Product Management Consultant at MercuryWorks

We are a closely held software development agency and we are looking for a driven Product Management Consultant.  Are you experienced in product management, Lean and Agile development methods?  Passionate about building products that customers love?  Looking for a no-politics zone to do your best work?  Mercury is the place for you!

The Work

The Product Management Consultant fulfills a range of functions including advising clients and product owning a Scrum team to ship resulting solutions including:

• Custom business applications utilizing rich HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript-driven front ends
• Progress Web Applications
• Business intelligence and collaboration systems
• iOS and Android business applications
• Large-scale website development based on innovative creative design, highly usable custom widgets and CMSes

Skills & Requirements

The position requires proven work experience in product management with a technical background and understanding of (perhaps even hands-on experience) software development and web technologies.The Product Management Consultant will work within a multidisciplinary Scrum team, so strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to roll up one’s sleeves will go a long way.  The ability to research, reason and communicate recommendations to clients and executive management is crucial.

The Product Management Consultant will also work hand-in-hand with clients so possession of a consulting mindset and comfort with service-oriented interactions is a must.  The ability to oversee multiple clients and manage software development budgets is also a key job function.

Specific position requirements include the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree favored, preferably in Business, Computer Science and/or Engineering
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Agile-driven software development
• 5+ years in a professional work environment analyzing business problems, collaborating and leading teams preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are pretty darn important, too

An affinity for caffeinated beverages and a strong meme stash won’t hurt your chances.

Some Specifics

At Mercury you will:

• Translate product strategy into detailed user stories and prototypes
• Collaborate with interface designers and software architects to define product vision
• Create and prioritize product backlogs
• Apply exact standards to ensure that high quality applications and sites are delivered
• Represent the company with customers and guide company resources to meet their needs

What Kind of Products Will You Work On?

• Web, mobile and collaboration applications for the Southeast's fastest growing commercial real estate firms
• Progressive web application for one of the nation’s leading furniture retailers
• Ecommerce, operational management and transactional reporting system for a funded late-stage startup
• iOS, Android and PWA applications for Fortune 50 consumer products field workforce
• Data dashboards, drill down business intelligence reports and mobile reporting for global professional services firms

How to Know If You're A Fit

If any of the following excite you, we definitely want to talk to you!

• A Product Manager's Job
• Mind the Product Blog
• CRAFT
• Someone who can explain Scrum in 10 minutes

This Is A Remote-Friendly Position

Mercury is a distributed workforce with developers and designers located throughout the United States.  We are open to applicants located anywhere in the continental United States (we find all team members being within 3 time zones of each other best for collaboration) and also Tampa Bay-based professionals.