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Job details
Qualification
Master's
Job ID
744000153666949
Job description
Product Development Manager We are seeking a highly skilled Product Development Manager who represents Agile Leadership principles and practices. This role requires a strong technical background combined with exceptional leadership skills. The role is expected to lead team members and managers; drive product development excellence, and enable teams to adopt modern engineering practices, including AI-enabled ways of working.
Experience level: 15+ Years
Key Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and develop cross-functional engineering teams in delivering high-quality software products
Lead and coach scrum masters, team leads, ensuring effective leadership practices, accountability, and consistent execution across teams
Drive technical decision-making and architecture design for complex systems
Collaborate with product owners to translate business requirements into technical specifications
Implement and optimize development processes to improve efficiency and product quality
Drive adoption of AI-assisted software development practices, including responsible use of AI tools for coding, testing, documentation, analysis, and productivity improvement
Ensure AI usage follows company policies, security, compliance, data privacy, and ethical guidelines
Manage the entire product lifecycle, from conception to deployment and maintenance
Attract, recruit, induct, and retain capable technical personnel and managers
Evaluate performance, provide guidance and corrective actions
Participate in defining and administering compensation, benefits, and promotions
Perform career coaching and personal development for team members, managers, and future leaders
Set priorities across teams to ensure task completion, alignment, and project success
Support teams and managers in problem identification, root cause analysis, and decision-making
Eliminate technical and organizational impediments to team productivity
Manage full financial responsibility for own profit unit
Establish short- and mid-term technical plans in cooperation with the management team
Participate in product strategy creation and communicate targets clearly across teams
Foster an environment that supports cooperation among work teams and with other areas of the organization
Balance hands-on technical involvement with empowering managers and teams to problem-solve independently
Act as a role model for company values, Lean-Agile Leadership, technical excellence, and continuous learning
Handle products in the maintenance phase, including managing client escalations, critical issues/tickets, and urgent fixes
Effectively collaborate with product owners, onsite teams/leaders, managers, and technical support personnel
Establish and follow Agile ways of working, ensuring continuous improvement of development processes
Build a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, accountability, and responsible AI adoption
Required Skills
Strong technical background with past hands-on coding experience
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Proven track record of delivering complex software projects on time and within budget
Strong communication skills, both technical and non-technical
Experience in stakeholder management and client-facing roles
Ability to balance technical leadership with people management responsibilities
Proven experience in managing managers, team leads, or multiple engineering teams
Ability to build leadership capability within teams and enable managers to take ownership
Good understanding of AI/GenAI trends, tools, and their practical application in software development and product engineering
Ability to drive responsible AI adoption while considering quality, security, compliance, and business impact
Technical Requirements
Extensive experience with full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance
Proficiency in Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, with experience leading Agile teams at scale
Strong knowledge of modern software development practices, including AI, CI/CD, DevOps, and cloud technologies
Past hands-on experience with one or more programming languages, for example .NET, C#, Java, Python, C++, or JavaScript
Familiarity with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems
Understanding of software testing methodologies and quality assurance processes
Knowledge of version control systems such as Git and issue tracking tools such as JIRA
Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools and practices, such as AI coding assistants, automated test generation, code review support, documentation generation, and AI-enabled productivity improvements
Understanding of data security, privacy, compliance, and governance considerations related to AI usage in software development.
What’s in it for you? In addition, as a company we offer you professional growth, open and friendly culture. We believe that our organizational culture is an important part of enabling you to be successful. We provide a flexible hybrid work model as part of our culture and way of working. Finally, we also believe in curiosity and learning as a lifestyle. We want to encourage you to keep up that curiosity and deepen your knowledge on topics you’re interested in. Could you be our new colleague? We look forward to hearing from you! We will fill the position as soon as we find the right person, so we encourage you to apply today. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact the Recruiter. About Tieto Tieto creates purposeful technology that reinvents the world for good. We are a leading technology company with a strong Nordic heritage and global capabilities. Based on our core values of openness, trust and diversity, we work with our customers to develop digital futures where businesses, societies, and humanity thrive. Our 24,000 experts globally specialize in cloud, data, and software, serving thousands of enterprises and public-sector customers in more than 90 countries. Tieto’s annual turnover is approximately EUR 3 billion, and the company’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ exchange in Helsinki and Stockholm, as well as on Oslo Børs.
At Tieto, we believe in the power of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds, genders (m/f/d), and walks of life to join our team, as we believe that this fosters an inspiring workplace and fuels innovation. Our commitment to openness, trust, and diversity is at the heart of our mission to create digital futures that benefit businesses, societies, and humanity.
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