Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Manager, Product Owner in our Bengaluru office. The Manager is responsible for building and managing a high-performing team of Product Owners and driving execution excellence across engineering teams. This includes hiring, onboarding, setting performance expectations, providing regular feedback, conducting performance reviews, and supporting their professional development while also leading initiatives that enhance velocity, productivity and efficiency of the engineering teams.The Manager ensures the team of Product Owners gather business requirements from cross functional stakeholders, understand the vision of what needs to be built and then work with the Engineering team to deliver the vision. Your team will be responsible for turning business requirements into stories with clear acceptance criteria and validating that they are met. You will ensure we have appropriate resourcing to fulfil the agreed upon roadmap and successfully deliver products that align with the organization's goals. You will also be responsible for driving process improvements and standardization of tools and practices that will enable our engineering teams to perform at world-class levels.The Manager will coach and mentor their team members and foster a collaborative and high performing culture. The Manager loves collaborating with others and cares deeply about people management. What your impact will look like here:

• Leadership: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Product Owners, ensuring they are motivated, productive, and continuously developing their skills. Lead change management initiatives that drive execution excellence of our engineering teams.
• Strategy Development: Collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to define product strategies that align with business objectives.
• Execution Excellence: Ensure that Product Owners are effectively translating product strategy into actionable tasks, and user stories. Benchmark performance of engineering teams against global standards and plan change management initiatives to raise the bar on their performance.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Serve as a bridge between the Product Owner team and cross-functional departments, ensuring alignment and clear communication.
• Continuous Improvement: Advocate for and implement best practices in product management, keeping up-to-date with industry trends and introducing new tools and methods when appropriate. Ensure that change management initiatives are leading to continuous improvement of performance metrics.
• Performance Metrics: Define and track key performance metrics for the Product Owner team, ensuring that products are delivered on time, within scope, and in line with quality standards. Use a metrics driven approach to guide transformation of engineering processes for world-class outcomes.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and devise mitigation strategies to ensure smooth product development.

You will love this job if you have:

• At least 5+ years of experience managing a team of Product Owners through successful product deliveries in a fast paced, cloud environment.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and inspire teams. Experienced in change management initiatives, especially in software engineering and delivery processes.
• Excellent understanding of product management methodologies, agile frameworks and performance metrics as applicable to Software Development Lifecycle.
• Ability to think strategically and execute methodically. Data-driven approach to guide process improvement
• Stellar communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across various teams and departments.
• Proficient in Jira and Confluence

Don't have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don't meet every requirement above, but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!The TeamWe area globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.The CultureAt Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be a part of our journey. A few culture highlights include -- Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices- Coffee with Mark sessions - Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work life balance and current affairs.- Embracing diversity & fostering a culture of ideation, collaboration & meritocracy- We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee populationThe CompanyServing the People Who Serve the PeopleGranicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and its constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers with meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers power an unmatched Subscriber Network that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve-driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.Want to know more? See more of what we do .The ImpactWe are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place - quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact .The Process- Assessment - Take a quick assessment.- Phone screen - Speak to one of our talented recruiters to ensure this could be a fit.- Coding - Take a quick coding test online.- Hiring Manager/Panel interview - Talk to the hiring manager so they can learn more about you and you about Granicus. Meet more members on the team! Learn more and share more.- Reference checks - Provide 2 references so we can hear about your awesomeness.- Verbal offer - Let's talk numbers, benefits, culture and answer any questions.- Written offer - Sign a formal letter and get excited because we sure are!Benefits at Granicus IndiaAlong with the challenges of the job, Granicus offers employees an attractive benefits package which includes -- Hospitalization Insurance Policy covering employees and their family members including parents- All employees are covered under Personal Accident Insurance & Term Life Insurance policy- All employees can avail annual health check facility- Eligible for reimbursement of telephone and internet expenses- Wellness Allowance to avail health club memberships and/or access to physical fitness centres- Wellbeing Wednesdays which includes 1x global Unplug Day and 2x No Meeting Days every quarter- Memberships for 'meditation and mindfulness ' apps including on-demand mental health support 24/7- Access to learning management system Say., Udemy Learning Premium account membership & many more- Access to Rewards & recognition portal and quarterly recognition programSecurity and Privacy Requirements- Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.- Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

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