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Product Manager (Toronto, Canada, North America)

Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.

Responsibilities:

- Coordinate with the MSN global product teams to support the global strategy of the online products.

- On-going engagement on product roadmap.

- Communicate business requirements and provide feedback to the development teams.

- Work closely with Program Manager on feature request documentation and testing.

- Ensure global features are localized to ensure relevancy for Canadians.

- SEO evangelist for the product to ensure product pages are being picked up by major search engines.

- Provide status updates and communicate product roadmap to key stakeholders.

- Provide quality assurance and user acceptance testing for new functionality developed for the site.

Qualifications & Skills:

- Minimum 3 - 5 years of experience in product management or the online industry.

- Minimum of a Bachelors Degree (preferably in Business); combined with Engineering and/or CompSci background preferred; MBA desired.

- Passionate about technology and where it is going in the future.

- Extensive knowledge of the Portal landscape in Canada.

- Strong Photoshop skills.

- Strong organization, project management, time management and timeline management skills, working independently and in groups.

- Strong business management skills, including but not limited to business case development, forecasting & impact analysis.

- Financial Modeling, Excel skills.

- Knowledge of Internet measurement metrics including streams, page views, unique users, click-thrus and the ability to analyze and extrapolate information from such data.

- Excellent communication/interpersonal skills and able to effectively communicate at all levels within the organization as well as to external partners.

- Highly motivated self-starter with passion for online technologies.

- Strong decision-maker and problem solver.

- The ability to thrive in a fast pace, multitasking environment.

- Ability to be detail focused while maintaining a big picture mindset.

- Ability to deal with ambiguity and frequently changing work environment.

- Bilingual (English & French) an asset.

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