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The Home Depot

Senior Product Manager - AI Data Foundation

The Home Depot, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383

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Position Purpose

The Sr. Product Manager is responsible for assessing market needs and inspiring cross-functional product teams to find the fastest way to achieve value around those needs. The role focuses on delivering business value to drive sales, improve efficiency, and improve customer satisfaction through the production of quality products. Within their designated enterprise product line, Sr. Product Managers work closely with teams of developers, designers, and business partners. They support in-depth business reviews, communicate and present across all levels of the organization and support cross-functional product teams. The Sr. Product Manager must be able to work at the strategic level (generating innovative ideas for growth, change management) and at the tactical level (analyzing data, solving problems, acting as a force multiplier and leader of their teams). The Sr. Product Manager is often responsible for products that are higher-profile and/or larger in scope.

Key Responsibilities 50% Strategy & Planning: empathize with the end user to determine the fastest path to deliver value; translate business goals and end user needs into product strategy; communicate direction and priorities to the development team, matrixed teams, and third-party partners

Identify goals, metrics and analytics to determine product value; continually refine the product backlog based on learnings

Manage and groom the product backlog; make future decisions based on value to be delivered

Partner with Finance to understand financial needs and assist in creating business plans for new opportunities

Monitor research and competitive landscape to recommend best solutions and ensure products remain best in class

Balance user needs with business goals of driving sales, improving efficiency and enhancing customer satisfaction

20% Delivery & Execution: formulate, test and refine assumptions through user research and testing

Document, review and ensure that all quality and change control standards are met

Create, prioritize and accept user stories; incorporate them into release planning

Make product decisions that drive value daily

Identify and consider pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies and value of features

Participate in standups, iteration planning, product demos, and retrospectives

Condense complex technical concepts into non-technical language for stakeholders

30% People: foster collaboration with team members (Engineering, UX, etc.) to drive value and resolve impediments

Advocate for the end user and stakeholder by understanding user needs

Work with the product team to assess progress, disseminate lessons learned, and plan next steps

Manage cross-functional expectations to execute on product strategy and educate requestors on prioritization based on tangible benefits and/or user experience

Guide more junior team members in strategy, alignment, analysis and execution tasks

Contribute to learning activities around modern software design and development practices

Direct Manager/Direct Reports

Typically reports to the Product Management Manager or Sr. Manager

Travel Requirements

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time

Physical Requirements

Most of the time is spent sitting; occasional movement of light articles

Working Conditions

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

Minimum Qualifications

Must be eighteen years of age or older Must be legally permitted to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications 3-6 years of relevant work experience

Experience as a Product Manager in a modern software development enterprise

Experience with agile practices and XP principles (paired programming, TDD, continuous deployment)

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, fluid environment with shifting priorities

Strong communication and influencing skills across all levels

Experience creating, prioritizing, and accepting user stories

Proficiency in user research and testing to understand needs

Proficiency in identifying goals, metrics and analytics to measure product value

Experience conducting competitive research and analysis

Experience mentoring junior team members in Product Management fundamentals

Minimum Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field

Preferred Education

No additional education

Minimum Years Of Work Experience

3

Preferred Years Of Work Experience

No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience

None

Preferred Leadership Experience

None

Certifications

None

Competencies Balances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders

Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals

Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet objectives

Communicates Effectively: Delivering multi-mode communications that convey needs across audiences

Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful

Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions

Drives Vision and Purpose: Motivating action through a compelling vision

Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly with diverse groups

Manages Complexity: Solving complex problems with high information load

Nimble Learning: Actively learning from experiments

Organizational Savvy: Navigating policy, process and people dynamics

Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach to changing situations

Empathy: Understanding stakeholder needs and delivering optimal resolutions

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