Product Lead (Proxy PO)

Overview: 

The manager of e-Procurement Digital Products will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of digital products management related to his/her domain.

This role involves managing the products backlog, prioritizing features, and working closely with stakeholders to deliver high-quality products that meet customer needs and business objectives. He/she will facilitate agile processes, provide clear guidance to the squad teams, and ensure that the product development aligns with the strategic goals of the organization.

He/she is also accountable for the Architecture of the digital products, ensuring the transversal Inbound and Outbound flow of the data, following the Digiteam standards

Key Responsibilities:

1. Product strategy & governance
   • Maintain a roadmap of each product with the Product owners
   • Partner with the business to ensure good prioritization of initiatives
2. Product Delivery
   • Drive the product strategy into actionable execution
   • Ensure the right process management for all initiatives of the domains
   • Organize the contribution of each product to the initiatives
   • Ensure design & development of digital products and services to meet customer needs and expectations, with a specific focus on user-friendliness, scalability, and secure architecture.
   • Ensure the good delivery of the products within the budget & OKR given
   • For owned initiatives, ensure the follow-up of the delivery of the relevant features on OTHER products
   • Accountable to ensure product delivery is aligned with DigiTeam Standards and guidelines

1. Domain & Product Management
   • Ensure yearly budget of Product Run, Enhancements and initiatives
   • Manage the financial & ESG forecast of product cost and initiatives
   • Manage the resources for each product, in full alignment with P&C Strategy
   • Manage the risk on a quarterly basis with Enterprise Risk Management team
   • Manage obsolescence of the product, based on roadmaps defined by the platforms and other product teams
   • Develop and implement the operating framework for the product domain including establishing the proper meeting cadence, responsibilities framework, and stakeholder alignment activities
   • Contribute to the Data strategy of the group by ensuring a push of relevant and qualitative data in the T. EN Enterprise Data Platform 
   • Manage innovation of the product, governed at enterprise level to ensure alignment within the organization in terms of priority
   • Monitor and analyze key performance metrics to measure the success of digital products, and to identify opportunities for improvement.
   • Communicate product updates and progress to leadership team and other key stakeholders across the business

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in Project or Domain Management, with a focus on product development and architecture
• Expertise or strong knowledge in the relevant functional domain is a real advantage
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Proven leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, Product / Platform operating models and Safe Agile methodologies
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of industry trends and best practices in product and project management
• Knowledge of emerging data & AI technologies and trends, and a passion for staying up to date with the latest developments in the field.