Remote Product Designer & Manager

Summary

Join Agency Enterprise, a software development, data science, and design studio based in Los Angeles, as a Product Manager/Designer to work closely with tech leads and full-stack developers to design and plant the product development process in a cross-functional, Agile environment.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a designer
• Penchant for product management and Agile
• Love working in a collaborative, high-energy environment, using agile methodologies and tools like Figma, Sketch, Linear, Pivotal Tracker (or equivalents)
• Value direct and honest feedback

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our tech leads and full-stack developers to design and plant the product development process in a cross-functional, Agile environment
• Interact directly with clients and educate them about AE’s methodology
• Help clients work through user experience mapping, building their product roadmap and feature prioritization
• Approach projects with an ownership mentality so that both client and internal products will succeed, and you will inspire the best possible performance from your teams
• Co-lead kick-off meetings
• Collaborate with stakeholders to create and manage product roadmaps
• Manage the Agile product development process
• Facilitate sprint planning, estimation, stand-up, demo, and retrospective meetings
• Identify business needs and translate those into product requirements
• Create sitemaps, user flow diagrams, low, medium, and high fidelity mock-ups
• Facilitate user testing and user feedback sessions
• Create user stories and manage the product backlog
• Manage the design/developer hand-off process
• Oversee and manage product timelines and budgets
• Manage product releases
• Contribute to product growth by identifying critical areas for potential improvement, then leading experimentation efforts
• Communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders verbally and in writing

Benefits

• Remote work
• Diversified, multi-company equity
• Platinum health insurance
• A fast-growing team with a happy bunch of former entrepreneurs, data scientists, full stack developers, UX/UI designers and product managers
• Advance in your career or flex your entrepreneurial side by participating in our internal skunkworks projects (some projects spin out with team members as the C-suite)
• Resources for you to grow and learn on the job (this includes Udemy classes, books, participation in events, mentoring and - of course - the latest generation hardware
• Offices right on Abbot Kinney, in the heart of Venice, CA
• Weekly lunches with the US team
• Monthly happy hours with friends and families
• Occasional VR and game nights, if you are into that
• Yearly retreat bringing together the whole team (with tropical fun and hackathons)