Product Manager - Volunteer (Open For Students)

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Details About opportunity

People in Product Management are responsible for helping the organization obtain better brand recognition and financial growth. They coordinate with company executives, sales & marketing teams the review of current market trends to propose new product ideas that can improve revenue margins.

Product managers work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You can break down complex problems into steps that drive product development.

What you will do:

1. Product Managers usually work closely with Sales Representatives to find and close new products or expand existing business opportunities.
2. They also work directly with customers to educate on products’ technicals, so they must have good customer service skills and a strong understanding of their company’s products and services

Key Activities

Working with the Marketing team lead, your volunteer role includes:

• Realize product discovery: build a solid understanding of the company’s market, personas, and the competitive landscape, leverage the knowledge acquired through research to guide decisions and make recommendations for the identification of new features opportunities.

• Define product vision and strategy: nurture the product vision and turn that into a strategy, and make sure the team understands and embraces it through engaging communication.

• Own the roadmap building and delivery: organize user feedback collection, keep close to our customers and merchants to understand needs, animate feature team rituals and work closely with the development lead to deliver new features and products to make sure we have reliable and yet ambitious roadmaps, with the expected level of delivery quality.

• Scale the team: contribute to the global growth of the product team by engaging in knowledge sharing, best practice implementation, and creating new processes to help us adapt as we scale.

• Translate our vision into a clear roadmap and a list of required and prioritized features ;

• Come up with creative and business-valid ideas to offer new value and satisfy our merchants

• Develop a robust analytic framework for our product’s efficiency.

Education and experience

– High School Diploma or equivalent (preferred)

– Experience in Product Development and Technology (preferred)

– Experience with Classifiers and Machine Learning (preferred)

– Knowledge in consumer electronics and the retail environment (preferred)

Skills and requirements

• Access to a smartphone (iPhone or Android).
• Undergraduate degree or similar education in Product Development or Business.
• Professional demeanor, excellent verbal, and written communication skills
• Enthusiastic, initiative-taking, and outgoing personality that is comfortable in a competitive environment
• Excellent communication skills.
• Fluent in English
• Interest in technology and the ability to quickly learn new products and features.
• Attention for details.
• Excellent record keeping.
• Self-starter with a strong commitment to driving results.

Acquired Skills

• More about the opportunity
• This opportunity is suited for a seasoned professional with Product Development experience who focus on technology. This company evolves on a niche market; thus, knowledge management on the Virtual Reality and 3D sectors is preferred.
• Ability to plan and manage resources.
• The company will provide everything related to guides/sales/marketing material or proposal.
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in data analysis, forecasting, and budgeting

Endorsements

• Allow you to add Company Name to your Linkedin Profile.
• Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will:
• Provide a Linkedin testimonial.
• Provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life.

Disclaimer:

This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, no promise of future paid work or any taxable benefit in kind.