Product Manager
Embrace Software Inc
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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SeniorLead
About the role
- Translate high-level product strategy into clear, actionable requirements and development tasks that guide team execution and align with business objectives.
- Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring clarity, prioritization, and consistent alignment with evolving business needs.
- Define and maintain product roadmaps, user story maps, and release plans to support structured planning and transparent delivery.
- Act as the primary liaison between stakeholders and development teams to ensure consistent communication, shared understanding, and alignment throughout the product lifecycle.
- Facilitate key Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, to drive alignment, transparency, and continuous improvement across teams.
- Collaborate closely with development and QA teams to define clear, actionable user stories and establish well-defined acceptance criteria that ensure shared understanding and high-quality delivery.
- Ensure a steady pipeline of well-defined, prioritized backlog items to support efficient planning and sustained delivery velocity.
- Monitor and report on key delivery metrics such as team progress, development velocity, and release readiness to ensure transparency and continuous improvement.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks that could impact timelines, product quality, or delivery outcomes.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to align product delivery with broader business objectives and strategic goals.
- Collaborate with quality assurance teams to define testing requirements early in the development lifecycle, ensuring quality is built into each stage of delivery.
- Align closely with leadership on product performance indicators and key outcomes to ensure delivery efforts support strategic objectives.
- Support leadership by taking ownership of day-to-day execution and operational tasks, enabling greater focus on high-level strategic priorities.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Manager in an enterprise SaaS environment.
- Prior experience in software development or QA/testing with a solid understanding of how software is designed, tested, and deployed in modern development environments.
- Deep understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies with experience leading agile ceremonies.
- Proficiency in product management and agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, product boards).
- Ability to decompose strategic objectives into clear, technical requirements.
- Strong analytical skills and familiarity with metrics-driven decision-making.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a comfort level engaging engineers, QA, and executive stakeholders.
- Prior experience managing cross-functional teams in a multi-product organization is highly desirable.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, structured based on the UK working hours.
- Comprehensive training and mentorship programs for skill and knowledge enhancement.
- Opportunities for career advancement and professional development.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
product managementAgile methodologiesScrumuser story mappingacceptance criteriabacklog managementmetrics-driven decision-makingsoftware developmentQA/testingrelease planning
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationanalytical skillsleadershiprisk managementstakeholder engagementteam alignmentcontinuous improvementstrategic thinkingproblem-solving