Sr. Product Owner-Consumer Tech

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Robots & Pencils Full time
Company Description

WE EMBRACE A TALENT-LED CULTURE

Our work is driven by our team's desire to be pioneers.

In 2009, we created Robots & Pencils with the then-contrarian view that mobile would be more transformative than the Internet. Turns out we were right.

Today, our thinking is rooted in the belief that, in the age of unprecedented technology acceleration, maintaining a competitive advantage requires new strategies and a focus on innovation.

Our approach has been to create a company designed to follow the talent, allowing us to amass an unfair share of hyper-skilled people who call Robots & Pencils home. A team of people who not only develop innovative solutions to transform businesses, but also create products that have been previously inconceivable.

What are our core values?

  • Strong Work Ethic
  • Top Drawer
  • Always Learning
  • Heart
  • Discipline
  • Efficacy

Robots & Pencils offers:

  • We follow the talent meaning you can be located anywhere in North America and work remotely. You also have the option to work in our offices if you live in an area where we have a local office.
  • We work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where everything is constantly changing from the tools we use to how we think about software.
  • We hire only the best talent we can find. You do remarkable things and solve tough problems where many others have failed before.
  • Attractive compensation package
Job Description

As Sr. Product Owner Contractor at Robots & Pencils, your impact will be to drive the product roadmap and strategy for your team. Product Ownership is the heart of ensuring that we build and deliver meaningful, impactful product enhancements and features for our users. You'll be responsible for turning research into full-fledged products and will work closely with the business development and UX teams to deeply understand the problem space and define compelling products.

Product Design & Development

  • Define a product strategy and roadmap with prioritized features to realize business goals and strategies
  • Assist in defining the core product vision, goals, functionality and requirements
  • Drive a lean and agile development process to help define and refine working processes in order to maximize efficiency in constantly evolving environments
  • Work with both internal and external groups to roll-out product features
  • Collaborate across robot and pencil practices to scope and deliver world-class products and establish shared vision by building consensus on priorities leading to product execution
  • Guide ideas from concept-to-experimentation-to-product

Product Roadmap

  • Work with UX team to translate product strategy into detailed requirements and deliver according to the product roadmap
  • Define and deliver MVPs based on research, then scaling this out into full-fledged products
  • Create and maintain product roadmaps, feature backlogs and product documentation such PRDs, user stories, use cases, user flows, logic flows, and functional specifications.

Product Management

  • You will help lead large and complex projects, and mentor peers to help grow and develop an already collaborative and dedicated team
  • Write detailed functional specs so the team is aligned on what we are delivering and what success looks like
  • Prioritize development activities with the robots, assist in determining the best technical implementation methods, work closely with QA on acceptance testing and lead product launches

Stakeholder Management

  • Create buy-in for the product strategy with stakeholders including the executive team
  • Strive to mentor peers through leading Pencil Sharpening sessions (the Pencils team gets together every month to collaborate and share their knowledge), while helping to advance their creative capabilities
  • Join a tightly integrated UX Practice that takes teamwork seriously every day
Qualifications
  • Retail tech project experience is a plus for this role
  • 7+ years of product management, business analysis or equivalent experience with preference given to those who have a BA/BS in a technical field such as Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent
  • Experience with agile methodologies and an understanding of product management's role in various development methodologies
  • Proven track record of leading and delivering large and complex products and services
  • Excellent leadership, communication and presentation skills
  • Excellent analytical problem solving and decision making skills
  • Ability to quickly understand, simplify, internalize and communicate complex or technical concepts
  • Demonstrated thoroughness, follow-up and attention to detail
  • Up-to-date understanding of market trends and keen interest in following emerging technologies
  • Emphasis on user-driven product design and data-driven product refinement
  • Strong understanding of user experience, technical and business issues
  • Domain knowledge in one or more relevant industries
Additional Information

Robots & Pencils aspires to have a workforce that is representative of the diversity of our country and encourages applications from everyone. Eligibility to work in the U.S. or Canada without sponsorship is required upon hire.

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