The Role:
The LeadProduct Manager develops the product portfolio roadmap, pricing and launch strategies and financial projections. Heleads the development of a suite of products, evaluates products to identify gaps, issues with product interface, performance and product functionalities based on market feedback, and prioritises the development of product features against strategic goals and initiatives. He drives market research studies to explore new technology and oversee the development of business proposals for new opportunities.
He works with various teams across the organisation. He uses product development and management tools and is well-versed with various product positioning and pricing methodologies. He is also knowledgeable of new and emerging consumer and industry trends.
The LeadProduct Manager adopts a broad perspective when distilling market trends and synthesising opportunities for growth. He puts forth fresh perspectives and innovative strategies to drive product portfolios. He is an influential leader who communicates well and sustains strong, positive relationships with his team and clients, articulating the value of the organisation's products engagingly and compellingly.
Job Responsibilities:
Formulate and implement product development strategy and plans
- Create feature descriptions for the organisation’s products
- Develop product portfolio roadmap, pricing and launch strategies and financial projections
- Anticipate internal and/or external business challenges and/or regulatory issues
- Present product portfolio performance to senior stakeholders
- Review the product requirement documents containing product specifications and requirements
Drive product development
- Lead the development for a suite of products
- Evaluate products and highlight gaps, issues with product interface, performance and product functionalities based on market feedback
- Integrate feedback and requests in the ideation and development of products
- Design detailed specifications and development costing against market potential and future revenue
- Prioritises the development of product features against strategic goals and initiatives
- Define the requirements for each feature and desired user experience
- Determine the timeline for development, implementation, and release process for the product
Develop and grow business
- Develop marketing tactics and pricing strategies
- Drive market research studies to explore new technology
- Evaluate the feature roadmap for feasibility
- Oversee the development of business proposals for new opportunities
- Lead the team on business proposals for new opportunities
- Evaluate the feasibility of these innovative ideas to grow market share and improve customer experience
Manage people and organization
- Manage the budget expenditure and allocation across teams and projects
- Track the achievement of the team’s achievements and key performance indicators
- Propose new operational plans, including targeted budgets, work allocations and staff forecasts
- Optimise the use of and allocation of resources
- Develop learning roadmaps to support the professional development of the team
- Manage the performance and development process, including providing coaching and development opportunities to maximise the potential of each individual
Job Requirements:
- A Bachelor's degree or above, and more than 5 years of experience in media or financial APP product design are preferred
- Familiar with IoT products and implementation, user research, demand analysis, functional design, and interaction design;
- Excellent data operation thinking, analyzing and iteratively updating product functions;
- Excellent logical thinking ability, analytical ability, and communication and cooperation ability;
- Excellent in product sensitivity and innovative spirit, strong execution ability, and resource integration ability
- Proficient in using prototype tools such as Axure/Sketch and mind mapping tools such as Xmind/MindManager;
- Good organizational coordination and communication skills, a strong sense of responsibility.
- Good working knowledge in the UX / UI field
- Knowledge and working experience in software development
