Product Manager or Owner

Product Manager - Atom Groom

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Job Description:

The product manager will own every aspect of the company Apps and Website, as individual products. The product manager is responsible for sitting directly in the center of user experience, design, technology and business. The product manager must have experience and be capable of design, prototyping and development.  The product manager is also responsible for being the advocate of both the users and the internal team responsible for building products.  The product manager’s main focus is to consistently be the voice of the user.

Internal Team Focus:

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- coordinating with the design and dev teams to ensure they are: 
    - planning and making decisions 
    - setting goals (daily, weekly, monthly) 
    - working together 
    - reporting and discussing setting final goals with CEO 

- coordinating all project management 
    - using software to coordinate features, bugs, etc. 

- keeping the integrity of the company vision and goals of the product: 
    - making sure the team's focus is working toward this vision 
    - creating new ideas that continue to drive innovation 

Product Focus (iOS App, Android App, Website):

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Development:

- shipping new code 
    - helping the dev team to work efficiently enough to constantly ship new code through new design iterations 
    - creating the priority order of what needs to be shipped 
    - making the decision of when code is ready for the user see 

- refactoring old code 
    - help team to set goals on code refactoring 
    - out-dated code 
    - inefficient code 
    - problematic code 

Tech:

- work with the team on implementing new technology for features, bugs, etc. 
- determining the costs, pros and cons, etc. 

Design and UX:

- building brand style guides 
    - designing brand and style guides 
    - icon systems  
    - interaction libraries and team resources 

- creating new prototypes 
    - designing live prototypes 
    - working to test and improve  
    - testing with real users and getting feedback 

- creating polished designs and specifications 
    - providing final high fidelity UI designs 
    - writing the final specification for development 


User Focus:

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- user interviews 
    - meeting with new or existing users to gather feedback 
    - developing user personas 

- user feedback 
    - develop new and intuitive ways to get user feedback 
    - monitor user support tickets, complaints, and praise 

- user testing 
    - develop a user testing environment for prototypes and new features 
    - iOS, Android, Browser, etc.