Senior Product Manager

The Senior Product Manager develops the product portfolio roadmap, pricing and launch strategies and financial projections. He/She oversees the development for a suite of products, evaluates products to identify gaps, issues with product interface, performance and product functionalities based on market feedback, and prioritizes the development of product features against strategic goals and initiatives. He drives market research studies to explore new technology, and Oversee the development of business proposals for new opportunities. He works with various teams across the organization. He is knowledgeable of product development and management tools, as well as various product positioning and pricing methodologies. He is also knowledgeable of new and emerging consumer and industry trends. The Senior Product Manager adopts a broad perspective when distilling market trends and synthesizing opportunities for growth. He is able to put forth fresh perspectives and innovative strategies to drive product portfolios. He is an influential leader who communicates well and sustains strong, positive relationships with his team and clients, articulating the value of the organization's products engagingly and compellingly.

Skills and Competencies

Technical Skills & Competencies

Budgeting
Proficiency Level
"Manage budgeting and forecasting for annual financial and business planning within the business unit "
4
Business Agility
Proficiency Level
"Lead the implementation of operational initiatives to enhance business agility "
4
Business Development
Proficiency Level
Analyse insights from market intelligence data and related business functions to identify commercial opportunities and propose ways to capitalize on them.
4
Business Environment Analysis
Proficiency Level
"Monitor the influence of external and internal factors on the critical business functions, report findings and recommend responses to management"
4
Business Innovation
Proficiency Level
"Explore opportunities for business innovation and reform, and lead the implementation of innovative business initiatives"
4

Generic Skills & Competencies

Computational Thinking
Proficiency Level
Use computational models, tools and techniques to identify patterns in a problem and develop a solution.
Basic
Communication
Proficiency Level
"Articulate and discuss ideas and persuade others to achieve common outcomes "
Intermediate
Global Mindset
Proficiency Level
Develop global networks and manages virtual relationships while balancing both local and global perspectives. Adopt a local and global perspective when making decision making.
Intermediate
Teamwork
Proficiency Level
Facilitate work team activities, provide assistance and support needed by team members and promote ownership and commitment among team members to work goals to improve team performance.
Intermediate
Virtual Collaboration
Proficiency Level
Use interactive collaborative tools to foster cohesion and commitment among virtual team members to achieve goals. Keep up-to-date with innovative online collaborative tools and applications to enhance one’s proficiency in engaging in virtual collaboration
Intermediate

Critical Work Functions and Key Tasks

Formulate and implement product development strategy and plans

• Create feature descriptions for the organisation’s products 
• Develop product portfolio roadmap, pricing and launch strategies and financial projections 
• Anticipate internal and/or external business challenges and/or regulatory issues 
• Present product portfolio performance to senior stakeholders 

Drive product development

• Oversee development for a suite of products 
• Evaluate products to identify gaps, issues with product interface, performance and product functionalities 
based on market feedback
• Integrate feedback and requests in the ideation and development of products 
• Validate detailed specifications and development costing against market potential and future revenue 
• Prioritises the development of product features against strategic goals and initiatives 
• Define the requirements for each feature and desired user experience 
• Determine the timeline for development, implementation and release process for the product 

Develop and grow business

• Develop marketing tactics and pricing strategies 
• Drive market research studies to explore new technology 
• Drive sales volume from specific target markets in collaboration with sales and marketing team 
• Oversee the development of business proposals for new opportunities 
• Identify potential partner relationships for the product 

Manage people and organisation

• Manage the budget expenditure and allocation across teams and projects 
• Monitor and track the achievement of the team’s achievements and key performance indicators 
• Propose new operational plans, including targeted budgets, work allocations and staff forecasts 
• Acquire, allocate and optimise the use of and allocation of resources 
• Develop learning roadmaps to support the professional development of the team 
• Manage the performance and development process, including providing coaching and 
development opportunities to maximise the potential of each individual

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