Junior Product Manager

A Junior Product Manager is responsible for identifying product opportunities, understanding user needs, and supporting feature delivery. They work closely with technical, marketing, and design teams to maximize product value and drive business outcomes.

Expected tasks

  • Define and prioritize the product roadmap
  • Write clear and actionable specs
  • Run the backlog and agile ceremonies
  • Measure the impact of shipped features
  • Talk to users and synthesize feedback
  • Align stakeholders (tech, design, business)
  • Make value vs effort tradeoffs

Required skills

Knowledge
Agile / Scrum / KanbanMarketing AnalyticsAccessibility (a11y)Descriptive StatisticsA/B TestingREST API DesignOpenAPI SpecificationGraphQL DesignCode Review
Hard skills
JiraConfluenceNotionSlackSQLFigmaTableauPower BILookerMetabasePython
Soft skills
Critical ThinkingData StorytellingProblem SolvingIntellectual CuriosityStakeholder Management

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