Online Product Manager

My client is seeking an Online Product Manager primarily to manage product development and delivery for online and retail business. The Online Product Manager is expected to work closely with all business owners, marketing, and customer service and trading to build clear product definition and work closely as
‘product owner’ with application development team during project delivery. The role will also involve working with teams of design, development, infrastructure, architect and database specialists. He / she will be responsible for the overall product roadmap and strategy for online organization.

Core Job Responsibilities

1.Monitoring industry developments, understanding competitive landscape and regulatory environment and identifying market opportunities;
2.Understanding customer needs and gathering product requirements from business line owners, marketing, customer service feedback as well as the trading function.
3.Defining product roadmap and strategy; developing new product ideas, prototypes and demonstrations.
4.Developing product collateral, pricing models and value propositions for target markets to support sales and marketing activities; Creating business cases for new products;
5.Working closely with engineering teams to create new products and enhance existing products;
6.Responsible for product schedule and budget as it affects the product P/L;
7.Responsible for product development schedules and releases;
8.Being the lead subject matter expert for allocated products, researching and maintaining
9.current knowledge and expertise on allocated products as well as understanding product drivers;
10.Formulation of USPs (unique selling proposition) and bundling of products into service offerings, creating value propositions and case studies;
11.Training customer service and outbound marketing staff in product attributes,
USPs, features etc.;
12.Representing at industry and professional events and conferences.

Role Requirements:

The ideal person should possess at least 3 years of experience in the area of consumer media or application development, preferably in the gaming space, whether for a gaming operator or a supplier to the industry.

1.He or she will have an ability to communicate effectively with developers, management, partners and business channel owners – all with differing cultural and technical backgrounds
2.He/she will have a deep understanding of software development lifecycles, including release
3.Management across multiple development, testing, production environments for high performance and high availability server products.
4.Knowledge of all mainstream technologies and operating environments is a must.
5.He/she will be motivated self-starter, with the ability to prioritize and work according to strict deadlines in an international environment.
6.Experience in developing technical marketing collateral and white papers would be an advantage for this position.
7.The candidate should possess solid oral, written, presentation, interpersonal communication skills.
8.Fluency in English is a must, and other languages would be an advantage.