Technical Product Manager
| Company | Panasonic Avionics |
|---|---|
| Location | Mississauga, ON, Canada |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Engineering and Business Administration
- 10+ years of total experience
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as a technical product manager for QSR software products
- Experience modernizing legacy software products to next gen
- Agile certifications (CSPO, PSPO, CSM)
- Experience delivering Windows, Web, and Mobile apps
- Experience delivering products with cloud solutions
- Experience working with Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid development environment
- Experience using software project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, SharePoint
- Experience creating mockups/wireframes
- Strong technical background, with a solid understanding of software development processes, architecture, and technologies
- Ability to act as the product owner, providing end to end oversight of product in partnership with internal stakeholders and clients
- Self-motivated with good analytics capability, excellent hands-on skills and someone that enjoys delivering quality products
- Team player, approachable, helpful, open-minded, problem solver, accountable, creative, adaptable, shows empathy and gratitude, has conflict resolution skills, has decision making skills, has leadership skills
- Effective collaboration and communication with peers and subordinates
- Ability to manage multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously
Responsibilities
- Defines product vision and maintains product roadmap in alignment with business goals
- Manages and owns product lifecycle activities from concept and market research, to design, development, testing, deployment, roll out, support, and finally product end of life
- Authors epics, product, and software requirements documentation for technical initiatives; ensuring that story content and prioritization is aligned to larger strategic goals
- Drives clarity by providing well defined user stories, acceptance criteria and products specs to the engineering team
- Oversees API strategies, system architecture decisions and 3rd party integrations
- Collaborates with third-party stakeholders, including vendors, integration partners, and external technology providers, to ensure seamless integrations and strategic alignment
- Maintains product backlog and ensure continuous prioritization of backlog items after analyzing business needs and functional dependencies with all stakeholders
- Works closely with engineering teams to help unblock and support in mid-project product decision-making
- Works with engineering teams to develop and refine product features through sprint planning, feature demos, and defect triage sessions
- Provides mentorship, guidance, and direction to the Product Owner to ensure high-quality backlog management
- Ensures that product owner effectively gathers requirements and translates business needs into actionable user stories
- Fosters collaboration between Product Owner and dev teams to enhance product execution and delivery
- Defines KPI’s to measure product success
- Leverages analytics and customer insights to drive product improvements
- Continuously assesses and refines product strategy based on data and market feedback
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working on Point-of-sale systems would be an asset
- Experience in Quick Service Restaurants domain is a plus