Product Manager, Transportation Software

Blume Global, a WiseTech Global Group is looking to hire a Product Manager is responsible for defining, researching and documenting the specific product requirements that meet the market and strategy needs. Product Manager with a specific focus on the next generation solution, analyzes current functionality, identifies additional requirements that address compelling business challenges, and defines detailed requirements. Should have knowledge of different mode of transportation, static and dynamic route planning, lead time calculations and maximum equipment utilization.

As Product Manager, you will:

• Be responsible for bringing new products and new functionalities for existing products to market
• Work creatively with a lot of passion and enthusiasm to define the requirements of world-class products for Blume Global
• Collaborate with people from multiple departments

Responsibilities:

• Familiarize yourself with the existing product line’s components and its potential impact on the market as a whole
• Define new requirements to be added to the product as part of multiple release cycles.
• Work on future roadmap, assess the approach/impact for development, and ensure that actionable work is always available for engineering team.
• Work with Business Analysts and the Engineering Team very closely to translate the business requirements into system/functional requirements so that the team can design and build the product.
• Translate technical requirements into work backlog and ensure that appropriate level of detail is available: Business need/ Technical approach/ Acceptance Criteria/ Key QA test cases
• Work closely with the Engineering team to ensure that the features being developed meet the customer/market need
• Work closely with Professional Services to ensure that the team is positioned to successfully train/implement new features
• Act as a flexible member of the Scrum team – facilitate conversations, clarify requirements, pitch in on analysis / development / troubleshooting / testing / accepting work – to help ensure deadlines are met.
• Keep track of new functionalities being added as part of the Product Release cycles and maintain expertise of the product.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Product Manager experience with Transportation Management Software and strong knowledge of Supply Chain domain.
• Be able to work independently and pro-actively, with strong motivational skills
• Excellent team player who is able to collaborate very well with Engineering and Product Management Team.
• Comfortable conversing with both highly technical or highly business-oriented audiences
• Ability to clearly and succinctly organize thoughts and ideas and convey them to others in their language
• Ability to query, manipulate and analyze data
• Solid working experience with Agile Development Methodology – Defining Epics, Writing Stories, etc.
• Strong communication and organization skills. Strong attention to detail
• Pleasanton, CA office: M-Th, Friday – home office (if not driving distance to Pleasanton, CA area, you must relocate to the Pleasanton, CA area)
• Salary Range: **$110,000 – $130,000 per year **

Blume Global