Job Description

A career in our Innovation Development practice, within Innovation services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients' redesign, redefine, and redeploy their assurance and/or tax departments to be a strategic asset across the enterprise. You'll focus on assisting clients as they incorporate increased automation, machine learning, data & analytics, Open Source technologies into their processes to deliver better quality output and contribute more strategically to organisational decision making. Our team helps our clients create a guided path to innovation by developing the right methods that generate insight based ideas, and to select, produce and commercialise the most valuable and viable results. You’ll focus on software driven innovation strategy, software technology diligence, operating model design, software product planning and management, and software architecture and cloud strategy.
 

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

The Product Manager will own or lead the evolution of one or multiple products to meet our internal customer and stakeholder needs. The applicant should have 2+ years of experience in product management and/or product delivery as a product manager/owner for a SaaS/software product. Experience in tax, workflow and analytics solutions is preferred. Technical expertise in the areas of user experience (UX), scaled agile delivery, microservices architecture, and APIs is recommended for this role. 

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree

Minimum Years of Experience:
2 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in product management, including the following areas:

Applying in-depth knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology;
Translating product features into well-defined user stories and acceptance test criteria;
Owning, prioritizing, and maintaining the product backlog for assigned products;
Drafting and iterating user stories in the product backlog with the scrum team;
Managing epics, features, and user stories to be completed by delivery teams aligned to the product’s vision;
Collaborating with the Product Management team on roadmap prioritization;
Coordinating with the Scrum Master and Tech Lead on priorities, approach, and delivery, while driving alignment with delivery teams;
Aligning deliverables to business requirements and acceptance criteria;
Applying knowledge of user-centered design principles and a customer-first mindset;
Applying user experience (UX) design and product design to meet customer expectations;
Engaging in thoughtful, articulate, and persuasive verbal and written communication; and,
Applying analytics and reporting tools to articulate metrics, insights, and opportunities.

Demonstrates thorough knowledge with, and/or a proven record of success directing efforts in product management, the oversight of staff, initiatives and related activities, including the following areas:

Applying in-depth knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology;
Translating product features into well-defined user stories and acceptance test criteria;
Owning, prioritizing, and maintaining the product backlog for assigned products;
Drafting and iterating user stories in the product backlog with the scrum team;
Managing epics, features, and user stories to be completed by delivery teams aligned to the product’s vision;
Collaborating with the Product Management team on roadmap prioritization;
Coordinating with the Scrum Master and Tech Lead on priorities, approach, and delivery, while driving alignment with delivery teams;
Aligning deliverables to business requirements and acceptance criteria;
Applying knowledge of user-centered design principles and a customer-first mindset;
Applying user experience (UX) design and product design to meet customer expectations;
Engaging in thoughtful, articulate, and persuasive verbal and written communication; and,
Applying analytics and reporting tools to articulate metrics, insights, and opportunities.