IT Product Manager

Bring your energy and ideas around consumer Mobile Apps for connected appliances   For us going to work everyday has an even greater purpose than putting the latest product or technology on the market. It’s about improving the everyday lives of millions. By staying humble and open for new ideas – we can push the boundaries for cooking, cleaning and wellbeing at home. But to keep doing so, we need more people who want to innovate and re-imagine what life at home can be, by delivering new consumer experiences through mobile, voice and the other digital touchpoints. IT Product Manager for mobile – Stockholm or PordenoneAs an enterprise producing millions of appliances each year and counting more than 50.000 employees, Electrolux is already offering a portfolio of digital platforms allowing end-consumers to live a unique experience in interacting with smart home appliances in a variety of mobile-driven user journeys across cooking, cleaning and wellbeing at home. Such an offer is nowadays significantly growing in terms of volume, support to new product categories, and innovative use cases to be launched as part of the mobile digital agenda. The life-cycle practices involved in creating, developing, launching and maintaining such mobile applications are requiring them to be managed as Products, so we are looking at IT Product Managers to work as part of the IT Mobile and Connectivity Consumer Solutions team, a key enabler of the company’s digital agenda with regards to Consumer Mobile and IoT. A REGULAR DAY AT WORK You will work with internal App Product Owners and internal/external development teams to create, develop, launch and maintain Electrolux consumer-facing mobile applications interacting with the Electrolux Connectivity ecosystem, across iOS and Android platforms.Your responsibilities will include overseeing the creation of product requirements documents, estimations, plans and supporting materials in partnership with App Product Owners, Technical Architects and App Development teams, as well as providing day-to-day cross-functional leadership to ensure the timely delivery of projects which meet established feature, usability, content and quality requirements on the specific App products.  RESPONSIBILITIESCollaborate with the App Product Owners to plan Product Increments to be included in the pipeline of features to be delivered Co-guide cross-functional teams to develop App features that improve the user experience Work with App Product Owners to elicit detailed functional requirements and write them down as User Stories in the backlogWork with the support of the Mobile Architecture function to qualify technical requirements to include in the User StoriesSupport the Scrum Master and the App Product Owner in the Sprint Planning activities Continuously follow-up of the IT development streams to ensure the timely delivery of projects and proper handling of risks and issuesAct as a System Integration coordination point among internal IT functions and external IT partners, in order to deliver an App product with all the required prerequisites in terms of security, integration, data, reliability, etc.Work closely and lead day-to-day activity of both internal and external development teams Drive investigation activities for new features (scoping, estimation, etc.), with technical support of internal and external teamsPlan and coordinate App publishing activitiesLead the IT support process of the specific App ecosystem, with collaboration and support from with Consumer Support organization YOUProactive. You are self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook. You’re not just solving the tasks, you always think ahead and identifying operational issues and drive resolutionResults oriented. You are strong customer focused and have ability to develop and sustain a network with cross-functional teams. Task oriented. You have exceptional project management skills, with the ability and willingness to balance consumer needs with business priority.Communicative. You are excellent in interacting with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders at various levels of the organization. Flexible. You adapt to a fast-paced, collaborative, process-driven environment and adjust plans on-the-fly.     EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Minimum 2 years of web or mobile app product management experience Deep understanding and experience of project management principles and best practices Basic understanding  of mobile application design, interaction, usability experience and development processes Experience in managing mobile application submission and publication Experience with Agile project management methodologies (eg. Scrum)Understanding of software lifecycle practices: Version control (git), CI/CD, etc.Desirable existing/established relationships with application developer partners / agencies, incl. Apple/Google B.Sc. in Business Management or Computer Science (or equivalent)Experience from both startup (Lean/Agile) and enterprise (more waterfall-like) environments Excellent English knowledge, written and spokenMacro-to-micro versatility: strategic mindset coupled with a keen attention to detail Well-rounded interpersonal skills, and experience interacting with diverse personalities Self-motivated, fast learner, technology agnostic, pragmaticOutstanding organizational and communication skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities Exceptional communication and presentation skills