Product Manager

Akaru is a software development lab offering web, mobile, and custom software development consulting. Our team provides outstanding professional services in user experience, design, and full-stack engineering that translate bold ideas into masterfully handcrafted software products.

Our mission is to provide remarkable joy to the users of software that we make and deliver consistent professionalism to our partners. We do this by working in teams made up of individuals constantly building up one another through resiliency and continuous learning — keys to success in high uncertainty environments.

At Akaru, we're committed to nurturing a culture of learning, collaboration, trust, and ownership. We stay humble about what we know and what we don't, and we're looking for people who can champion that mindset with their peers.    

What we offer you 

• Competitive salary
• 10 VL and 10 SL (maximum of 5 unused VL is convertible to cash annually)
• HMO upon regularization with an additional 1 dependent (fully covered by the Company)
• Monthly performance bonus
• Company issued laptop
• Government-mandated benefits
• Opportunity for training and business trips in our international offices
• Flexible working schedule
• Open, young, dynamic, and collaborative working environment
• Casual, but professional work atmosphere
• International and remote-based team from Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, and Indonesia
• Growth environment with professionals and highly skilled teams e.g. ex Co-founders, ex-McKinsey, ex-BCG, ex-Recruit Group (Top OT company in Japan), ex-US Amazon, ex-Ogilvy, etc
• Be a part of the journey of a high-growth startup and contribute to the digital transformation of education

Conditions

• Location: Philippines

• Contract type: Full time

• 100% remote / work from home

What you'll do

• Collaborate with engineering, design, and product management squad members to translate high-level feature requirements into comprehensive and technically sound product specifications
• Drive the product development process for your squad from concept through design, build, release, and improvement
• Ensure product quality and delivery timelines by maintaining a prioritized product backlog, collaborate with engineering and QA to execute on the product roadmap through AGILE sprints
• Work cross-functionally with partner success and sales to drive product adoption and ensure partner requirements are met
• Conduct in-depth market research and competitor analysis to avoid "reinventing the wheel"
• Collaborate with the product director to build a commercially viable product strategy and roadmap
• Grow your team's capability and productivity through structured training and team management

What we are looking for

• 3+ years relevant product management experience
• Able to write system specifications and requirements (e.g. user story, acceptance criteria, activity diagram, class diagram, entity diagram, etc.)
• An analytical and data-driven approach to problem-solving
• Effective cross-functional communication and team management skills
• Project management skills to ensure high quality and timely delivery
• Experienced with relational data modeling
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English
• Data-driven approach with the ability to leverage data to make fact-based decisions
• Strong leadership skill
• Open to work in a start-up environment

Nice-to-haves

• Degree/working experience in software engineering, computer science, information technology, or related fields
• Knowledge of domain-driven design best practices
• Experienced with B2B domains or working experience in enterprise SaaS companies
• Entrepreneurship spirit
• Experience working in the Education Technology industry
• Able to speak Japanese is a huge plus

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