Junior Product Manager [Remote]

  • Full-time

Company Description

Cosmic Centaurs is a consultancy, training, technology, and insights company helping executives, leaders, managers and teams shape the future of work & learning and adapt to the “emerging” post-pandemic world. We focus on raising the collective intelligence of teams, by improving collaboration, resilience and innovation. We are based in Dubai, we support flexible and remote working. As a team we are passionate about what we do. We love to collaborate and together we deliver high volumes of high quality work at a very fast pace.

Job Description

Aion Teams was developed to help hybrid or distributed teams share vital information with each other contributing to greater collaboration and cohesion. Currently, in its MVP Phase, Aion has two key features; a workspace management function that helps teams organize where they work, and a mood sharing feature that allows for teams to share how they’re feeling. Learn more about each feature and how we came up with the idea for Aion here.

As the Junior Product Manager, you will assist us with our product development efforts from concept to launch. You will be working with cross-functional  Product Management, Executive, Sales/Marketing teams, and customers to convert business requirements into technical stories and run the product development cycles with the technical team. Specifically, you will be responsible for:

  • Drive the execution of all product lifecycle processes for products, including product research, market research, competitive analysis, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements development, and product launch.

  • Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototype construction and final product development by engineering teams

  • Prioritize the implementation of features and work with the developers to deliver quality products within the expected timeline.

  • Collect and analyze key user metrics and associated conversion rates in order to inform your product decisions.

  • Develop and maintain excellent awareness of competitor activity to inform the business and shape the product roadmap.

  • Requirement gathering & Writing Product Requirement Documents (PRD) with a business case, detailed use cases, and technical requirements.

Qualifications

We are looking for people at the beginning of their career who would like to start working in the very exciting and extensive area of product management. This is a full-time remote position for ambitious candidates ready to work and learn with us. 

The below abilities will improve your chances of getting selected. 

  • Technical experience or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering is preferable.

  • Good communication skills along with the ability to work with cross-functional Development, Quality Assurance, Documentation, UI/UX, Marketing, and Sales teams.

  • Familiarity with market research, consumers’ behavior, and marketing techniques.

  • Ability to easily transition from high-level strategic thinking to creative and detailed execution.

  • Ability to work in an agile software development environment.

  • Knowledge of project management tools like Jira.

  • Excellent written & verbal communication skills

  • Excellent analytical skills and a good level of requirements management

  • Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills.

  • Strong time management skills

  • Attention to detail - accurate data gathering, insightful analysis.

  • Understanding of web & mobile technologies

Additional Information

At Cosmic Centaurs, we believe in:

Curiosity

  • Curiosity We google a lot, we ask a ton of questions and we question everything.

Community

  • We know it takes a village, that's why we spend time growing and nurturing our network.

Compassion

  • We go the extra mile to make people feel appreciated, heard and involved.

Creativity

  • Creating is at the core of what we do. We believe in our own creativity and the creativity of others.

Discipline

  • We believe that discipline will set us free. We are committed, diligent, and hard working. 

Excellence

  • We never settle for average. We believe in adding value in everything we do.