Product Manager Jobs

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Software Technology Product Owner will help build and enhance software products. The PM will be responsible for guiding products’ development through a complete end-to-end lifecycle from inception through large-scale roll out.

This position required three days in an office in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Key Skills:

• Experience in retail catalog or restaurant menu management, and omnichannel operational concerns is highly desirable.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be the subject matter expert working across technical and non-technical teams to establish the value and importance of operator facing software products
• Distilling business goals into product requirements
• Performance
• Maintain a positive rapport with all levels of vendor’s leadership team to find strategies to monitor and enhance vendor
• Negotiate Statements of Work, Service Agreements and other applicable vendor agreements to best suit brand needs
• Serve as Product Owner and participate in agile ceremonies alongside vendor partners, franchisee services, operations training partners, and other key stakeholders to interpret business and training needs to create product requirements, generate user stories, and guide product roll out strategies
• Own the strategic software product portfolio and manage product lifecycle – roadmap, backlog, prioritization, product
• In class
• Acceptance criteria
• Utilize vendor roadmaps, market research, operations feedback, operational analytics data, industry trends, and the
• Balance business needs versus technical and operational constraints when recommending product enhancements or
• Collaborate with brand stakeholders to document requirements, use cases, supporting business value and product
• Lead vendor evaluation efforts through RFP and on periodic basis encompassing needs across all brands
• Documentation, product reporting, product risk mitigation and KPIs
• Oversee vendor relationship, address and effectively communicate vendor related escalations in timely manner
• Complete hands-on lab & test system buildouts as needed
• Competitive landscape to guide business needs and identify new opportunities that ensure software products remain best

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• A proven track record of proving data based business value and driving priority based product road maps
• 5+ years of modern/lean product management practices, agile methodologies, and test-driven development
• Experience managing software products, leading cross-functional teams in the products/services roll out, coordinating implementation and setup cycles and delivering against roll out schedules

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, OR ABILITIES

• Challenges
• And understand technical constraints to then prioritize functionality based on tradeoffs between development and business
• Strong leader and self-starter who can operate successfully with high levels of autonomy
• Drive projects to completion and meet shared objectives
• Ability to translate end user concerns, business intent, customer needs, and/or technical direction into clear, concise, well-
• Good understanding of the software engineering technical terminologies to be able to follow software design discussion
• Practical experience with product lifecycle management such as taking a product or portal to market, learning user behavior and creatively enhancing the product to address end user pain points
• Design frameworks and processes (design, research, development, etc.)
• Strong desire to help shape the future at Inspire Brands: cultivates innovation in a way that creates new and better ways for
• Experience with distributed software eco-systems from restaurant, hospitality, travel or retail industry
• Excellent oral and written communication skills – capable of communicating in a way that conveys a clear understanding of
• Knowledge of point of sale systems, retail catalog or restaurant menu management, omni-channel operational concerns
• Capable of building partnerships, managing stakeholders, and working collaboratively with cross-functional partners to
• The organization to be successful
• Understanding of operational pain points preferably in restaurant and/or retail industry, digital user experiences, digital
• The unique needs of widely varying audiences
• Personal integrity, humility, an appreciation for the power of teamwork, and a sense of humor
• Excellent problem-solving skills – ability to adapt quickly to changing business priorities and overcome unexpected
• Teams
• Documented product requirements