Product Manager IV

Job Title: Senior Product Manager Retail Technology
Location: Cupertino, CA 95014 (Remote)
Duration: 12 Months Contract

Duties:
Lead the definition of product requirements and supporting documentation across complex, cross-functional initiatives, ensuring the team has a validated approach that accounts for how the solution fits into the broader Retail Technology portfolio, actively looking for synergies with other teams' and existing technologies to leverage existing capabilities when appropriate avoid building redundant solutions.
Act as a trusted advisor across Engineering, Design, Legal, Marketing, and business stakeholders, building the relationships and influence needed to align teams on goals, timelines, and technical constraints, and to negotiate features across the portfolio.
Lead design reviews, solution reviews, and prioritization discussions, drawing on deep knowledge of business and technical processes to push the team toward creative, well-grounded solutions supported by store feedback, operational readiness, and qualitative and quantitative evidence.

Experience:
5 years of dedicated Product Management experience with a proven track record of creating and delivering product roadmaps from ideation to launch and ongoing support, including but not limited to: problem framing, success criteria definition, journey, data, and systems mapping, concept creation, prototyping, requirements documentation, backlog prioritization and management, delivery, and ongoing health measurement and management.
Experience planning and leading software release cycles. Specific success prioritizing features, coordinating schedules across platforms, coordinating user testing, and communication with partners on roadmaps, delivery status, and change management details.
Demonstrated experience partnering with engineering and design teams on complex, cross-functional technology initiatives, with the technical fluency to have an informed perspective on systems and architecture trade-offs.
Proven ability to build relationships and influence senior stakeholders and cross functional partners, including negotiating feature approach without formal authority, communicating clearly with technical and non-technical audiences, and managing the coordination of timelines, dependencies, and risk across multiple workstreams to deliver high quality impactful experiences.
Relevant experience gained within a retail, consumer products, consulting, or SaaS company with direct experience as a product manager for native (iOS / Android) or web applications is required.

Skills:
Action oriented = Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
Plans and aligns-Objectives = Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
Organizational savvy-Gain Buy-In = Maneuvers comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
Communicates effectively = Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Drives results-Problem Solver = Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.