Market & Customer Understanding: Understand the domain and technology landscape deeply through landscape analysis, user interviews/research, competition analysis and other qualitative/quantitative techniques.
Problem Identification & Prioritization: Adopt a structured approach to identify what problems need to be solved and break them down into smaller chunks. Prioritize what problems need to be solved now vs. later.
Vision: Ability to set forward looking vision and roadmap for the charter aligned with company’s goals
Solution Discovery: Facilitate a process to come up with the best technology-led ideas to solve the prioritized problems. Harness the creativity of not just yourself but of other teams such as design, engg., business, etc. Be willing to experiment with multiple solution ideas and test them using MVPs, prototypes, etc.
Product Delivery: Define detailed product requirements and work collaboratively with a cross-functional team (analytics, engineering, business, etc.) to bring a product to life. Ensure high product quality through processes such as user acceptance testing, etc.
Go-to-Market Planning: Create a go-to-market plan working with business/marketing stakeholders to maximize product adoption and success.
Adoption & Metrics: Define product metrics for your area, and track them continuously. Identify usage patterns and come up with action plans to move metrics in the right direction.
Team Leadership: Manage a small team of product analysts and associate product managers, and guide them towards product execution.
Overall experience of 7+ yrs with at least 4+ yrs in product management in a tech-led company with experience in data, analytics, engineering etc.
Exceptional problem solving skills based on first principles thinking
Good understanding of technology and data landscape, and comfort with product management processes such as writing product requirement documents, managing product backlogs, and creating roadmaps