ENVIRONMENT:

BE accountable for overseeing the product lifecycle management process and performance to ensure product profitability and achievement of revenue and gross profit targets as the next talented Junior Product Specialist sought by a leading Academic Service Provider. You will manage the impact of product pricing on profitability and performance while leading the Product Management teams in the refining and implementation of product strategies and roadmaps for print and digital products that support business growth objectives and evolving customer needs. You will also manage product development and enhancement promotional planning in alignment with the brand and strategic objectives.

DUTIES:

Product Management -

• Work with the teams to define the vision of products.
• Partner with stakeholders and users across the organization to develop, inform and execute on the product vision, strategy, road map, features, and prioritization.
• Collaborate with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs; translate them into product requirements.
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize backlog, stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy and changing requirements.
• Monitor and evaluate product progress and maturity at each stage of the process lifecycle.
• Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.
• Liaise with the digital, con tech, Product teams and end-users to deliver updates (Feature progress, training roll outs).
• Work with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, and user enablement.
• Participate in Scrum meetings and product sprints.
• Work closely with Publishing and Digital teams to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI.
• Research and analyse market, the users, and the roadmap for the product.
• Draft key objectives and results, strategies and apply the data for the product to make business decisions.
• Perform market research and competitor analysis.
• Work in an Agile environment and continuously review the business needs, refine priorities, outline milestones and deliverables, and identify opportunities and risks.
• Assist in defining the user experience for internal/externals users, including support and monitoring.
• Lead the product functional design process based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology.
• Develop and maintain appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance to evaluate future investment.

New product development and innovation -

• Responsible for guiding the success of a product and leading the cross-functional team that is responsible for improving it.
• Provide the deep product expertise needed to lead the organization and make strategic product decisions.
• Analyse market and competitive conditions, laying out a product vision that is differentiated and deliver unique value-based on customer demands.
• Responsible for defining the why, when, and what of the product that the Engineering team builds.
• Accountable and responsible for setting a product vision and strategy.
• To clearly articulate the business value to the Product team so they understand the intent behind the new product or product release.
• Own the roadmap and must prioritize building what matters most to achieve the strategic goals and initiatives behind the product.
• Responsible for wireframe, mock-ups, and prototypes developments.

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