Product Project Manager
HeadSpin
Location - India (Remote)
Who We Are
HeadSpin is a global omnichannel digital experience testing platform that helps enterprises optimize application performance with its data science capabilities. With a strong infrastructure availability of real devices across 50+ locations, the HeadSpin Platform enables manual and automated app testing with a wide range of devices, including both screen and screenless devices, such as mobile phones, desktop browsers, media players, audio devices, and even automotive systems.
The Platform has an extensive on-prem and cloud-hosted device infrastructure that uses data science-driven performance and quality of experience analytics to collect over 100+ performance experience KPIs out of the box and provide performance analysis and monitoring across the engineering cycle. The Platform's advanced capabilities enable leading global enterprises to achieve an improved digital experience, faster triage, and cost efficiency.
Job Description
Skills must have
- Product Strategy & Process Management
- Ownership of the product life cycle: defining project strategy, project planning, execution control, and defect management.
- Establishes and enforces standards, templates, and best practices across projects.
- Drives continuous process improvement through retrospectives, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning.
- Project Management (PMP-Aligned)
Agile & Hybrid Project Methodologies
- End-to-end delivery management experience in Agile/Scrum, Kanban, and Hybrid models.
- Leads sprint ceremonies (standups, planning, demos, retros), manages backlogs, and works closely with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Dev leads.
- Creates and manages project release plans aligned with delivery roadmaps, ensuring quality gates across each sprint and release.
Skills good to have
- Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured) and familiarity with test data mocking techniques.
- Theoretical knowledge of automation mobile, browser, test frameworks
- Awareness of CI/CD pipeline
- Reporting & Communication
- Builds project dashboards and executive summaries using tools like Jira, Confluence, Excel
- Tracks and reports on project deliverables, defect status, burn-downs, and release readiness.
- Manages upward and cross-functional communication with stakeholders including Product Managers, Business Analysts, Dev Leads, and Executives.
Qualifications
- Minimum 8+ years of experience
- A good basic knowledge of agile methodologies, and basic experience in an agile delivery environment.
- Ideally CSM accreditation or equivalent.
- A personal style that embraces teamwork, cares deeply about the work and the team, and shares openly and honestly with all.
- Positive enthusiasm and curiosity that helps teams 'catch the spark' of change and imagine new possibilities.
- An understanding of Agile metrics, specifically around predictability, cycle time, throughput and WIP. A growth mindset and a drive to develop further learning around Agile methodologies, toolsets and coaching.
- The right candidate will work under supervision and understand when to seek guidance in situations
- Understanding of Jira and AWS
- Educated to degree-level or equivalent and continued professional development
- Strong stakeholder management skills