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Senior Product Manager (Remote, UK or Ireland)

NearformUnited KingdomRemote, Onsite
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This is a remote permanent opportunity for candidates based in the UK or Ireland. 
Growing and dynamic organisations are fuelled and driven by passionate and intellectually curious people. We’re looking to add more Nearformers who fit this profile. At Nearform we are in the fortunate position of having 10 years of experience delivering on mission critical outcomes for our customers, while still retaining the start-up feel, transparency, and intimacy of a close knit community of technologists.   We build digital products that provide users of these products fantastic digital experiences and allow enterprises to go to market faster, improve customer experience, while transforming their workflows and advancing our clients’ digital agendas.

With a recent significant investment into the business, NearForm is poised to scale its impact to more enterprises. Are you the right person to fuel this growth and add to a wonderfully collaborative culture?

The Role


By putting the ‘human’ at the heart of everything we do, Nearform creates software solutions that accelerate enterprise success, enrich customer experience and contribute to the development of our community. Our Product community plays a big role in supporting and executing on our stakeholders’ business vision by working with the engineering teams on user experience, architecture, design and development, driving to successful product launches.A Product Manager is responsible for the business management of a product and its commercial success.

They are required to have both a 10,000 ft view and a 2 foot view by defining and executing on a the product strategy, clearly communicating this strategy and vision to stakeholders and delivery team members clearly, collaborating with all parties needed to uncover and define requirements, and carrying a deep understanding of the user needs to support the product strategy. This role is operationally hands-on with an emphasis on defining the product vision and strategy with stakeholders and NearForm counterparts in order to create a robust and clearly defined backlog for the engineering team to execute on in delivery.

Key responsibilities are to:


  • Translate business strategy into product strategy and execute to that strategy in the delivery phase with the engineering team[s]
  • Collaborate with stakeholder to define the product roadmap
  • Lead the ideation, development, and launch of features
  • Drive action throughout the organization to get products to market
  • Plan and carry out product launches, MVP and phased releases
  • Provide insight to stakeholders on the product, competitors, technical innovations and market
  • Support a SaaS platform and 3rd party integrations
  • Provide product marketing with insights on key differentiators and messages
  • Write requirements – typically as epics, features and user stories - including clear acceptance criteria
  • Define and adhere to Definition of Ready and Definition of Done
  • Support stakeholders and NF engineering team[s] with any questions they may have
  • Support grooming and refinement ceremonies in collaboration with Tech Leads to ensure alignment on the requirements and to support the delivery goals
  • Identify, document and communicate risks, changes or delays as soon as possible
  • Manage all aspects of in-life products, including customer feedback, requirements, and issues
  • Participate in daily scrum meetings, planning, reviews, demos and retrospectives

Requirements


  • Hands-on experience in a product management role in an agile enterprise environment collaborating directly with engineers and designers
  • Experience with early stage products, new product development, and product modernization from discovery to MVP launch, and beyond
  • Proven ability to collaborate with with stakeholders from various levels, areas of the organisation, and with differing business goals to drive to successful roadmaps and releases
  • Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with product experience exercising mature judgment
  • Ability to define and lead product discovery workshops to define customer journeys, deliver tangible roadmaps and prioritised backlog
  • Understanding of product analytics and KPIs/OKRs, including test and learn and A/B testing methodologies
  • Focuses on business outcomes and not just the tactical outputs
  • Ability to travel occasionally (London) 

Optional


  • Being able to listen for additional opportunities for Nearform
  • Ability to prioritise competition priorities
  • High energy and ability to lead cross-functional teams to deliver successful outcomes
  • Software consultancy/services experience highly desirable 

Benefits 


  • Work remotely; we have a genuine dedication to work/life balance. 
  • Work flexibly; we appreciate there are more important things in life than work so our flexible working culture allows you to work around what matters - school run, no problem!
  • The Wellness Hub: We have a genuine commitment to fostering/improving Nearformers’ wellbeing; we offer resources and support, including a Nearform advice line which offers confidential support for anything from relationship issues to staying healthy

Please get in touch to discuss remuneration and full benefits package. Although we are widely dispersed, Nearformers are a tightly-knit team. We trust one another and care about our colleagues. We all get together in person at our annual company retreat! Building on our open-source origins, we promote the sharing of thoughts, knowledge and ideas.

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Life at Nearform

nearForm uses Node.js to deliver software consulting, co-development, products, training and support for large enterprises. We have a laser focus on our motto: Infrastructure for Innovation. Node.js is a software platform that enables enterprises to create lean, efficient, high performing and ultra scalable software systems, quickly and easily. nearForm created one of Europe's first Node.js production systems as early as 2011, making the company part of a small global elite with early-adopter expertise in Node.js. Our co-founders are among Europe's leading technology visionaries and Node.js evangelists. Cian Ó Maidín is the cornerstone of the Node.js community in Europe. Richard Rodger anticipated a shift in the way software was deployed back in 2010, and wrote the book, Mobile Application Development in the Cloud (Wiley), before a single Node.js system went into production. nearForm has delivered over 50 large-scale production systems for clients in Ireland, the UK and the USA. The company provides advanced training in mobile and Node.js to large-scale enterprises on an ongoing basis. Visit us at www.nearform.com, email us at hello@nearform.com or find us on Twitter at @nearform. Node.js, Micro-services, Support and maintenance, Ultra scalability, Training in Node.js and mobile, Co-development, Consulting on Node.js and micro-services, Products for Node.js and micro-services, Large-scale enterprise application systems, Open Source
Thrive Here & What We Value1. Work flexibly; we appreciate there are more important things in life than work so our flexible working culture allows you to work around what matters - school run, no problem!2. The Wellness Hub: We have a genuine commitment to fostering/improving NearFormers’ wellbeing; we offer resources and support, including a NearForm advice line which offers confidential support for anything from relationship issues to staying healthy.3. Genuine commitment to work/life balance4. Building on our open-source origins, we promote the sharing of thoughts, knowledge and ideas.5. Positive company culture that places value on work-life balance6. Resources and support for anything from relationship issues to staying healthy7. Global team built based on respect, inclusivity, diversity, and excellence8. Home Office Support: Receive a home office stipend to help you create a comfortable and productive workspace.9. Investment in Growth: Access a generous professional development budget to support ongoing learning and career growth10. Despite their global presence, NearFormers form a close-knit community built on trust and camaraderie.
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