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Product Owner

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North Atlanta - Alpharetta, GA
US TN IIQ 001 Knoxville TN Office - Knoxville, TN; US TX RSM 001 Plano TX Office - Plano, TX

Description

About Inhabit

Inhabit is a software company serving the residential and vacation property management industries. It delivers best-in-class software solutions while fostering industry-leading innovation and collaboration. Powered by its diverse team of business leaders and industry experts, the company focuses on providing property management professionals more choice through its software ecosystems. Inhabit believes that property managers are central to the success of the residential and vacation housing markets and delivers products built to empower them, their investors, and communities. Inhabit’s private equity partners include Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Insight Partners, Greater Sum Ventures and PSG. These are committed to helping support the company’s commitment to property management software solutions. To learn more, visit Inhabit.com.

Job Description Summary

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to work with our engineering and business teams to develop features, fixes, and ongoing maintenance for our suite of products. In this role, you will be working collaboratively with end users, software engineers, and support teams to gather information, build plans, and execute those plans to create and improve products and solutions that provide value to the business and end users. Your responsibilities will include working with leadership to prioritize and manage the health of the team backlog, writing user stories for development, and establishing priority by working with internal and external stakeholders. The Product Manager needs to be the prime example of change management. As needs evolve and change, so do priorities. Balanced business decisions should be your specialty.

Functions and Responsibilities

  • Assist the GM in building out a product roadmap that may include new products and/or feature requests
  • Analyze enhancements and feedback from end users to identify trends that should be considered for development
  • Clearly communicate with internal and external stakeholders on roadmap decisions, timelines, and features
  • Evaluate various strategic initiatives to enable leadership to make informed decisions on prioritization
  • Promote a healthy balance of features vs. bug fixes in coordination with the Development Manager, Software Engineers, Operations, and Quality Assurance team in backlog management and release planning
  • Create product/project plan documentation on large efforts or features
  • Work with the instructional designer and engineering specialist to create internal and external user documentation and release notes
  • Identify and scope new features through writing user stories and defining acceptance criteria
  • Manage and facilitate beta testing
  • Follow progress of work and work with Development Manager to address production issues during sprints
  • Provide training to support teams during the initial roll out of new/changes to features or applications
  • Manage and deliver go to market activities, including training the line org during initial roll out of new features/products, creating documentation for both external and internal use, etc.

 

 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Product for a SAAS company
  • Superior project management skills; training in this area is a plus
  • Track record of understanding customer needs, developing and maintaining a backlog, and working with cross functional teams 
  • Proactive approach to identifying potential issues before they arise and participating in finding fast solutions
  • Ability to convert high level business requirements into detailed product requirements/stories 
  • High level of comfort with technical terminology and discussing technical issues with software engineers
  • Experience with Agile development and Scrum processes 
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Service-oriented approach to product ownership 
  • A high-level of independence at work and strong prioritization skills 
  • Works well with team members in a remote capacity across multiple geographical locations 
  • Understanding of integration methodologies/ API connections
  • Knowledge of Microsoft and Atlassian Suites is a plus 

Education Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or technical field OR equivalent work experience

Type

  • Full time

 

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