Senior/Executive, Products

Job Purpose

Seeking an organised and detail-oriented Senior Executive to assist product managers in planning, executing, and monitoring product activities. Your responsibilities will include preparing product/project materials, coordinating schedules with internal and external stakeholders, tracking progress across products/projects, and ensuring timely deliverables. Strong problem-solving and communication skills, and the ability to collaborate across teams are essential, especially in an ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist product managers in supporting product/project management such as presentations, budgets, schedules, plans and delivery outcomes.
• Execute product/project management, administrative, and bookkeeping tasks such as managing invoices, purchase orders and inventory reports.
• Supervise the product/project procurement process, if any.
• Meeting with product/project stakeholders to assess their needs and define project requirements, acceptance criteria and project timelines.
• Coordinate the allocation of project resources to ensure the product/project team has what’s needed at the right time
• Be the liaison between the product team and project stakeholders (internal and external) throughout the product life cycle
• Help product managers monitor project progress and performance and provide updates to project stakeholders
• Schedule internal and external stakeholder meetings, document and generate reports
• Foster cross-team collaboration to help product team members complete project tasks and produce deliverables
• Opportunities to pitch new innovative product ideas for enterprising candidates are available, as part of his/her job career path.

Qualifications & Work Experience

• Diploma and/or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area (e.g. Product Management, Business Administration).
• 1-2 years relevant experience preferred (e.g. Product Management, Project Management, Business Development) with some role in revenue accountability
  
• Besides Microsoft Office, familiarity with any project management tools will be helpful (e.g. Slack, Trello).

Skills

• We are looking for an independent and resourceful self-starter who is flexible and comfortable working with ambiguity and uncertainty.
• The incumbent should thrive in a fast-paced work environment which encourages critical thinking and problem-solving.
• A strong level of written and spoken English is critical. Being able to speak and write in Mandarin to Mandarin-speaking stakeholders and partners is highly advantageous. 
• Candidate should be detail-oriented and have Product/Project Management and Time Management-related skillsets.
• Candidate should have strong interpersonal skills and can foster collaborative teamwork across teams/organisations. 
  
• Knowledge in financial and budget management will be helpful.