Product Manager
Summary
Product Manager at vFairs (a virtual/hybrid events platform) based in Lahore: shaping product ideas into PRDs, user stories and wireframes, then working hands-on with engineering, design and QA to ship features. Core toolkit includes Jira, Slack, Asana and Figma, with 3-5 years of product management experience required.
We are thrilled to announce that we have an open position for a Product Manager within our dynamic Product Team. If you've ever considered making a switch to a role that allows you to shape the future of our products and influence the behaviors of thousands of users, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
As a Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and excellence in our product offerings.
You'll Have The Chance To
Collaborate: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering and design, to transform your ideas into tangible products that meet user needs and exceed expectations.
Responsibilities
- Develop user personas, user stories, interaction flows, and sitemaps/navigations for the product in hand
- Work with designers and engineers to develop a wireframe/prototype that is clear and actionable
- Decide on a set of product features and write specifications/PRDs for a product with great detail to document functional and aesthetic aspects of what needs to be built.
- Create wireframes of the intended user experience to guide tech teams to comprehend user experience
- Ability to analyze click flows and generate insights on user behavior patterns from data.
- Collaborate closely with developers, designers, and quality assurance on building the “right product” by explaining specifications, guiding userexperience, reviewing deliverables, and conveying an exciting vision.
- Work closely with Engineering to ensure solutions are ultimately delivered in a timely manner.
- Create meaningful experiments to test out hypotheses, execute them, and share findings along with recommended actions
- Supporting Customer Support, Sales Enablement, and Product Marketing in the development of feature descriptions and new release content
- Suggest product enhancements to improve user experience
- Performing validation testing of production releases, bug fixes, and feature requests.
Requirements
- 3 to 5 years of experience in product management is required.
- Ability to gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps, and generate new ideas that grow market share,improve customer experience, and drive growth
- Knowledge of databases and a good understanding of software development
- Comfortable working in a technical environment & can handle technical conversations with software engineers as well as understand theexperience from a user's perspective
- Comfort with creating user stories (or applying the JTBD framework) and managing a backlog with tools like Slack, Jira, and Asana.
- Knowledge of Agile project management methodologies like SCRUM or Kanban
- PLUS: wireframing and prototyping experience using a mainstream tool like Figma, Sketch, or other equivalents
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to empathize with consumers
- Excellent verbal communication skills in English with an ability to motivate teams and act as a product evangelist
- Skilled at working effectively with cross-functional teams
- Preferably a bachelor’s degree in CS