The Home Depot
Product Management Sr. Manager
The Product Management Sr. Manager is responsible for attracting, retaining and developing top talent focused on assessing market needs and inspiring cross-functional product teams to find the fastest way to achieve value around those needs. The Sr. Manager focuses on guiding and executing the delivery of business value to drive sales, improve efficiency and improve customer satisfaction through the production of quality products. Within the designated enterprise product line, Sr. Managers work closely with teams of developers, designers and business partners, guiding in-depth business reviews, communicating and presenting across all levels of the organization and supporting cross‑functional product teams. The Sr. Manager leads the strategy to deliver quality products that add value, generating innovative ideas for growth and driving change management and process improvement. Often, the Sr. Manager leads senior‑level Product Managers and/or teams responsible for high‑profile, impactful products.
Key Responsibilities
40% Strategy & Planning
Looks across product teams and feature sets with a focus on alignment and dependencies.
Sets the overall product vision and strategies for the enterprise product through an understanding of customer and associate needs to provide Home Depot customers and associates with an unparalleled shopping experience.
Applies domain expertise to provide thought leadership and translate vision into action to drive business growth.
Collaborates across the enterprise to create alignment between products to provide a seamless user experience.
Understands financial and business impact of proposed product updates and activities within the portfolio; prioritizes updates to support the enterprise roadmap and allocates funding across the products.
Identifies goals, metrics and appropriate analytics to measure product performance, making recommendations and refinements based on learnings.
Contributes to and makes recommendations for strategic plans of key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner.
Participates in and influences the development of enterprise technology roadmaps.
Supports and nurtures strategic vendor relationships; recommends ways to influence vendors that align with domain, portfolio and enterprise strategic objectives.
30% Delivery & Execution
Drives product development by reviewing performance and directing work efforts of product teams to ensure alignment with company, stakeholder and end‑user priorities.
Documents, reviews and validates to meet quality and change control standards.
Understands enterprise goals and KPIs to deliver value against them.
Resolves issues within or across product teams that may impair delivery of a quality product to meet strategic, financial and technical goals.
Receives and prioritizes incoming requests from business partners and stakeholders balanced against business strategy, product vision and user needs.
Provides guidance on product design while balancing dependencies and integration with other products across the enterprise.
Reviews and analyzes product metrics to inform strategic and tactical decisions.
Suggests ways to drive operational excellence, create internal customer satisfaction and meet operational metrics.
30% People
Provides leadership, mentoring and coaching to Product Managers.
Attracts, retains and develops top talent to build a world‑class Product Management Team.
Conducts annual and mid‑year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback.
Fosters collaboration with team members (Engineering, UX, etc.) to drive value, identify and resolve impediments.
Advocates for modern software development practices and serves as an advocate of the end user and stakeholder.
Works with the product team to assess progress, disseminate lessons learned and understand next steps.
Manages cross‑functional team and stakeholder expectations to execute product strategy.
Educates requestors to determine priority based on tangible benefits and/or user experience.
Guides junior team members in strategy, alignment, analysis and execution tasks.
Participates in learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice).
Direct Manager / Direct Reports Typically reports to the Technology Director, Sr. Director or Vice President.
Travel Requirements Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.
Physical Requirements Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunities to move about. Rarely, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any 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
6‑8 years of relevant work experience.
Mastery of working as a Product Manager in a modern software development enterprise environment overseeing multiple products.
Mastery of modern product management practices and agile methodologies, specifically XP principles of paired programming, test‑driven development and continuous deployment.
Mastery of working in a fast‑paced, fluid environment where priorities shift regularly.
Proficiency in communicating with and influencing functional and technical team members at all levels.
Mastery of collaborative, cross‑functional, modern software design and development teams.
Proficiency in creating, prioritizing and accepting user stories.
Proficiency in conducting user research and testing to understand needs.
Mastery of identifying goals, metrics and analytics to measure product value.
Proficiency in conducting competitive research and analysis.
Proficiency in guiding junior team members through Product Management fundamentals in a professional setting.
Proficiency in managing and growing team members in a professional setting.
Minimum Education
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent in a field related to the job.
Preferred Education
No additional education.
Minimum Years of Work Experience
6
Competencies
Attracts Top Talent: Attracting and selecting the best talent to meet current and future business needs.
Balances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.
Builds Effective Teams: Building strong‑identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
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 shared objectives.
Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi‑mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different 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.
Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high‑quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process and people‑related organizational dynamics.
Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
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Key Responsibilities
40% Strategy & Planning
Looks across product teams and feature sets with a focus on alignment and dependencies.
Sets the overall product vision and strategies for the enterprise product through an understanding of customer and associate needs to provide Home Depot customers and associates with an unparalleled shopping experience.
Applies domain expertise to provide thought leadership and translate vision into action to drive business growth.
Collaborates across the enterprise to create alignment between products to provide a seamless user experience.
Understands financial and business impact of proposed product updates and activities within the portfolio; prioritizes updates to support the enterprise roadmap and allocates funding across the products.
Identifies goals, metrics and appropriate analytics to measure product performance, making recommendations and refinements based on learnings.
Contributes to and makes recommendations for strategic plans of key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner.
Participates in and influences the development of enterprise technology roadmaps.
Supports and nurtures strategic vendor relationships; recommends ways to influence vendors that align with domain, portfolio and enterprise strategic objectives.
30% Delivery & Execution
Drives product development by reviewing performance and directing work efforts of product teams to ensure alignment with company, stakeholder and end‑user priorities.
Documents, reviews and validates to meet quality and change control standards.
Understands enterprise goals and KPIs to deliver value against them.
Resolves issues within or across product teams that may impair delivery of a quality product to meet strategic, financial and technical goals.
Receives and prioritizes incoming requests from business partners and stakeholders balanced against business strategy, product vision and user needs.
Provides guidance on product design while balancing dependencies and integration with other products across the enterprise.
Reviews and analyzes product metrics to inform strategic and tactical decisions.
Suggests ways to drive operational excellence, create internal customer satisfaction and meet operational metrics.
30% People
Provides leadership, mentoring and coaching to Product Managers.
Attracts, retains and develops top talent to build a world‑class Product Management Team.
Conducts annual and mid‑year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback.
Fosters collaboration with team members (Engineering, UX, etc.) to drive value, identify and resolve impediments.
Advocates for modern software development practices and serves as an advocate of the end user and stakeholder.
Works with the product team to assess progress, disseminate lessons learned and understand next steps.
Manages cross‑functional team and stakeholder expectations to execute product strategy.
Educates requestors to determine priority based on tangible benefits and/or user experience.
Guides junior team members in strategy, alignment, analysis and execution tasks.
Participates in learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice).
Direct Manager / Direct Reports Typically reports to the Technology Director, Sr. Director or Vice President.
Travel Requirements Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.
Physical Requirements Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunities to move about. Rarely, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any 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
6‑8 years of relevant work experience.
Mastery of working as a Product Manager in a modern software development enterprise environment overseeing multiple products.
Mastery of modern product management practices and agile methodologies, specifically XP principles of paired programming, test‑driven development and continuous deployment.
Mastery of working in a fast‑paced, fluid environment where priorities shift regularly.
Proficiency in communicating with and influencing functional and technical team members at all levels.
Mastery of collaborative, cross‑functional, modern software design and development teams.
Proficiency in creating, prioritizing and accepting user stories.
Proficiency in conducting user research and testing to understand needs.
Mastery of identifying goals, metrics and analytics to measure product value.
Proficiency in conducting competitive research and analysis.
Proficiency in guiding junior team members through Product Management fundamentals in a professional setting.
Proficiency in managing and growing team members in a professional setting.
Minimum Education
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent in a field related to the job.
Preferred Education
No additional education.
Minimum Years of Work Experience
6
Competencies
Attracts Top Talent: Attracting and selecting the best talent to meet current and future business needs.
Balances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.
Builds Effective Teams: Building strong‑identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
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 shared objectives.
Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi‑mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different 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.
Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high‑quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process and people‑related organizational dynamics.
Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at The Home Depot by 2x.
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