Senior Product Manager/Product Director, Issuing:

Brief:

As a Product Manager you will build new Products from ideas to the implementation, enhance and improve existing Products and develop new ideas based on your experience and your interactions with customers and internal business units.

You must possess a unique blend of business and technical knowledge with big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality in collaboration with Business Units and Engineering teams.

As a Product Manager of Issuing Clients, you own the entire Product Portfolio of all web- and client-based solutions for Desktops, Tablets and Payment-Terminals.

You will need to understand the market requirements and the development of retail technology landscape; setting the Product strategic direction, defining the roadmap, generating Product requirements; determining specifications, setting priorities and timetables and assure the successful execution of the product implementation.

You are working as part of the product development SCRUM team in your role as Product Owner representing the business view and setting the priorities of the features to be implemented.

As Product Manager you are interacting with the Business Units, Commercial Units as well as all other functions inside Technology.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Managing the entire product life cycle considering strategic planning to tactical activities

Setting the product visions, driving and defining the strategy, getting the agreement and funding, and delivering - towards BU, management, customers

Responsible for the packaging of the product to ensure smooth market introduction, easy distribution and low operational efforts

Defines and sets the Product Strategy and Roadmap including go to market approach

Responsible for market introduction and promotion as well as removal from market

Monitor competitive Product positioning and differentiation

Gathering the voice of the customer

Owns, prioritizes and maintains the Product Backlog (in collaboration with Business Units and Engineering)

Act as Product Owner (with support of the team resources) in the SCRUM team

Defines the product requirements based on inputs from Commercial/Business Unit and Technology strategy

Responsible for the delivery of User Stories to the Engineering

Own the Product budget (incl. development and operation)

Essential Requirements:

Extensive experience in managing software Products

People Management skills in multiple time zone, virtual and multi-cultural teams

Understanding and translating customer needs into requirements

Proven track record within Payment Products & Payment Terminals

Software Product development

5+ years of experience in a similar software Product Management position

Solid experience in the Retail/PointOfSale system industry with a track record in defining new PointOfSale/Payment related product

Working as Product Owner in SCRUM/Agile environments

Financial Planning and Management

Demonstrates strategic thinking with an entrepreneurial spirit

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Excellent presentation skills and an ability to engage audiences

Ability to effectively collaborate with others to reach mutually agreeable outcomes

Ability to work independently as well as with a team.

Effective time management skills and ability to meet deadlines

Possess a "can do" attitude and positive outlook, minimizing negative behaviours

Ability to communicate effectively in a multicultural, multinational environment and mobilize cross-functional high performance teams

Strong knowledge of Point of Sale systems and equipment in the retail industry is essential

Knowledge in transaction processing, including online/offline transaction processing is an advantage

Fluent in English

Education & Qualifications Required:

Computer Science or Engineering degree or work experience

Solid understanding of agile (SCRUM) development processes

Project management skills

Wide, extensive knowledge of multiple infrastructure/application technologies including (but not limited to): Web applications/services, Windows Clients, Mobile Apps, User Interface technologies, Application development experience.