What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Product Strategist position at Very Good Ventures?
Job Description
Job Description
Introduction :
Very Good Ventures is a global consultancy that delivers clients elegant solutions using disruptive technologies. At VGV, we believe that building very good technology starts with a culture of excellence, collaboration, humility, and openness – and of course, have a very good time while doing it. We place our company values and culture at the forefront of everything we do.
Rising to prominence as the foremost Flutter experts, VGV is at an exciting stage of growth as we expand our global presence and our range of strategic services. Our mission is to lead the most influential companies through new digital frontiers and improve the relationship between technology and those that create, manage, and experience it. VGV's client roster spans industries, including Toyota, Google, Dow Jones, JSX, Betterment, and Norwegian Cruise Lines.
People come to work at VGV to solve challenging problems with the newest technology, alongside some of the best talent in the industry, and in a culture that remains steadfastly dedicated to its employees.
Position Overview :
VGV is at an exciting time in its evolution, as it expands beyond "just a Flutter shop" and into a full-scale digital consultancy. As the Senior Product Strategist, you'll have the opportunity to be a critical part in leading this journey, by both delivering digital product strategy engagements and founding a new strategy consulting offering.
As the Senior Product Strategist, you will initially focus on delivering strategy engagements for clients, guiding them through the process of evaluating both the problem and solution spaces. You'll collaborate with researchers to identify unmet user needs, partner with designers to ideate and prototype, and paint future-state visions of potential client solutions. As the team grows, this role will evolve more into a leadership-focused position, where you'll be responsible for building and leading a world-class strategy team. You will also collaborate with our Business Development team to bring our strategy services to market, pitch to potential clients, and drive growth for this offering.
Key Responsibilities :
- Creative and Generative Thinking : Team with researchers to uncover and prioritize unmet user needs. Ensure that insights are deeply informed by user research and analytics to shape effective product strategies.
- Evaluative Thinking : Create future-state visions for clients, prioritizing concepts based on three lenses : user desirability, business viability, and implementation complexity.
- Designer Partnership : Collaborate closely with designers to ideate, prototype, and rapidly evaluate the potential value of concepts. Ensure alignment between strategic goals and creative output.
- Articulate Business Value : Translate solutions into clear business value, partnering with client stakeholders to define return on investment (ROI) when applicable. Help clients understand how strategy aligns with broader business objectives.
- Understand Engineering Complexity : Work closely with engineers and solution architects to assess the feasibility of potential solutions. Ensure that proposed solutions can be realistically built and delivered within the client's technical constraints and timelines.
- Value-Driven Roadmaps : Develop comprehensive product roadmaps that define Minimum Viable Products (MVP) and phased releases, setting clear priorities and timelines.
- Client Elicitation and Relationship Management : Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their business needs, identifying new opportunities, and ensuring satisfaction throughout the engagement lifecycle. Lead client ideation exercises and driving creative problem solving
- Strategy as an Account Expansion Tactic : Create compelling strategies for key accounts as an account expansion exercise. Partner with delivery teams to understand the current client ecosystem so that you can excite clients about what they could build next.
- Vision-casting and Storytelling for Persuasion : Craft and communicate compelling future-state digital visions for clients, using storytelling to create excitement and align stakeholders on the vision for their digital transformation. Strong public speaker capable of 'owning the room' from leading presentations to facilitating healthy group discussion
- Thought Leadership : Represent our agency in industry events, webinars, and publications, establishing our voice and authority in the digital product strategy space.
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Company Values
Very Good Ventures is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing a fair and inclusive work environment, free from discrimination and harassment, and promoting diversity in our workforce. We value and celebrate the unique perspectives and contributions of each member of our global workforce, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to our success as a company.