Product Manager, Web

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Product Manager

Job Description

| Global Market for QA Markets are changing rapidly, and there is a demand for quick software releases. Agile development has become mainstream; on a global scale, 92% of developer teams adopt agile development, 71% of which aim to release at least once a week. With such a rapid cycle, manual verification is too time-consuming, and there is an urgent need for automation. Our services can solve these critical challenges and make our clients a competitive advantage in software development. QA’s global budget is said to reach over $1 trillion. We are rapidly expanding our service reach internationally to win this vast global market. | About Us Autify, Inc. is a start-up company founded in San Francisco by a team of engineers who were the first Japanese team to graduate from the top US accelerator, Alchemist Accelerator. With the mission to increase creativity with the power of tech, we develop and provide Autify, an AI-powered software testing automation platform. In October 2019, we officially released Autify for Web, our test automation software that targets web applications. Also, in October 2021, Autify for Mobile for mobile app testing was officially launched, and we closed our $10M Series A. Although the product lineup is continuing to expand, and we have been able to provide all basic functions needed in a test automation platform, we continue to receive requests for new features and improvements. | About This Role / ポジションについて Job Purpose / 募集背景 Since its official release in October 2019, Autify has been adopted by numerous customers, with the user base steadily increasing. While we've successfully provided the fundamental functionalities expected of a test automation tool, we've also received numerous requests for new features and improvements. Consequently, we are diligently working to enhance Autify's functionality, aiming to propel the product to new heights. In light of this, we are seeking a product manager well-versed in the global software test automation market and its associated challenges. The role of the Product Manager for Autify for Web is pivotal in driving the product's evolution. In this capacity, you will gather both quantitative and qualitative data, collaborating with the product team to craft a roadmap that addresses customers' pressing needs. You will be an integral part of a product team, consisting of 2 UI/UX designers and 3 product managers. English will be the primary language of communication within the company. 2019年10月の正式リリース以来、Autifyは多数のお客さまにご活用いただいており、利用ユーザー数はますます増えています。テスト自動化ツールに求められる基本的な機能については一通り提供できている一方で、新機能や改善のご要望も多数いただいていており、プロダクトをさらに進化させるべく、Autifyでは機能拡張に尽力しています。 このような背景から、ソフトウェアテスト自動化の世界市場と、それを取り巻く課題に精通しているプロダクトマネージャーを募集する運びとなりました。「Autify for Web」のプロダクトマネージャーは、プロダクトの進化の要となるポジションです。お客さまの「Burning needs」の解決に向けて、定量・定性データの収集、プロダクトチームメンバーとともにプロダクトロードマップの策定などに取り組んでいただきます。 2名のUI・UXデザイナーと3名のプロダクトマネージャーが在籍しているプロダクトチームの所属となり、社内でのコミュニケーションは英語がメインとなります。 Responsibilities / 主な業務内容 - Stakeholder communication: You will be the first point of contact and liaison between your stakeholders and your engineering team; your collaboration skills will help to clarify scope, manage expectations, and communicate on achievements and progress. - Delivery management: Planning short, mid, and long-term project roadmaps through clear iterative deliverables while considering the team's capability and priorities in order to optimize the velocity of your project delivery. - Result evaluation: Analyzing beforehand the expected value of your project in our market, you will be documenting, reporting, and evaluating the results that the project delivered and planning the next set of improvements based on post-release conclusions. - Understand burning needs: Identify customers’ burning needs by conducting customer interviews and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to dig deeper into their problems. - Market analysis: Deeply analyze the market by tracking competitors, understanding our strengths and weaknesses, and building a strategy to position ourselves properly. - Product strategy: Defining quarterly or longer goals of the product and connecting them to business outcomes, building a strategy and feature/product plans to achieve them by analyzing the current challenges. - ステークホルダーとのコミュニケーション：第一接点となる、ステークホルダーとエンジニアチーム間のブリッジ役としてコラボレーションスキルを発揮し、作業範囲の明確化、期待値の管理、達成・進捗状況の報告を行う。 - デリバリーマネジメント：チームのキャパシティとプライオリティを考慮しつつ、イテレーションごとの成果物を明確化した短期・中期・長期のプロジェクトロードマップを策定し、最適な速度でプロダクトのリリースを実現する。 - 成果の評価：プロジェクトが市場にどのような価値を提供するか事前に分析したうえで、そのプロジェクトがもたらした結果を記録、報告、評価し、リリース後の結論に基づいて次の改善策を計画する。 - Burning needsの把握：顧客インタビューの実施、定量・定性データの分析を通して、顧客の課題を掘り下げ、根本的なニーズを特定する。 - 市場分析：競合他社の動向を追い、Autifyの強みと弱みを理解するなど、市場を深く分析したうえで、適切なポジショニング戦略を立案する。 - プロダクト戦略：プロダクトの四半期目標、あるいはより長期的な目標を定め、それを企業成績に結び付けた上で、現在どのような課題に直面しているか分析し、目標を達成するための戦略と機能・プロダクトを設計する。

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