Senior Manager I, Product Management

What you'll do...

Position: Senior Manager I, Product Management

Job Location: 805 Moberly Lane, Bentonville, AR 72716

Duties: In-Depth Domain Expertise:

Requires knowledge of: Domain-specific methodologies, tools, and processes; Domain-specific products; Domain-specific best practices; Domain-specific market standards in product/platform architecture to demonstrate awareness of various principles, ways of working, and subdomain specific terminologies across multiple subdomains within a domain. Compares the maturity of products, services, and processes across subdomains with others in the industry.

Identifies areas of innovation across the subdomains, share potential innovations with the leadership team, and drive initiatives. Recommends new processes, automation opportunities, and ways of working for subdomains. Technology Orientation:

Requires knowledge of: Competitive technology landscapes; Existing portfolio of enterprise systems, technologies, services, and architecture; Common PaaS and IaaS technologies and environments; Software quality assurance methodologies, tools, processes, and checkpoints; Emerging technology and industry trends; Product and technology innovation. To demonstrate an understanding of InfoSec policies and process.

Owns business and user acceptance testing for simple products/features. Independently represents technology requirements and drives technology design outcomes. Demonstrates an understanding of product architecture, services involved, and the database and cloud technologies used.

Leverages knowledge of competitor products/services for assigned products. Drives informed discussions with engineering teams and stakeholders to assess feasibility and risks and prioritize efforts, features, and capabilities. Influencing and Building Stakeholder Consensus:

Requires knowledge of: Verbal/non-verbal behaviors; Application and allocation of business communication styles/techniques in ambiguous and challenging situations; Situational awareness; Elements of Emotional Intelligence and Influencing Styles; Communication channels/mediums; Interpersonal skills and universal relationship building. To communicate in stakeholder meetings involving multiple teams.

Conveys complex information and addresses ambiguity for robust technology development. Influences team members and stakeholders with sound recommendations. Independently prepares clear, concise, and logically structured reports/materials. Seeks and provides constructive feedback, anticipates needs/questions, and responds appropriately.

Minimum education and experience required: Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field plus 7 years of experience in product management or related experience.

Skills required: Must have experience with:

Crafting product and business strategy; Creating roadmap plans and product definitions; Converting business strategy into technical requirements and user stories; Competitive analysis and market research; Conducting user exploration sessions and product discovery to gather requirements and feedback to build new product features; Supporting product implementation, launch and adoption; Driving user acceptance testing (UAT) and providing user trainings and demos; Creating documentation for data products including source-target mappings, data models, data flow diagrams, data usage reports; Data Analysis, Data warehouse architecture and principles, ETL tools, SQL, Teradata, DB2 and Big data, Hadoop, Hive technologies; Scripting with SQL and creating reporting dashboards using BI tools; User experience, wireframing, and design crafting; Agile Scrum delivery model and facilitating Agile scrum ceremonies; Enterprise planning and collaboration tools - Jira and Confluence; HIPAA regulations or similar compliance considerations for data warehouse systems; and Discussing product design conversation with an engineering team and providing strategic thought leadership in shaping the product roadmap. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.

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Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.