Lead Product Manager (P765)

84.51° Overview:

84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. We help The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliates create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase.

Powered by cutting-edge science, we utilize first-party retail data from more than 62 million U.S. households sourced through the Kroger Plus loyalty card program to fuel a more customer-centric journey using 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing and our retail media advertising solution, Kroger Precision Marketing.

Join us at 84.51°!

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The Lead Product Manager will combine technology and design to solve real customer problems in a way that meets the needs of the business. You will work with your key stakeholders and partners to build the right things for our customers that deliver value to our business.

This role oversees the Business Systems space which is responsible for management and enhancement of enterprise resource planning tools for 84.51 such as Concur, Degreed, Dynamics 365, Greenhouse, as well as the enhancement and management of sales applications for 84.51 such as Salesforce, DocuSign, etc. This space also manages the data flow in between said applications & tooling (ETL processes, workflows, and proprietary applications).

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Value – ensuring solutions are distinctly valuable to our customers and ensure clear communication of said value.
• Viability – ensuring solutions are viable for various aspects of our business.
• Stakeholder management – experienced in building and managing stakeholder relationships to influence and drive change.
• Experienced level knowledge in the development and use of product data to inform product decisions – both quantitative and qualitative
• Deep understanding of customers/users’ problems, how they think and operate and the platforms/technology they use.
• Deep understanding of the business domain, stakeholders, business processes and constraints in which your product(s) plays
• Experienced in making priority decisions based on measurable value, given the usability, feasibility and viability.
• Understand and communicate organization objectives, strategies, and solution needs to the team to facilitate results (where collaborative/as colleague)
• Skilled in leading Discovery Process sessions with key stakeholders
• Manage work with a product mindset – focus on outcomes (over outputs), problems to solve, the goals of your product and key metrics of success; give teams the freedom and responsibility to think of a strategy they believe will result in the best product for our clients; facilitate teams in setting up a process that supports them in building these products
• Lead the development, championing and evangelizing of a product vision, strategic roadmap, and team backlog, based on value, viability, and the needs of the business.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Skilled in managing cross-functional software development teams in an agile environment.
• Skilled in managing business priorities against design/user needs while delivering against product roadmaps.
• Skilled in managing end-to-end software product development and releases.
• Stakeholder management skills – experienced in building and managing stakeholder relationships to influence and drive change.
• Problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Planning, organizational and time management skills
• Comfort with ambiguity – remains confident, positive and resourceful in the face of ambiguity and unexpected results; recovers quickly from setbacks.
• Exhibits qualities of and have proven to be a great teammate.
• Verbal and written communication skills, ability to translate between business and technical.
• Technical acumen – grasps the technical details to lead a team, product and/or program.
• 4-6 years relevant experience
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

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