Junior Product Manager

Overview

Stable company with a strong employer brand. Mission-driven, customer centric organisation. Training and mentorship to learn from best in class talent. Competitive salary and performance bonus. Remote friendly work culture.

We are looking for a passionate, creative, hard-working, and capable individual to join us for the role of a Jr. Product Manager (AutoTech) based in Manila, Philippines. This role will be a contract position for a preferred duration of 12 months. This position will report to the Product Manager located in Singapore. You will work with experienced product leads and designers, who will mentor and engage you as required in conceptualizing, designing, and developing exciting new products. You will have regular contact with the full breadth of the diverse TVS Digital team, including technical / non-technical team members, partners, and clients, to understand their expectations and requirements and then shape the delivery to meet them.

You must develop a solid understanding of our products, development processes, and capabilities. You will have the aptitude to manage and contribute to multiple workstreams while being outcome-oriented. Experience in a similar role or background would be beneficial but optional. We seek aptitude, enthusiasm, resourcefulness, and a strong desire to learn and contribute to a start-up environment.

This role requires a proactive, highly motivated individual with an aptitude for customer focus and critical thinking. You will be expected to take ownership and drive positive results within the product portfolio. The successful candidate will be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, analytical, detail-oriented, and can work well with cross-functional teams.

A Product Manager oversees the development of products from start to finish to ensure they meet client\'s needs and preferences. Their primary duties include determining the overall vision of products, managing various backlog items, and deciding which features each product will have according to the client’s preferences.

Product Managers are members of the Product Leadership team who manage an organization\'s entire product development process. They research the client\'s needs to determine which features to include in products and pitch ideas for product features to stakeholders. They are the primary contact between the scrum teams, product development departments, and stakeholders. They’ll collaborate closely with the scrum and product development departments to ensure the products meet specific objectives outlined by stakeholders and clients. After product completion, the Product Manager will conduct a final review and submit approval before releasing the product to clients.

• Defining the vision
• Creating a product roadmap based on the vision
• Managing the product backlog and prioritizing items based on strategy and objectives
• Overseeing all stages of product creation, including design and development
• Helping the Design team develop user stories
• Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage
• Liaising with the product team and end-users to deliver updates
• Participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints
• Drive the vision and delivery of new products and features for existing products
• Conduct market and customer research to identify potential features or enhancements
• Be the voice of customers and ensure a high-quality customer experience
• Own the product roadmap, prioritize opportunities, refine feature ideas, and maintain existing features based on data and customer feedback
• Produce high-level product requirements and engage in regular iteration with our customer success, data, and engineering teams
• Coordinate go-to-market strategies when launching a new product or feature
• Work closely with all stakeholders to ensure successful end-to-end delivery of products
• Keep up with cutting-edge and emerging technologies relevant to the AutoTech domain
• User Acceptance criteria development

• Support and lead the end-to-end ideation, conceptualization, design, and implementation process
• Detail requirements, workflows, and write user stories
• Support the product and design team in maintaining the feature backlog and roadmap
• Support product and feature test development and test case execution
• Carry out user and market research to define new and improved features within the product portfolio
• Support the marketing and demand generation for products
• Ensure timely delivery of features or relevant tasks
• Organise and manage critical tasks, reprioritizing and overseeing stakeholders\' requirements
• Work with the development and data teams to define, test, and release new products and features
• Provide active client support as required for product testing, PoC implementation, and product growth
• Periodic reporting on progress, timelines, risks, and dependencies
• Participate in daily stand-up and product solutions meetings
• Be the voice of the customers

• An experienced Product Manager should have worked in the role for at least three to five years or a similar role
• Good knowledge of software development and relevant web technologies; familiar with agile processes
• Proven hands-on experience managing all product life cycle stages
• Ability to stick to timelines and measure progress
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields
• Proven ability to coordinate, plan, execute, and manage from beginning to end
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to think creatively
• Self-starter, able to work in a fast-paced environment with ownership of key deliverables
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Curiosity and a learning-oriented mindset for financial solutions and technologies
• Collaborative mentality and solid team player
• MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills

• Previous experience in Automotive product management and marketing roles (not required)
• Exposure to Design Thinking, Agile processes, and related tools/methodologies

TVS Digital is a digital technology start-up headquartered in Singapore focused on the Automotive and Fintech industries with portfolios in the Connected Factory, Credit Services and Fleet Management domain. Its mission is to deliver high quality software solutions addressing real-life business challenges by harnessing Analytics, AI, AR, IoT, ML, and VR. TVS Digital represents the digital business arm of TVS Motor Company Limited and has invested in several early-stage high-tech start-ups globally. TVS Digital aims to build a platform team to deliver on this mission and seeks energetic, innovative, and diverse talent based in Singapore and India.