Newsifier is a fast-growing SaaS scale-up on a mission to simplify and enhance digital news publishing. Our vision is to be the leading all-in-one solution for news publishers globally, enabling them to grow their traffic and revenue with our CMS.
We are ambitious but down-to-earth people who value a healthy work-life balance and take pride in improving our product every day and seeing our company grow continuously.
We started in 2020 and are a team of 11 (mainly developers) who all work remotely. We are planning to accelerate our growth next year, and in this, we see a vital role for our to-be-hired Product Owner.
In this role will work with a lot of different people in the company; the CTO, the product manager, customer service, the developers and the UI/UX designer to make Newsifier the best CMS for news publishers.
As a Product Owner, you will be a vital player in guiding our product’s direction, leading the developers, interfacing with stakeholders, and translating customer needs into product development tasks. You will play a critical part in our company’s growth by ensuring the development process is efficient and targets our market needs
We have a a big team of developers and are releasing new features often. At the moment the founder team is involved in managing the developers but as they are also focusing on the growth of the company we feel it is the right time to hire a full time Product Owner.
The responsibilities of the role:
- Define the sprint goals and facilitate sprint planning sessions to prioritize work items based on their urgency and dependencies, and ensure alignment with product vision and strategy.
- Collaborate closely with the product manager to ensure alignment with product vision and strategy, and effectively communicate these to the development team.
- Review and prioritize incoming customer requests (filtered by customer service ) and convert them into actionable tasks for the development team.
- Break down feature briefings into smaller, manageable tasks and allocate them to developers based on their expertise and workload.
- Coordinate with the development team to manage sprint backlog, adjusting as necessary in response to changes in project scope or priorities.
- Conduct regular stand-up meetings to check on progress, identify any blockers and coordinate efforts.
- Develop and optimize planning, structure, and processes for the development team to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
- Act as a point of contact for developers, addressing questions or concerns and providing guidance as needed.
- Review each developer’s output to ensure it meets quality standards and aligns with sprint goals and project objectives.
- Conduct sprint reviews and retrospectives to reflect on successes and areas for improvement from the completed sprint, and adapt processes as necessary.
- Coordinate with the product manager and CTO on product vision, strategy, technical issues, and potential roadblocks.
- Review completed features alongside the product manager to ensure they meet requirements, objectives, and quality standards.
- This is a full-time remote job.
- We provide a competitive salary, aligned with industry standards.
- We organize bi-annual global get-togethers, with the next one scheduled for Florianopolis, Brazil.
- Equity shares may become a part of your compensation package, contingent upon a successful collaboration and our mutual commitment to a long-term partnership.
- You have excellent and clear verbal and written communication skills.
- You have a passion for creating and implementing structured processes that drive efficiency and team effectiveness.
- You have demonstrated leadership capabilities with a natural authority to ensure team members adhere to set structures and processes.
- You have strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- You have the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
- You have experience with Agile methodologies, user experience (UX) design principles, and data-driven decision-making.
- You have relevant experience working in a product role for a software company, preferably in a SaaS environment.
- You have at least three years of experience collaborating with software developers.
- You love innovation and are enthusiastic about AI and the possibilities it gives in product development.
- Familiarity with CMS solutions, SEO, and the digital publishing landscape is a plus.
So if you’re a highly organized, process-driven individual with a solid background in software product management and a passion for driving innovation in a fast-growing SaaS company, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now to become an integral part of our expanding team and help us take our CMS product to new heights.