Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aquent is a company focused on staffing solutions, and they are seeking a Product Manager to drive product strategy and execution. This role involves leading the product lifecycle from customer insights to delivering software solutions, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance customer experience and business value.
Responsibilities
- Develop deep expertise in Aquent’s business, staffing industry trends and customer needs to inform strategic product decisions
- Articulate our product vision, strategy, and organizational priorities to ensure initiatives align with business goals
- Conduct customer research, interviews, and market analysis to identify customer needs, product opportunities, and market trends
- Evaluate and prioritize product opportunities based on customer value, business impact, and technical feasibility
- Use customer feedback, analytics, and market insights to inform product decisions and roadmap priorities
- Identify opportunities for product enhancements, innovation, and operational efficiencies
- Partner with leadership, sales, marketing, support, and operational teams on product priorities, roadmap decisions, and release strategy
- Communicate product decisions, progress, risks, timelines, and outcomes proactively to key stakeholders and team members
- Translate customer needs and business priorities into product decisions and technical direction
- Coordinate product launches and ensure organizational readiness across impacted teams
- Translate product strategy into clear product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting documentation
- Own, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog to ensure teams remain focused on high-value work
- Partner closely with engineering and design teams throughout development cycles
- Contribute to sprint planning, stand-ups, product reviews, testing, and release planning activities to support successful product delivery
- Make real-time tradeoff decisions to support timely product delivery while maintaining product quality
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Technology, Engineering, or related field preferred
- Equivalent combination of advanced education, training, and professional experience demonstrating specialized expertise
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in product ownership, product management, product strategy, or related roles
- Experience working directly with engineering teams in fast-paced product development environments
- Experience supporting products throughout various stages of the product lifecycle preferred
- Experience working in Agile development environments preferred
- Experience using AI tools to deliver business value
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present options and recommendations to senior leadership
- Clear prioritization and decision-making skills
- Ability to balance strategic planning with execution-focused responsibilities
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Background in staffing, workforce management, or HRIS technology
- Bias toward action with a willingness to collaborate
- Familiarity with roadmapping and engineering workflow tools like Jira
- Experience working in a startup, high-growth or scaling organizations where roles responsibilities may evolve
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