FerskTech LLC Product Manager Remote · Part time Company website

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**YOU MUST BE BASED IN MINNESOTA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE**

FerskTech is focused on building fresh technology solutions for the world of corporate travel. We are looking for a product professional who is passionate about improving the way corporate travel is sourced and managed. We need someone who is able to think beyond the status quo, bring a fresh, innovative perspective and is able to translate the founder’s vision into a sleek, modern, reliable SaaS product.

This role will require you to either be or quickly become deeply familiar with the world of corporate travel. We expect you to be a life-long learner capable of delving deep into the product, the competitors and the existing market. We expect you to be able to analyze current opportunities to help the founder craft elegant SaaS functionality to an industry ripe with problems while also being grounded in crafting an offering that will provide value to the end users.

Additionally, this is a unique opportunity to help develop an entire suite of corporate travel solutions for a variety of unique stakeholders. Your vision and strategy will be key to the success and future growth of FerskTech.

You will be responsible for:

• Product planning, delivery and go-to-market planning throughout the product lifecycle.
• Developing a product vision and strategy, for each product offering, based on input from the founder and other internal stakeholders, customers, market research and your own industry insight.
• Managing the delivery of reliable, stable software functionality through working closely with engineers, analytics and others to deliver products that align with the vision, meets the market needs and are of our high-quality standard.
• Developing a forecast for value delivery based on engineering metrics and/or third-party vendor relationships.
• Identifying and highlighting the key benefits and value of the products which will be used to create and maintain various marketing plans and collateral.
• Manage a Product Owner with specialized subject matter expertise, ensuring alignment and collaboration across the team.

Requirements:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to develop and execute a product vision.
• Familiarity with market research and industry insights to inform product strategy.
• Experience in developing product strategy and roadmaps.
• Ability to manage the products throughout their lifecycle from concept to end-of-life.
• Adept in using Jira to communicate and track progress of requirements that may come from a variety of inputs and stakeholders.
• Flexibility and professionalism in being able to work with, coordinate and communicate among various internal stakeholders and third-party partners.
• Expert in monitoring, reporting and iterating on product performance.
• Adept at conducting product acceptance testing in conjunction with the engineering team.
• Ability to collect and synthesize product feedback from customers and translate that feedback into actionable steps for product evolution.
• Experience in agile scrum processes and running team rituals like grooming and sprint planning.
• Ability to accomplish work remotely and connect with other remote team members to be efficient and effective.
• Data-driven thinking which grounds decision making using KPIs and metrics.

Nice to Have:

• Corporate travel industry experience
• Solid technical expertise to be able to facilitate bug troubleshooting
• Design-thinking mindset to help balance business needs with user needs
• Zero to one product development experience