Product Manager

The Crowdbotics team is looking for a strong Product Manager. This position is key to the ongoing success of our product development efforts and, by extension, the Company.
As a Product Manager, you will be a trusted adviser to product and engineering leadership, and to the executive team. You will be valued for

• improving collaboration between individuals and groups
• positively motivating the team to deliver on their commitments
• helping clear obstacles for the team, and highlighting obstacles to the leadership team - well before those obstacles become issues
• being able to understand the big picture, but also being able to dive into the details when necessary

• Act as a communications interface between the product and engineering teams to
  • understand requirements,
  • help break down features into user stories, and
  • assist in prioritization of features.
• Develop plans to minimize risk and ensure on-time, on-budget releases.
• Coordinate communication between various engineering groups, and between engineering and external stakeholders.
• Maintain and communicate status to external stakeholders.

The Product Manager will exhibit the following key characteristics:

• Emphasize rapid and agile delivery, i.e. ship early, ship often.
• Pragmatism over dogmatism.
• Prefer to manage by influence rather than by fiat.
• Prioritize collaboration and compromise.
• Be the “oil over troubled waters”.

• At least 3 years as a product manager working in fast-paced, agile product teams, preferably in a startup environment.
• Past success in using agile methodologies to release software products.
• Demonstrated experience in helping product teams translate amorphous feature requirements into actionable user stories, and delivered features.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience as a developer, especially using Javascript frameworks is a plus, but not necessary.

Even though this position is remote, the PM should be able to work 9:00AM - 5:00PM US Pacific Time.