Product Manager Volunteer – UK or Europe based
About the Company
SkilledUp Life is a two-sided marketplace, which solves two major global problems:
- Less than 1% of tech startups secure investment. Without capital, it’s impossible to build a team to bring your idea to market.
- Without experience and demonstrable skills, it’s hard to land your dream job.
SkilledUp Life has grown to 56,000+ SkilledUp Life volunteers from 145 countries. We have helped hundreds of tech startups to find the talent they need and have helped many Volunteers to land their next gig including career transition.
About the Opportunity
We have embarked on developing Version 2 of SkilledUp Life. We need a seasoned product manager to help us steer through the development process including building and maintaining the product team. Our tech stack is Laravel PHP back-end with Vue.js front-end. The project is managed via GitHub Projects, which you need to be familiar with. You need to plan the product build and maintain a minimum of 3 sprints including the current week. You need to ensure sprints are delivered and sprint velocity is gradually increased.
Duration
Activities
Working alongside our Founder:
- Build the product team using the Volunteer talent pool.
- Build the product roadmap and take ownership of delivering it.
- Ensure weekly sprints are well planned and delivered.
- Ensure every team member has weekly tasks and is fully aware of delivery requirements.
Acquired Skills
Potential skills you might develop as a result of this Opportunity:
- Get a deeper understanding of developing a product.
- Learn how to develop an effective product roadmap.
- Learn how to build an effective product team.
- Learn how to plan and execute product development through GitHub projects based on weekly sprints.
- Learn to thrive in a small yet dynamic team (punching well above its weight).
- Learn the importance of paying attention to detail, consistency, and rapid delivery.
Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will:
- Provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life.
- Provide a testimonial for LinkedIn that can also be added to your CV/Resume.
- Provide a Letter of Recommendation.
- Allow you to add the SkilledUp Life Company Name to your LinkedIn profile.
Disclaimer
This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, promise of future paid work, or any taxable benefit in kind.