Principal Product Manager - RFID

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Defines a vision and roadmap for the domain and applications as well as informs interdependent roadmaps to deliver business capabilities through technology enablement.
• Cultivates partnership, active listening, and advocacy with peers (product leaders, product team and stakeholders), facilitating new connections and relationship-building.
• Influences product managers, external agencies and vendor partners to deliver against priorities; ensures team has clear communication of project scopes, timing, prioritization, budgets, resource needs, and progress on an ongoing basis.
• Interfaces with all levels of management, implementing processes and technology that support business value and process efficiency across business and technical functions; drives business process changes necessary to simplify and optimize operations end to end across the value chain.
• Continuously identifies opportunities, analyzes business benefits, evaluates ROI and prioritizes and negotiates initiatives to develop a roadmap that delivers on the vision and strategy.
• Creates comprehensive product strategy and clear product vision for the product group.
• Results oriented with a demonstrated sense of urgency to drive multiple projects to successful completion; critical thinker who can anticipate roadblocks and proactively address.

Requirements

• Highly experienced in either strategy, finance management/consulting, retail/consumer products, consumer insights, with people management experience.
• Solid functional understanding of software development, APIs, and deconstructing customer or technology problems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and projects, to prioritize, and adapt to a changing environment, utilizing critical thinking, and problem-solving skills and a strong ability to work with complex and detailed data.
• Demonstrated ability to think globally/strategically and frame new and complex issues - a serious thought leader that can make strategic choices and help focus the organization on the most critical and value-added activities.
• Must be willing to roll up sleeves and get work done - a productive contributor to detailed content, with a strong sense of accountability and ownership.
• Build and evolve teams - strong hiring, coaching, and development of entry-level through senior product managers.

Benefits & Perks

• Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
• One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.
• Employees can take up to five "on the clock" hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee's base pay.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.