Senior Manager Technical Product Owner – Software

Computers/Software Charlotte, North Carolina


Description

As Senior Manager-Technical Product Owner, you will be a key member of the Software Solutions team supporting InVue’s mission, which is to improve security, operational visibility, and experiences for the world’s most valuable retail brands.  
  
The ideal candidate will have strong working experience using agile methodologies to develop data enabled products including ideation, architecture design, scoping, MVP, and project management.  
  
Reporting to the VP of Software Solutions, you will be responsible to represent the customer and their requirements while orchestrating the development of software products. You will define technical requirements and specifications while collaborating with engineering teams to develop innovative and scalable IoT solutions that meet or exceed customers’ access control and operational visibility needs.  
  
RESPONSIBILITIES  
Product strategy execution:  
  • Execute products vision and strategy in support of achieving business and financial objectives.
  • Manage backlog to prioritize features and functionalities, balancing innovation with practicality.
  • Drive product roadmap execution in Jira and set clear software development goals and objectives.
  • Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to align product strategy with business goals.
Product ideation:  
  • Build deep technical understanding of customer needs, pain points, and problems to solve.
  • Understand and translate customer requirements into technical requirements for development.
  • Lead technical brainstorming sessions and workshops to generate actionable product plans.
  • Research relevant technology advancements to identify opportunities for new products/features.
Product design:  
  • Develop initial product concepts and present them to stakeholders for feedback and approval.
  • Lead creation of technical requirements for development using VoC and market data as key input.
  • Create and manage product requirements and specs in Jira including UI, UX flows, and wireframes.
  • Work closely with UX/UI designers to ensure a seamless and intuitive user experience.
Project leadership:  
  • Lead development of prototypes, PoCs, tests/pilots, and MVPs for customer validation.
  • Use Jira to manage cross-functional collaboration for end-to-end product development lifecycle.
  • Implement agile methodologies to facilitate efficient and effective development processes.
  • Utilize Jira features to streamline development processes and cross-functional collaboration.
Stakeholder Engagement:  
  • Engage with customers and stakeholders to gather insights throughout the development process.
  • Communicate progress and challenges to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and collaboration.
  • Keep stakeholders informed and advocate for the product’s vision and goals across the organization.
QUALIFICATIONS  
  • 6+ years of recent data and/or IoT SaaS agile product development experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in technical product management role for data enabled solutions.
  • Demonstrated success driving B2B SaaS product strategy, design, launch, execution, and scale.
  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA is a plus.
WE VALUE  
  • Previous experience developing physical access control solutions.
  • Strong technical acumen and ability to drive continuous product improvement.
  • Solid recent continuous experience in relevant roles at IoT software company.
  • Experience creating and implementing software development processes for startup team.
  • Comfortable working in fast-paced startup environment and dealing with ambiguity.
  • Proactive and logical at thoroughly evaluating issues to quickly identify root cause and take step to drive resolution while influencing stakeholders.
  • Skillful at conducting market research as part of product design process for accelerated market adoption and projecting potential revenue from proposed features and functionalities.
  • Ability to travel upward of 15%, including global travel.

InVue Security Products, Inc is an Equal Opportunity employer. Federal law prohibits employers from discriminating against any applicant for employment because of applicant’s race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, or disability. InVue Security Products, Inc. is fully committed to complying with Federal law and will not discriminate against any applicant for employment.