SUMMARY

Our agency works with small to medium-sized companies to plan, build requirements, design + prototype, develop then launch custom software applications. 

We are one of Asheville’s fastest growing companies, and pride ourselves on delivering outstanding results to our clients, and empowering them to scale.

The Software Product Manager will collaborate with clients, software engineers, product leads, and executive management to organize project requirements and ensure qualitative and timely deployment of important deliverables. 

Candidates should have an outgoing personality, as they will be interacting with clients, communicating internally and externally, participating in consultations, and collaborating with others on a daily basis.

Responsibilities:

• Attend prospective client consultations, assist in proposal creation.
• Ensure technical deliverables outlined in proposals align with client objectives. 
• Responsible for product ideation and end-to-end launch of software products.
• Works in an agile environment and continuously reviews business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks.
• Develops owns, and executes product roadmap
• Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance criteria. 
• Prioritizes and maintains the backlog for assigned products, balancing requirements of stakeholders.
• Use project management software to ensure comprehensive beginning-to-end product development

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or 1-3 years relevant experience and/or professional certifications or comparable practical knowledge
• At least 6 months of project management or product development experience.
• Understanding of Agile principles, including iterative development and rapid prototyping.
• Proven track record of delivering data driven solutions with a customer-first mindset
• Experience in launching software or services in partnership with engineering teams. 
• Strong attention to detail and well-developed organizational skills. 
• Strong ability to work both independently and across multi-functional teams.

Bonus Skills

• PMP Certified, Agile/Scrum Certifications
• Working understanding of coding and/or modern development frameworks.
• Working understanding of UI/UX design principles
• Experience with API Integrations and data management

Our Culture:

We are a tight knit, fun loving group of technology enthusiasts. Our company prioritizes continuous improvement in the workplace, building excellent team culture, and delivering outstanding results for our clients. Our company leadership has a proven track record in the industry, and our start-up was recently ranked the #1 fastest growing start-up in our region. 

Compensation:

To apply, please send your resume and a cover letter explaining why you would be the best candidate for this position to [email protected]. Additional details on the company vision and trajectory will be divulged in an interview. 

Position will begin as a contract to hire. Upon the successful completion of a 90-day training period and satisfactory performance evaluation, employee may be considered for full-time regular employment.