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Sr. Manager - Product Management

Marshbirds, Inc.

Sr. Manager - Product Management

Atlanta, GA
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Sr. Manager - Product Management is responsible for attracting, retaining and developing top talent focused on assessing market needs and inspiring cross-functional product teams to find the fastest way to achieve value around those needs. He/She focuses on guiding and executing the delivery of business value to drive sales, improve efficiency and improve customer satisfaction through the production of quality products. Within their designated enterprise product line, Sr. Managers work closely with teams of developers, designers and business partners. They guide in-depth business reviews, communicate and present across all levels of the organization and support cross-functional product teams.

    The Product Management Sr. Manager leads the strategy to deliver quality products that add value. The Sr. Manager is skilled and experienced in generating innovative ideas for growth within their respective areas and across the Product Management organization. The Product Management Sr. Manager must exhibit the ability to lead managers and their teams and drive change management and process improvement. The Product Management Sr. Manager often leads senior-level Product Managers and/or leads teams of Product Managers that are responsible for higher-profile, more impactful products.

    MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

    40% – Strategy & Planning:
    Looks across product teams and feature sets with a focus on alignment and dependencies
    Sets the overall product vision and strategies for the enterprise product thorough an understanding of customer and associate needs, both existing and potential, to provide Home Depot customers and associates with an unparalleled shopping experience
    Applies domain expertise to provide thought leadership and translate vision into action to drive business growth.
    Collaborates across the enterprise to create alignment between products to provide a seamless user experience
    Understands financial and business impact of proposed product updates and activities within portfolio; prioritizes updates to support the enterprise roadmap; and allocates funding across the products
    Identifies goals, metrics and appropriate analytics to measure the performance of the product and its individual features, and makes recommendations and refinements to the product based on learnings
    Contributes to and makes recommendations for strategic plans of the key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner
    Participates in and influences development of enterprise technology roadmaps
    Supports and nurtures strategic vendor relationships; recommends ways to influence vendors that align to domain, portfolio, and enterprise strategic objectives

    30% – Delivery & Execution:
    Drives product development by reviewing performance and directing work efforts of product teams to ensure products are aligned with company, stakeholder and end-user priorities
    Documents, reviews and validates to meet quality and change control standards
    Understands enterprise goals and KPIs to deliver value against them
    Resolves issues within or across product teams that may impair teams from delivery of a quality product in order to meet strategic, financial and technical goals
    Receives and prioritizes incoming requests from business partners and stakeholders balanced against business strategy, product vision and user needs
    Provides guidance on design of products while balancing dependencies and integration with other products across the enterprise
    Reviews and analyzes product metrics to inform strategic and tactical product decisions
    Makes suggestions to drive operational excellence, create internal customer satisfaction and meet operational metrics

    30% – People:
    Provides leadership, mentoring and coaching to Product Managers
    Attracts, retains and develops top talent to build a world class Product Management Team
    Conducts annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback
    Fosters collaboration with team members (Engineering, UX, etc.) to drive value, identify and resolve impediments
    Is an advocate of modern software development practices
    Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by associating with the product, empathizing with and understanding user needs
    Works with the product team to assess progress, disseminate lessons learned, and understand next steps
    Manages cross-functional team and stakeholder expectations to execute product strategy.
    Educates requestors to determine priority based on tangible benefits and/or user experience
    Guides junior team members in strategy, alignment, analysis and execution tasks
    Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)

    NATURE AND SCOPE

    Typically reports to the Technology Director, Sr. Director or Vice President.

    ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS


    Environment:

    Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

    Travel:

    Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

    QUALIFICATION:

    The Product Management Sr. Manager is responsible for attracting, retaining and developing top talent focused on assessing market needs and inspiring cross-functional product teams to find the fastest way to achieve value around those needs. The Product Management Sr. Manager focuses on guiding and executing the delivery of business value to drive sales, improve efficiency and improve customer satisfaction through the production of quality products. Within their designated enterprise product line, Sr. Managers work closely with teams of developers, designers and business partners. They guide in-depth business reviews, communicate and present across all levels of the organization and support cross-functional product teams.

    The Product Management Sr. Manager leads the strategy to deliver quality products that add value. The Sr. Manager is skilled and experienced in generating innovative ideas for growth within their respective areas and across the Product Management organization. The Product Management Sr. Manager must exhibit the ability to lead managers and their teams and drive change management and process improvement. The Product Management Sr. Manager often leads senior-level Product Managers and/or leads teams of Product Managers that are responsible for higher-profile, more impactful products.

    MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

    40% – Strategy & Planning:
    Looks across product teams and feature sets with a focus on alignment and dependencies
    Sets the overall product vision and strategies for the enterprise product thorough an understanding of customer and associate needs, both existing and potential, to provide Home Depot customers and associates with an unparalleled shopping experience
    Applies domain expertise to provide thought leadership and translate vision into action to drive business growth.
    Collaborates across the enterprise to create alignment between products to provide a seamless user experience
    Understands financial and business impact of proposed product updates and activities within portfolio; prioritizes updates to support the enterprise roadmap; and allocates funding across the products
    Identifies goals, metrics and appropriate analytics to measure the performance of the product and its individual features, and makes recommendations and refinements to the product based on learnings
    Contributes to and makes recommendations for strategic plans of the key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner
    Participates in and influences development of enterprise technology roadmaps
    Supports and nurtures strategic vendor relationships; recommends ways to influence vendors that align to domain, portfolio, and enterprise strategic objectives

    30% – Delivery & Execution:
    Drives product development by reviewing performance and directing work efforts of product teams to ensure products are aligned with company, stakeholder and end-user priorities
    Documents, reviews and validates to meet quality and change control standards
    Understands enterprise goals and KPIs to deliver value against them
    Resolves issues within or across product teams that may impair teams from delivery of a quality product in order to meet strategic, financial and technical goals
    Receives and prioritizes incoming requests from business partners and stakeholders balanced against business strategy, product vision and user needs
    Provides guidance on design of products while balancing dependencies and integration with other products across the enterprise
    Reviews and analyzes product metrics to inform strategic and tactical product decisions
    Makes suggestions to drive operational excellence, create internal customer satisfaction and meet operational metrics

    30% – People:
    Provides leadership, mentoring and coaching to Product Managers
    Attracts, retains and develops top talent to build a world class Product Management Team
    Conducts annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback
    Fosters collaboration with team members (Engineering, UX, etc.) to drive value, identify and resolve impediments
    Is an advocate of modern software development practices
    Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by associating with the product, empathizing with and understanding user needs
    Works with the product team to assess progress, disseminate lessons learned, and understand next steps
    Manages cross-functional team and stakeholder expectations to execute product strategy.
    Educates requestors to determine priority based on tangible benefits and/or user experience
    Guides junior team members in strategy, alignment, analysis and execution tasks
    Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)

    NATURE AND SCOPE

    Typically reports to the Technology Director, Sr. Director or Vice President.

    ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS


    Environment:

    Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

    Travel:

    Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.