iX.co is seeking a Business Analyst / Product Manager who can guide teams of designers, engineers, and architects to deliver and enhance digital products that are used by leaders in the sports, media, and entertainment industries.
The individual will be responsible for having an intimate understanding of our products and will be responsible for defining the product direction, managing the roadmap and requirements to achieve product goals.
The Business Analyst / Product Manager must have strong business and technology acumen and be able to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders as well as digital design and engineering teams in order to ensure the viability of proposed solutions to meet those requirements.
This position requires excellent organizational, collaboration and communication skills and has a requirement to travel upon projects needs.
Responsibilities
- Conduct discovery, user research, competitive analysis, etc. to inform the roadmap and product strategy
- Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and features
- Scope and prioritize features and requirements based on business and customer impact
- Document and manage functional business requirements documentation throughout project lifecycle
- Work with development teams to ensure requirements are achievable and inline with best practices and project scope.
- Take ownership of quality of deliverables, validation of requirements, and releases of new features by working with stakeholders, delivery team, and marketing teams
- Manage product roadmap for features or products and align with parallel roadmaps, delivery schedules, product goals and vision
Requirements
- 4+ years defining requirements for responsive web systems and mobile applications
- 4+ years working as a business analyst, product owner, or product manager
- Understanding of responsive web and mobile application UX, user-centric design principles and development
- Understanding of the SDLC and familiarity with software development technologies and concepts
- Ability to lead requirements gathering, review, and approval process
- Ability to document, organize and communicate complex business and functional requirements in a clear manner and act as an advocate for clients and users
- Ability to understand and appraise technical approaches in determining feature feasibility, complexity, platform limitations, restrictions, or tech-specific edge cases
- Ability to perform or guide in depth product research based on analytics, user behavior, and shared industry knowledge.
- Understanding of vendor landscape CMS, VMS, Analytics, CDNs, Data Providers, Content Providers, Platforms as well as broader industry technology trends
- Advanced or fluent English (both written and verbal)
- Preferred: Intimate knowledge of or experience in sports, gaming, eSports, digital media
About iX.co
iX.co, a digital media company focused on the way data science and technology can create more personal experiences for users while growing audiences for content owners, bridges the gap between storytelling and technology, creating digital platforms and experiences to help global brands engage with audiences and monetize their investments.
iX.co works with many of the biggest names in sports, media, entertainment, and active lifestyle, using data-driven insights to cater to audience passions and empower businesses to make millions of lasting impressions.
With offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, iX.co is proud of the impact it has helped create for elite organizations like the PGA TOUR, NASCAR, FOX, Chelsea FC, AS Roma, the International Ski Federation and the International Basketball Federation, among countless others.s.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and yearly bonus
- Medical insurance (after probationary period)
- Fitness benefits (after probationary period)
- Fully paid English courses and the opportunity to improve English skills by regular collaboration with native speakers
- Flexible working arrangements
- Weekly Happy Hours and periodic team activities
- Work in a high-growth, energetic environment