Responsibilities
Own the product vision for your area: Ensure that it aligns with the overall product and company vision. Be an expert on the domain, the market, the trends. Evangelize the vision constantly so all stakeholders are aligned, have context, and understand where we are going.
Represent the customer. Be the champion and voice of customers. Build impactful, personal customer relationships. Bring the customer's voice into the creation process. Own requirements, specifications, and release plans.
Drive entire feature delivery lifecycle: research customer/user needs; write feature specs and user stories; partner with User Experience to design and prototype; work with engineering to develop, test and deliver a marketable product on time; collaborate with customer facing roles to drive market awareness and customer adoption
Collaborate across teams: We win or lose as a team. Product managers play a critical role in creating alignment between engineering teams and stakeholders. A collaborative attitude is essential to the job
Communicate clearly and efficiently: Coordinate product release communications for your components. Define expectations for engineering teams and hold them accountable to success and failures. Work closely with product marketing managers to promote your products both internally and externally and ensure a cohesive message.
Represent Salesforce: Be a domain and product expert at customer meetings, industry and corporate events, online in customer community, and social networks
Qualifications
High energy and passion for the job
Leadership DNA, proven ability to educate, motivate, align employees, customers, and partners.
6+ years of experience and 3+ years of solid product management experience with a proven track record of building awesome products while working with engineering team
Demonstrated experience in gathering and transforming product requirements into an actionable product roadmap.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, excellent written and oral communication skills,
Hands-on experience with UX design and flow, designing simple and intuitive user interfaces.
Professionalism, grace under pressure, dedication and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
Desired Skills and Experience
Ability to deliver results in global, matrixed environments comprised of internal and external stakeholders.
Deep familiarity with the service technology landscape and service user needs is a plus.
Working knowledge of Salesforce products and APIs is a plus.