Job Description

To our tech center in Prague we are looking for a Technical Product Manager. Would you like to work on important and meaningful IT solutions that directly impact our business? Would you like to work in a dynamic, cross-functional, self-organized, agile team using modern tools and methods? Read further.

Our Systems Integration Platform is a critical enabler for our digital transformation journey. It enables fast, efficient, and secure data and information exchange across essential systems and applications. As a member of our team, you will lead and coordinate the end-to-end delivery of high-impact integration platforms. You will work with stakeholders and delivery squads to ensure we deliver the right value and outcomes at the right time.

Terms like agile, automation, continuous integration, and deployment are not just "buzzwords" in our team. As the team is self-organized, self-driven, and has full ownership of the Platform, you will participate in shaping the Platform's future - its mission, goals, roadmap, and ways of working.

We highly value our team spirit based on mutual respect, good relationships, and a "no blame" culture. We have adopted a flexible hybrid working model. In a great collaborative office environment, you will enjoy coming to the office to have productive team meetings - brainstorming, planning, designing, etc. When you need to be productive and focus on individual work, you will work from home with the company's full support.

Responsibilities

Lead the Systems Integration Platform activities - assessment, prioritization, estimation, team capacity planning and forecasting, etc.

Work with Platform customers (delivery teams) and stakeholders, understanding their needs and capturing their requirements, owning and managing the API platform backlog

Lead technical squads and coordinate end-to-end delivery of specific API platform capabilities - from initial demand to final platform release in production

Actively collaborate with solution architects, product managers, and other delivery leads from the Platform team to ensure we provide the right solution for our stakeholders at the right time

Promoting Platform capabilities and governance principles among customers and stakeholders, getting regular customer feedback

Expected skills and experience

At least 3 years of experience in Systems Integration Platform leadership - proven track record of successful platform management and delivery

At least 8 years of experience in IT related positions - platform architecture & engineering, software engineering, product management, service delivery, DevOps, SRE etc.

Experience in working with stakeholders - understanding needs and translating them to requirements for delivery, managing stakeholder expectations, and collaborating with stakeholders on the overall delivery plan

Experience in leading and coordinating the delivery of technical squads - planning and estimating effort, identifying risks and dependencies, removing obstacles, and supporting the technical squads in their work

Experience delivering IT solutions in a larger organization, assessing risks and dependencies from collaboration with other teams

Excellent project management skills - planning, estimation, coordination of effort, status tracking, etc.

Experience in agile delivery - focus on customers, short feedback cycles, focus on outcomes and value, data-driven decisions, etc.

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. The official communication language is English

High-level knowledge and understanding of the systems and application integration technical area - APIs, integration patterns, cloud technologies, etc.

Experience in product management - adopting the product model and the product mindset

Nice to have skills and experience

Experience in people management - working with people, administrative tasks, growing talent, supporting professional and personal development, etc.

Product management or project management certification

A general understanding of the pharma industry

What we offer 

Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment 

Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally 

Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern 

Pension and health insurance contributions 

Internal reward system plus referral programme 

5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution 

Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card 

Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes 

Up-to-date laptop and iPhone 

Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, library, music corner 

Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more 

Ready to take up the challenge? Apply now! 
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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Data Modeling, Design Applications, Release Management, Requirements Management, Solution Architecture, System Designs, Systems Integration

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Job Posting End Date:

02/12/2025

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Requisition ID:R334301