Product Owner of API Products

SmartBear is the leader in software quality tools for teams. SmartBear is a combination of a start-up, high growth environment and an established, financially strong company with 300+ employees across 6 global locations.

SmartBear is looking for talented and well-rounded Product Owners, experienced in formulating products for professional and technical users, with a demonstrated ability to drive business execution.

• Work with the VP Product Management to create, maintain, and communicate a living vision, strategy, and overall goals for your products
• Manage all aspects of product lifecycle including pricing, packaging and licensing
• Ensure success of the customer and user experience from initial trial through direct, indirect or ecommerce purchase and post-sales time-to-value and satisfaction
• Continuously monitor market trends, competition and incorporate Voice of Customer into your products
• Create detailed requirements of user experience, user stories and non-functional requirements, and participate appropriately in the agile development process (grooming, planning, retrospective, etc.)
• Serve as a representative for your products in marketing and sales efforts as well as external customer interactions and analyst/press relations

In this role, you will require skills that give you the ability to:

• Clearly understand and articulate the business- and go-to-market models built around your product
• Collaborate with and drive cooperation with other Product Owners, Software Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and others
• Think logically, critically, and constructively about complex problems, clearly communicate findings, and propose solutions that address expressed needs
• Exhibit and encourage a culture of innovation in everything you do

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Business Administration or related field.
• 7+ years of product management, 5+ years of software development market experience.
• Experience with various licensing models and deployment models including SaaS and on-premise.
• Experience driving a fast-paced, high velocity, low-friction business model
• Possess outstanding verbal and written communication skills, capable of addressing both technical and non-technical audiences at a variety of organizational level