Technical Product Manager

Summary

Join Digital Turbine as a Technical Product Manager and help drive the creation of detailed product requirements and stories. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather input and requirements, write detailed Epics and User Stories, and drive consensus for solution paths. Assist in QA/Test and bug reporting, provide product demonstrations, and help manage backlog prioritization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering, Computer Science or related field
• Minimum 2 years experience as a software engineer, Android/iOS mobile apps preferred
• Familiar with Agile SW development, development/QA cycles, sprints/releases
• Very proficient English speaking and writing, good communicator overall
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Interest in understanding the “why” and “problems being addressed” behind what a team is building
• Looking to transition, or already transitioned, into product management, product owner or a related role and keen to leverage your technical background in product
• Strong project management skills, able to take projects from an idea to a fully documented finish
• Enjoys evangelizing, can make and give presentations, analyze data for data-driven decision making, and pivot with new learnings or feedback

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across the company to discuss product ideas with product managers, engineering and design (and sometimes legal and others) to gather input and requirements
• Write detailed Epics and User Stories (in Confluence) for new products, features, and functions and drive the share-out, collection of feedback and iteration on these Epics and Stories until they are well defined, including analytics goals/KPIs/metrics
• Drive consensus for the solution path selected for execution to best meet target launch timeframes and other business goals (cost, time to market, etc)
• Write detailed requirements/tasks in Jira that break down these higher level Epics and User Stories into individual features/functions that can be delivered in a sprint
• Draft wireframes, logic flows and other diagrams to aid in conveying product requirements along with making and delivering presentations
• Assist in QA/Test and bug reporting not as a true QA tester but as a product owner testing out your own product, help review and prioritize critical bugs
• Provide product demonstrations, final product overview presentations, and work with the product analytics team to highlight KPIs and understand overall product performance
• Help manage backlog prioritization and sprint releases for your specific product area