Product Manager

PRODUCT MANAGER, OMS Our client is one of largest retailers in the world. Yet their IT department is nimble and dynamic and works with cutting edge technologies. They are currently in need of a Product Manager with OMS experience. Position: Product Manager Duration: 12 months Location: Pleasanton, CA Position Purpose The Product Management team has broad responsibility to leverage digital technologies to build best in class customer experiences and maximize return on investment. The Product Manager is responsible for owning and executing product roadmap for e-commerce order management. Responsibilities: Champion the needs of customers, business teams, and stakeholders throughout the development process, ensuring that what is delivered meets the original goals and objectives of the project. Ability to operate in areas of uncertainty and ambiguity and provide solid recommendations. Identify unmet customer needs and develops possible feature/functionality concepts that meet those needs. Gather input from a variety of internal and external sources to define product concepts; responds to the needs of customers throughout the development process; analyzes competitors and market trends; evaluates technologies; develops detailed requirements, feature definitions, implementation plans, and internal communications Participate in cross-functional teams during the entire lifecycle of product development, including deployment and post-deployment activities. Proactively identifies problems that arise in the project, outlines options, recommends solutions, and escalates as needed Effectively influences and collaborates with others, presenting and securing approval from senior management and other key stakeholders, as necessary Anticipate upstream and downstream impacts of the project and works with internal business groups to adjust business tools and practices to support new features and functionality Responsible for communicating product solutions and benefits to customers and stakeholders; including knowledge transfer and training for on-going management of features Develop supporting business case, including financial impact and benefits statements, to support feature/functionality concepts and sell the concepts to internal audiences through persuasive oral and written presentations Build intelligent capability and feature roadmaps using research, data, business context and learnings as input Be recognized as an expert across the division someone who has excellent judgment and whose projects have contributed significantly to the success of the organization Champion new initiatives to leadership team Write user stories as a part of the product development lifecycle that: o directly support primary objectives of the project o are appropriate in size for iterative development o include clear and specific acceptance criteria consider dependencies on other stories and/or projects & initiatives Qualifications: 4-5 years' experience in one or more of the following areas: product/program management, engineering roles, product marketing. With minimum 2 years of experience in product management Internet and retail experience strongly preferred Strong analytical, prioritization and negotiating skills Passionate about building great products and solving customer and business problems Strong quant and analytical abilities you use data to make decisions but do not suffer from analysis paralysis Experience must include: Experience with working in areas related to E-commerce order management, order fulfillment systems Technical fluency; comfortable understanding and discussing technology concepts, experience evaluating trade- offs and new opportunities with technical team members Proven track record designing and delivering customer experiences that create customer and business value Demonstrated track record of aligning to an overarching product vision, using data and analysis to support strategy and prioritization, and day to day product execution Experience with technical product backlog management and prioritization of user stories Bachelor's degree required About Maxonic: Since 2002 Maxonic has been at the forefront of connecting candidate strengths to client challenges. Our award winning, dedicated team of recruiting professionals are specialized by technology, are great listeners, and will seek to find a position that meets the long-term career needs of our candidates. We take pride in the over 5,000 candidates that we have placed, and the repeat business that we earn from our satisfied clients. Interested in Applying? We can't wait to see your resume! Please apply below with your most current resume and anything else you'd like us to know about you commute preferences, desired work environments, etc. You should also feel free to email Lavanya Dommeti () or call #Maxonic: