Product Manager

Ericsson·Bengaluru·Onsite

Lead Product ManagerSaaS

Experience

8–10 years

Employment

Full Time

Work mode

Onsite

Level

Lead Product Manager

Location

Bengaluru

Posted

Yesterday

What you'll do

Lead discovery intake by clarifying business questions, target users, decisions required and expected outcomes.
Plan and facilitate interviews, workshops and journey-mapping sessions with research and stakeholder teams.
Document user personas, needs, key tasks, pain points, handoffs, opportunities and desired outcomes.
Create current- and future-state user journeys, linking them to evidence, confidence levels and open questions.
Translate validated journeys into Epic briefs covering the problem, purpose, expected outcomes, scope boundaries, success measures and initial acceptance assumptions.
Own the Epic register, intake triage, backlog quality, ageing, decision records and readiness tracking.
Coordinate input from Experience, Analytics, Architecture, Delivery and dependency or risk owners without taking responsibility for technical solution design.
Facilitate regular Epic readiness reviews and escalate decisions related to value, priority, scope, risk or cross-team ownership.
Prepare the candidate Epic pipeline ahead of quarterly planning and coordinate the required pre-planning materials.
Maintain traceability from user problems and desired outcomes through Epics, features, stories and post-planning insights.
Partner with senior product and technical stakeholders to support prioritization and investment decisions.

8–10 years of experience in Product Management, Product Discovery, Service Design or user-centred Product Development.
Experience leading discovery for complex enterprise, platform or SaaS products.
Strong skills in user-journey mapping, service design and synthesising research and other evidence.
The ability to write concise problem statements, outcomes, success measures, scope boundaries and acceptance assumptions.
Practical experience with Agile delivery, quarterly or Planning Increment (PI) planning, backlog governance and readiness criteria.
Strong working knowledge of Jira and Confluence, including dashboards, traceability and decision records.
The ability to collaborate effectively with senior architects and technical Product Owners while remaining focused on user and business needs.
Excellent written communication, stakeholder-management and constructive challenge skills.
A sound understanding of User Experience principles and the ability to work effectively with design teams.
The ability to independently lead discovery and Epic readiness while partnering with senior product leaders on strategic priorities.
Experience or certification in Design Thinking, Service Design, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, PSPO or CSPO is beneficial.