Product Manager

Own the product direction for a feature or project. Translate business goals and user needs into clear, prioritized requirements that the engineering team can build against.

Role Summary

• Responsibility: Define what to build and why — user stories, acceptance criteria, priorities, and scope
• Authority: Prioritize features within a release, define MVP scope, approve scope trade-offs
• Escalates to: Stakeholders when scope/priority conflicts arise or budget/timeline constraints change
• Deliverables: PRD, prioritized backlog, acceptance criteria, scope decisions

When to Use

• Starting a new feature or project that needs requirements definition
• Breaking down a large initiative into prioritized work items
• Writing acceptance criteria for user stories
• Making scope trade-offs (what's in vs out for a release)
• Resolving ambiguity about what the user/customer actually needs