PEI Group is a subscriber-focused business intelligence company founded in 2001 that focuses on private investment markets in real estate, infrastructure, private equity, private debt, and specialist sector-specific activities within private asset classes.
We provide industry-leading journalism, data, and market insight to subscribing clients via a wide portfolio of specialist brands supported by our robust and scalable digital publishing, analytics, and database platform. With our multi-talented global team of over 400 people spread across EMEA, USA & Asia, our purpose is to inform and connect investment professionals across global, specialised markets.
As a Senior Product Manager, you support PEI’s effort to drive growth for existing and new subscription data & information, events and related membership products and work across PEI’s subscription platform and websites.
Roles and responsibilities:
- Maintaining a deep understanding of internal and external user needs, use cases, user analytics and commercial goals to anticipate feature requests, identify areas for improvement and develop and refine a product roadmap.
- Conducting regular research sessions with UX colleagues to understand user needs and synthesise data to inform day-to-day backlog decisions.
- Collaborating with the development team to define sprint goals and releases, focusing on managing the backlog for existing products and platforms, including support/bugs and tech debt items.
- Working with stakeholders across departments and offices to define and prioritise feature requests, focusing on value/benefits delivered vs. effort/cost required – all the while keeping customers front and centre
- Working closely with the internal Business Analysts to develop user stories and acceptance criteria, refining the backlog and defining future sprints
- Working closely with external vendors and development teams to define and deliver new features most efficiently, using agile methods within the expected timeline, including testing/assisting QAs as required.
- Defining and monitoring relevant OKRs, KPIs and KRIs to gauge feature performance and inform future decisions around product needs and opportunities
- Working closely with project managers and the rest of the team members to ensure all reporting and documentation is accurate and relevant
- Evangelising product advancements internally so all staff are aware of new features and benefits as they become available
- Helping refine and progress newly developed agile frameworks for the business’ product development and product management functions
Key Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in an agile / scrum environment.
- 5+ years of experience in product strategy – and tracking results
- Strong experience in web app or software development, preferably with B2B or subscription-based products.
- Strong experience working with industry-standard tools like Jira, Miro and Plandek to manage backlogs and produce relevant reports.
- Strong experience with a definition of minimum marketable features / minimum viable products.
- Good with Creating Personas, writing and mapping stories.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships with cross-functional teams and stakeholders of varying seniority levels.
- Experience working with remote/ distributed teams is a good to have
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality, stake projects in an agile environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Capability to solve complex technical issues and comprehend risks before the circumstance.
- Ability to lead and manage a team of developers, providing technical guidance and feedback.
- Ability to lead and work to tight deadlines in a changing environment.
- Action-oriented, enthusiastic, analytical, organised and customer-centric.
