape for XR products and solutions – understanding different countries and different customer segments
The one who understands XR product lifecycle and monitors each stage of the product from development to testing
Willing to support user research to understand user needs. Participating in usability evaluation and testing, collecting, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data for UI/UX. Prototyping to demonstrate and validate solutions. Collaborating and supporting designers' work
Capable to understand the business value of all features/problems and prioritize them using appropriate validation techniques. Communicate prioritization approach to the team and coordinate execution of engineering efforts
A pro in developing software product specs, prioritizing product backlog, managing roadmap, market and competitors’ analysis, and monitoring
Creating and conducting product demos and presentations for a specific target audience (incl. external audiences). Conducting demos and presentations in a clear and understandable manner showing deep knowledge and understanding of the product
Excellent people and management skills to interact with staff, colleagues, cross-functional teams, and third parties. And can lead cross-functional teams and collaborate effectively with various stakeholders
A proactive result-oriented person who’s willing to take ownership
Focused on driving results over processes
An effective communicator (both written and oral) and comfortable speaking in front of diverse audiences
The one who can effectively act both as a strong leader and a team player depends on the situation
Nice to have

Basic knowledge in Unity or Unreal game engine
High-level understanding of Computer Vision basics

YOU WANT TO WORK WITH
Challenging and interesting pre-sales, product discoveries, and ideations projects, proof of concept, and MVP development of XR-enabled products
Owning and managing an Extended Reality product strategy, vision, and roadmap to show where our XR products should evolve to meet external market needs and competition.
A team of professionals and be a part of the Global digital consultancy and delivery company working with top companies all over the globe
SoftServe Center of Excellence teams, Engineering, Marketing, and Services teams to promote XR competency and product expertise inside the company and on the market
Identifying the opportunity window in the current market/problem-solving focus. Ideation around possible product value proposition. Accommodating the innovation framework & approaches to bring outstanding value
Facilitation, framing, and assistance in PoC implementation in order to prove the product value and get early market feedback or check technical feasibility. Conducting the PoC evaluation & feedback gathering upon results, analyzing the next steps
Conducting market validation including trend watching, market feedback monitoring, product success metrics (customer usage analysis, NPS, etc.) on the level of a product or individual features
Framing the main User/Buyer personas to be addressed within Product scope and map product features addressing their problems
Framing and decomposition the product scope, writing business, and functional requirements if needed
Driving feature development

TOGETHER WE WILL
Guide our Clients, large enterprise and software product companies, through product discovery and product strategy framing process, manage product roadmaps, and backlog to maximize the customer and business value provided by their products
Bring expertise, innovation, and analytics to enterprise XR products and ecosystems by designing, integrating, delivering, and evolving valuable solutions for our clients all over the world