Senior Product Manager - Programming Languages and Tooling - Midnight

at  IO Global

WHO ARE WE?

IOHK, is a technology company focused on Blockchain research and development. We are renowned for our scientific approach to blockchain development, emphasizing peer-reviewed research and formal methods to ensure security, scalability, and sustainability. Our projects include decentralized finance (DeFi), governance, and identity management, aiming to advance the capabilities and adoption of blockchain technology globally.
We invest in the unknown, applying our curiosity and desire for positive change to everything we do. By fueling creativity, innovation, and progress within our teams, our products and services are designed for people to be fearless, to be changemakers.

As Senior Product Manager for Programming Languages and Tooling at Midnight, you will be responsible for creating feature requirements to evolve the language and developer tooling roadmaps, grooming and prioritizing the backlog, developing epics and user stories, and defining acceptance criteria for each. You will work closely with Product Design, Marketing, and Developer Relations to identify and translate features into requirements for the Language Architecture and Engineering Squad and ecosystem partners. You will balance business needs with technical requirements, and recommend alternative technical approaches to meet product requirements when needed. You will be excellent at identifying user needs and working with cross-functional teams to deliver product releases.

• Collaborate with the Product Designers, Developer Relations Engineers, Language Architects and Engineers, and customers to provide input into the product roadmap and drive the execution of products and features from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment
• Translates product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Leads the language and developer tooling functional design process based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology
• Prioritizes and maintains the sprint backlog for assigned product features, balancing the requirements of stakeholders
• Works with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, testing, and developer relations
• Turns data insights into products with actionable outcomes for target personas
• Works in an Agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks
• Partners with operations departments to define the user experience for internal users, including production support and monitoring
• Works with product design, developer relations and product marketing to provide input into the go-to-market plan, and collaborates with the commercial team to ensure they have what they need to be successful
• Develops and maintains appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance post-launch to evaluate future investment