Junior Product Manager (3-6 Yrs) Hyderabad (UI/UX/Product)

Purpose of Role : As Junior Product Manager, you will be part of a team that helps shape and execute the CRM tools multi-channel product strategy and roadmap for the GVC product suite and services. You will be working very closely with the Product Owner and will be responsible for transforming the product strategy into product delivery, driving the achievement of results with a major focus on business analysis and requirements engineering. Secondary to delivering successful results, you will be also be responsible for effectively managing operational issues and bugs that may arise from time to time to ensure that they are resolved quickly to minimise any impact on customers and drive service excellence. Responsibilities : - Product Management - Working with Product Owner to prepare roadmaps, contributes ideas, identify opportunities and define functional requirements in the product backlog - Groom epics into user stories related to product area and confirm readiness for sprint planning - Derives input for enhancement and maintenance of existing product/features - Filling the gap between high level product requirements and concepts and define clear specifications that will guide the delivery plan. (functional and non-functional requirements) Requirements engineering : - Writes detailed scopes and user stories and provides clarifications on the user stories to the delivery team - Creation/maintenance and management of requirements in VersionOne.
-Lead User Acceptance Testing (alignment with delivery team and product owner) - Text and translations incl. user help and Terms and Conditions - Be an advocate for user experience and a promoter of user experience-driven and player journey focused work throughout the team and the whole company.
-Co-ordination of dependencies between tasks, scrum teams or projects - Maintenance and enhancements - ensures steady development of existing product within defined budget - Conception (being part of conception phase) - concept overview high level requirements Working with Scrum teams : - Responsible for clarification of open topics with product owner/ Business analysts - Working with scrum teams and participating in their ceremonies (Grooming, planning, reviews) - Alignment with other backlogs (functional level) - Review (functional) test cases - Derive and publish Root cause analysis of bugs that cannot be resolved by Lean Operations (DevOps) - Bridging between worlds (Product, Operational units, Scrum team, different locations, ) Optional Responsibilities : Backlog Coordinator : - Backlog pre-prioritised and aligned with product owner(s) (and eventually project manager) according to roadmap/release plan - Highlighting production plan conflicts A strong argument for an engineering background in the field we are in (e-gaming): a big part of defining a successful product is in understanding technology and seeing how it might be applied to help solve a relevant problem or exploit a certain (future) opportunity - Good understanding of the CRM methodologies including player lifecycle management, player retention including engagement tactics, identify and understand campaign mechanics, UI/UX sensibilities and Data mining - Good technical understanding - Software engineering/business informatics as educational background - 5 years practical experience - Ability to support business case creation, detailed functional specifications and wire frames, with an excellent track record of developing, launching, and marketing online products.
-Proven track record in requirements engineering - Good analytical, modelling and writing skills - convey the message in the shortest possible way to communicate information effectively to customers, managers, and technical staff - Interviewing skills - to talk with individuals and groups about their needs and ask the right questions to surface essential requirements information - Flexible modelling skills - (e.g. use case modelling) to represent requirements information in graphical forms that augment textual representations in natural language - A broad and comprehensive technical understanding is required as well as a good understanding of product development processes and concepts (especially in an agile environment).
-Experience in player journey/user experience and web/software user interface development.
-Ability to present ideas, and recommendations clearly in verbal, written and presentation formats.
-Proven ability to work effectively with international, cross-functional teams and to internalize new processes and developments in a highly dynamic industry.
-Proven track record for successful project management ( 3 years practical experience ) - Excellent communication skills (English) in both written and verbal format - Not afraid of the "very last detail " to go into / but ability to aggregate to a proper level of info...

Required Skills : English