Senior Manager I, Product Management

What you'll do...

Position: Senior Manager I, Product Management

Job Location: 701 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR 72716

Duties: Coordinates the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.

Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events. Technology Orientation: Handle 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. Product Roadmap and Development: To build and own a simple product roadmap with proper phasing.

Communicates with cross-functional partners and stakeholders. Explores alternative avenues to identify resources while navigating through organizational constraints and dependencies. Builds stakeholder alignment.

Handle backlog/priority tradeoff decisions and communications. Handle product/feature rollouts and scaling (using an MVP approach) and iteratively optimizes the product. Driving Customer/ Client Needs:

To research and verify customer needs and expectations. Delivers customer value within the parameters of profitability and other targets. Builds and maintains consistent customer connections and solicits customer feedback.

Creates customer journeys and identifies customer touchpoints. Addresses gaps/risks in product experiences. Simplifies and improves processes to drive customer satisfaction.

Product Vision and Strategy: To own a simple customer problem and/or product requirements/needs. Assists in building new ideas/products.

Explores new focus areas/unchartered areas for value creation leveraging first principles and develops a long-term vision. Articulates problem statements and hypotheses. Guides team members towards prototypes.

Effectively communicates product strategy and vision and the unit economics of a product. Understand the need for "Go-to-Market" strategies and levers for user adoption. Data Driven Product Decisions:

Conduct activities for product/feature analytics with an understanding of simple trends/insights. Monitors, collects, and structures data and evaluates result. Supports the identification and application of tools and techniques.

Assists in the planning, design, and implementation of exploratory data analysis. Influencing and Building Stakeholder Consensus: 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.

Minimum education and experience required: 9 years of experience in product management, or related experience; OR Bachelor's degree or 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:

Creating user stories and acceptance criteria; Performing SQL queries for Data analysis and reporting requirements; Using requirements management tools like JIRA and confluence; Joint Application Development sessions conducted for data analysis and reporting needs; Using Zeplin app for UX workflow and mockups; Analyzing complex data requirements; Requirements elicitation; Agile Methodology and Waterfall Methodology; Performing Scrum ceremonies like Stand up's, Sprint retrospectives, sprint reviews and demo's; Writing user stories and acceptance criteria; MS Visio; MS excel and MS word; Using Power BI tool for reporting; and Using Analytical Tool for Insights and Forecasting. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.

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Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.