Data Product Manager

AUTODOC is a technology company with a leading e-commerce platform for vehicle parts and accessories in Europe. Founded in 2008 in Berlin, we are now 5,000 people from 68 nationalities, collaborating to make mobility easy and sustainable. By placing technology at the core of everything we do, we manage to serve customers in 27 European countries in 23 languages.
Curious minds, adventurous experts and tech-savvy professionals — one team, one billion euros revenue. Catch the ride!

This role will drive the development, integration, and optimization of our data infrastructure, ensuring a cohesive and effective solution that aligns with our commitment to data-driven excellence. This manager’s expertise is crucial for maximizing the impact of our data assets, driving innovation, and maintaining a competitive edge in the market.

Responsibilities:

Product Vision and Strategy:
- Research, define and communicate a clear product vision aligned with the company’s overall strategy.
- Develop and maintain a strategic roadmap for the assigned data product(s).
- Conduct market research, stakeholder & competitive analysis and customer feedback analysis to inform product strategy. Identify opportunities for product innovation.
- Use survey tools and interviews effectively and without bias.
- Optimizes business processes
- Ensures product completeness

Stakeholder Communication:
- Communicate clearly and actively participate in meetings
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements, provide updates and ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Act as the primary point of contact for all matters related to the assigned data product(s).
- Negotiate with stakeholders from different areas in troubleshooting cases which disrupt product development activities.
- Articulate business logic to technical manager and anticipate implementation challenges.

Product Requirements:
- Develop the solution vision and roadmap
- Define milestones, releases and solution increments
- Define and prioritize high-level product requirements based on input from stakeholders, market research, and strategic goals. Create product documentation such as Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Product Requirement Documents (PRD), and specifications.
- Collaborate with engineering manager and dev teams to translate requirements into actionable scenarios, user stories and features.

Product Development and Delivery:
- Set timelines, define milestones, and track progress for product development.
- Create and manage product(s) backlog.
- Lead the product development process from ideation to release, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
- Work closely with development teams to ensure that product features are developed according to specifications and meet user needs.
- Lead effective brainstorming sessions and resolve conflicts constructively.

Metrics and Evaluation:
- Define key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product effectiveness and business value.
- Regularly monitor and analyze product metrics to assess performance, identify areas for improvement, and optimize product features.
- Set success metrics for epics, issues, and tracks post-launch metrics
- Analyze product performance data and compare with market trends if possible.
- Identify potential risks to the product’s success and develop contingency plans to mitigate them
- Trace user issues back to underlying problems and provide solutions

Product Evangelism:
- Act as an advocate for the product, both internally and externally, by promoting its value proposition and benefits.
- Represent the product at customer/company meetings when needed.

Required Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a product manager, preferably in the IT/software industry 7+ years.
- Experience with technological data products.

Expertise and Understanding:
- Strong understanding of data product management principles, data analytics, and software development processes.
- Domain area expertise in establishing data warehouse, including performing extensive domain and market research to determine product vision and strategic roadmap.
- Familiarity with data visualization tools and techniques.
- Experience with cloud platforms and technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
- Knowledge of machine learning and AI technologies and their applications in data products.
- Skills in data engineering to build data products
- Skills in data analysis and data science to understand how those products will be used
- Skills in data platform development, coding pipelines, managing data quality monitoring

Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Leadership qualities and the ability to influence and motivate others towards a common goal.
- Familiarity with different roadmap prioritization frameworks and ensuring solution viability.
- Adaptability and flexibility in approach.
- Ability to identify and solve problems effectively, leading products to success

What do we offer?
- Competitive salary based on your professional experience
- Stable employment in the fast growing international company
- Wide benefit system
- Dynamic work environment
- Ability to influence business and its results
- Professional growth — you will attend free external and internal courses
- Paid business trips and payment for participation in conferences
- Paid corporate language classes (English, German, Polish)

Join us today and let’s create a success story together!

About AUTODOC

AUTODOC is a multicultural tech-company active in 27 countries and with ~5000 people from over 50 nations where things are going fast forward. We are currently in a transformative phase and looking for innovative, tech-driven and agile people to join us across europe. We are striving to create an environment where people are safe and supported - whether it's in an office space or work-at-home.
Are you, or do you know someone who would fit this description then please contact us now and our team will get back to you as soon as possible.

**About the Project:** IT department consists of more than 500 people. The department accompanies the entire business and works with high-load projects of various directions, including logistics, retail, marketing, processing, automated warehouses, mobile and web development. And the IT team loves it!
Moreover, everything rests on this team. We have both successfully released projects and R&D ones.

Want to be a cool IT professional who creates a real product? Join our team of winners!

Company website:
https://autodoc.group/en/career

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/autodoc/