Festicket is transforming the
way music fans discover and book tickets and travel packages for
festivals around the world. Our platform revolutionises the music
festival industry by offering an end-to-end experience for music
travellers through an efficient two-sided marketplace for 700+ music
festivals across 45 different countries! In four short years, we have
become Europe's largest music festival platform. 🚀
We've recently been announced as one of the fastest growing tech startup's in London - http://www.techcityuk.com/blog/2017/02/future-fift...
YOUR ROLE
We
are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Product Manager who is
passionate about building products that customers love. You will join a
dynamic and fast-paced environment and work with cross-functional teams
to design, build and roll-out products that deliver the company’s vision
and strategy.
We've had a big funding round in the middle of last
year and our technical team is growing rapidly (from 4 to 15 people so
far). You will work within the product team who manage the product
design and data currently, whilst looking after the core technical
product and new features very closely with the technical team.
Furthermore, we aim to grow a dedicated Product team around yourself in the coming months.
THE STACK
http://stackshare.io/festicket/festicket
METHODOLOGY
We
work incrementally but do occasionally take on bigger projects to
update our stack and offering. Our current methodology is agile kanban.
RESPONSIBLITIES
- Work closely with engineering teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources
- Gain
a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product
gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer
experience and drive growth
- Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners
- Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes
- Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members
- Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on company products and services
Requirements
YOUR ATTITUDE
You’re
someone who’s smart, organised, motivated and gets things done. You
want to work in a startup environment, because you like the idea of
doing a bit of everything and taking ownership of what you work on. You
have ideas about everything, and you’re not afraid to argue your point
(while respecting everyone else’s of course). You’re constantly thinking
“how can we do this better?”.
You understand the hard work
required to update and stabilise a large technical product and you are
prepared to put this work into the project.
YOUR SKILL SET
- Proven 3+ years work experience in product management
- Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
- Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
- Strong problem solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job
- MSc/BSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent background preferred.
- Experience in a medium / large startup (Series A or B of funding or equivalent)
- E-commerce background desirable (to understand the notion of conversion rate, retention etc...
