PRODUCT MANAGEMENT MANAGER

Position Purpose

The Product Management 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 Product Management 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 their designated enterprise product line, 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.

Key Responsibilities

30 Strategy & Planning

• Looks across product teams and feature sets with a focus on alignment and dependencies • Gains a thorough understanding of customer and associate needs, both existing and potential, and uses that knowledge to help deliver enterprise products that provide Home Depot customers and associates with an unparalleled shopping experience • Translates business goals and end-user needs into product strategy and clearly communicates direction and product priorities to the product team and business partners • Meets with users and stakeholders as needed to understand processes, pain points, and system waste in order to identify where to improve the user experience • Creates epics to drive improvements to product vision, features, and back-end systems and adjusts for new business models • Determines value to the business of anticipated product updates • Identifies goals, metrics, and appropriate analytics to measure the performance of products and continually makes recommendations and refinements to products based on learnings

40 Delivery & Execution

• Reviews recommended solutions and work of product team to ensure products are aligned with company stakeholder and end-user priorities • Documents reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met • Removes roadblocks and obstacles that may impair product teams to help ensure delivery of the product in order to meet strategic financial and technical goals • Receives and prioritizes incoming requests from business partners and stakeholders while keeping in mind the business strategy, product vision, and user needs • Provides regular updates to leadership regarding progress of products within portfolio

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 and identify and resolve impediments • Acts as a proponent of modern software development practices • Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by becoming associated with the product, empathizing with, and understanding user needs • Works with the product team to continuously assess progress, disseminate lessons learned, and understand next steps • Manages cross-functional team and stakeholder expectations to execute on product strategy and provides education to requestors to determine prioritization based on tangible benefits and/or user experience • Guides more junior team members in strategy alignment, analysis, and execution tasks • Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern software design and development core practices, communities of practice

Direct Manager Direct Reports Typically reports to the Product Management Sr. Manager, Technology Director, or Sr. Director.

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, and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions, 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

5-7 years of relevant work experience Proficiency in working as a Product Manager in a modern software development-based enterprise environment and overseeing multiple products Proficiency in modern software development product management practices and agile methodologies, specifically the extreme programming XP principles of paired programming, test-driven development, and continuous deployment Proficiency in working in a fast-paced, fluid environment where priorities shift on a regular basis Proficiency in communicating with and influencing functional and technical team members at all levels in the organization Proficiency in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional modern software design and development team Proficiency in creating, prioritizing, and accepting epics and user stories Proficiency in conducting 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 guiding more junior team members through Product Management fundamentals in a professional setting Experience balancing workloads across teams Proficiency in active listening, communicating at all levels, Executive Leadership Team, store associates, etc., while gracefully managing expectations of multiple stakeholders Experience managing and growing team members in a professional setting

Minimum Education The knowledge, skills, and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelors degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education No additional education.

Minimum Years of Work Experience 5

Preferred Years of Work Experience No additional years of experience.

Minimum Leadership Experience None

Preferred Leadership Experience None

Certifications None

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 organizations 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 organizations 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 processes and people-related organizational dynamics

Situational Adaptability Adapting approach and demeanor in real-time to match the shifting demands of different situations