Senior Digital Product Management

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Seek to empathize with and understand the end user deeply and use that knowledge to determine the fastest path to deliver value.
• Translate business goals and end user needs into product strategy; communicate direction and product priorities to the development team, other matrixed teams, and third-party partners.
• Identify goals, metrics, and analytics to determine product value; continually make recommendations and refinements to the product backlog based on learnings.
• Manage and groom the product's backlog; make future decisions based on the value that will be delivered.
• Monitor research and competitive landscape to recommend the best solutions and ensure that products remain or become best in class.
• Ensure that product directions balance both user needs and business goals of driving sales, improving efficiency, and enhancing customer satisfaction.
• Work with user research and testing teams to formulate, test, and refine assumptions and hypotheses through user research and testing.
• Create, prioritize, and accept user stories; incorporate them into release planning.
• Make product decisions that drive value on a daily basis.
• Identify and consider pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies, and value associated with features and enhancements.
• Lead and mentor the team in standups, iteration planning sessions, product demos, and retrospectives.
• Translate complex technical concepts into non-technical language for stakeholders.
• Foster collaboration with team members (Engineering, UX, etc.) to drive value and resolve impediments.
• Act as a proponent of modern agile development practices.
• Advocate for the end user and stakeholder by understanding user needs.
• Manage cross-functional team and stakeholder expectations to execute on product strategy.
• Provide education to requestors to determine prioritization based on tangible benefits and/or user experience.
• Guide junior team members in strategy, alignment, analysis, and execution tasks.
• Participate in learning activities around modern agile design and development practices.
• Participate in talent acquisition, development, and retention activities for the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 5+ years of experience in digital/agile product management, including at least 2 years in a leadership role managing product teams.
• Proven experience in translating customer needs into product features and user interface design.
• Proficiency in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, wireframing, and analytics software.
• Significant experience working with design and engineering teams, managing full stack teams.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• MBA or Master's degree.
• Experience in retail or e-commerce, particularly in launching customer experiences.
• Experience working on cross-functional teams.
• Experience with third-party technology integrations.
• Coaching, training, and facilitating change management.

Qualifications

• Educational background as specified in the requirements.
• Experience levels as specified in the requirements.

Benefits & Perks

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