Director, Product Management

• The Director, Product Management leads a product team responsible for a specific product group. Responsibilities include leading research and product development efforts as well as implementation and execution of the product group strategy.
• This role develops a comprehensive product strategy, maintains the roadmap and backlog, and establishes the objectives and key results (OKRs) for a specific product group. In addition, the Director, Product Management develops and presents detailed business cases to senior executives and leads business reviews to ensure that the team prioritizes the right work and delivers the most customer value in the fastest time possible.
• Sets and directs product vision, strategy, and OKRs for entire product portfolio. Owns the long-term two- to five-year view of product vision for the product portfolio or strategic capability.
• Influences investment choices that will yield long-term customer benefits in support of vision, including owning the annual planning for the product portfolio and representing the strategy in discussions with leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrates customer/user expertise within a product portfolio or strategic capability and leverages enterprise-wide resources to drive improved synergies and efficiencies across product teams.
• Coaches and owns the care and management of jobs to be done by personas for all products within the product portfolio or strategic capability.
• Identifies and cultivates opportunities to drive innovation across product portfolio.
• Identifies issues and blockers that may delay the launch or impede the success of products in product portfolio or strategic capability, communicates to leadership, assesses alternatives to resolve, and takes action on recommendation.
• Establishes and audits overall product operating routines across domain to ensure product excellence.
• Coaches the product team on prioritization techniques and influences peers on improving prioritization decisions for product delivery.
• Sets the standard across the product team and enterprise for building usable, viable, and feasible products.
• Builds frameworks and patterns across the product team for product marketing and drives the team to leverage marketing techniques to illustrate the product-market fit of the designated product domain
• Promotes data-driven decision making. Coaches the product team to have right product routines focused on data to help drive roadmaps.
• Aligns product teams on portfolio level metrics. Audits and course corrects to ensure OKRs/metrics are healthy.
• Leads a team in support of achieving the company s mission. Manages performance and fosters an inclusive environment to help associates achieve their potential.

Roles & Responsibilities
This role leads product teams across US and India to set the vision and strategy, build high performing teams and world class product culture. This role also influences Senior business leaders all the way up to the CXOs in helping run and grow the business.

Years of Experience
10 years of experience in two or more of the following: project management, product management, business analysis, program management, experimentation, or product marketing
6 years of experience working with technology and user experience teams to define, scope and prioritize product requirements while translating business strategy into specific product features and delivering world-class digital products and/or experiences
5 years of leadership experience with direct report responsibility and experience managing operational and/or project financial budgets
3 years of experience in an agile software environment
Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally in a large organization with senior leadership and providing guidance and direction to cross-functional resources
Bachelors degree in business, marketing, engineering, communications, or related field (or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree)

Education Qualification & Certifications (optional)
Masters degree in business administration or similar advanced degree
10 years of experience in two or more of the following: project management, product management, business analysis, program management or product marketing

 

Primary Skills (must have)
3 years of experience leading the digital product roadmap
Prior leadership with a top 25 omni-channel retailer
Strong financial acumen
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Strong at Product Thinking and mindset
Leadership experience - Building global teams across India and US
Finance & Accounting knowledge is a plus