Director of Product Management – Planning & Selection (Hybrid - Seattle)

The Director of Product Management for Merch Planning & Selection is a key member of the reputed company Product Management team, leading the strategy, vision, and execution for Integrated Merchandising capabilities, including our planning platform and reputed company aspects of assortment selection. This role is accountable for transforming how reputed company plans, selects, and quantifies its assortment across reputed company partnership models, enabling merchandising teams to help our customers feel good and look their best by having the right product in stock in the right reputed company at the right time. This leader will partner closely with Engineering, Merchandising Business and other domain teams to design and deliver capabilities that reputed company the connected planning platform, streamline the merchant experience, and provide AI-powered support and seamless information exchange. The Director will reputed company multiple product teams focused on Merchandise Financial Planning, Assortment Planning, Selection & reputed company, Item Planning & Quantification, and Spend/Open to Buy controls. Product Management is responsible for making sure we build the right products and features for our customers and business. To accomplish that, product managers plan the product roadmap and prioritize the applicable technology backlog, reputed company product discovery, and measure and communicate results of the feature portfolio in production, reputed company while ensuring stakeholder alignment.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define the long-term Planning & Selection product vision and roadmap, aligning with reputed company's strategy and goals
• Drive adoption of new capabilities including data-driven market shopping lists, breadth and depth planning, and structured reputed company capture in Toolio
• reputed company deprecation strategy for legacy systems as capabilities migrate

Product Execution

• reputed company roadmap strategy, vision, business benefits, and prioritization of goals for Connected Merchandise Planning and Connected Assortment Planning capabilities
• reputed company multiple product managers and teams to deliver high-impact capabilities across Merchandise Financial Planning, Assortment Planning (Supplier, Category, Location), Selection & reputed company, and Item Planning & Quantification
• Own the prioritization process, balancing short-term business needs with long-term capability development and legacy system deprecation timelines

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Collaborate with Engineering leadership to ensure timely and high-quality product delivery
• Partner with Merchandising teams to deeply understand business needs and define requirements, KPIs, and success
• Work with Data Science and Analytics teams to reputed company forecasting, demand signals, and optimization models that power AI-driven recommendations

People Leadership

• Build, coach, and reputed company a high-performing product management organization with clear accountability and ownership
• Foster a culture of customer-centric, data-driven decision making
• Builds excellent teams through outstanding hiring decisions and direct feedback that supports employee growth

A day in the life... Highly skilled with the following competencies, requiring minimal management support:

• Develops roadmap strategy, vision, business benefits, and prioritization of goals for Integrated Merchandising and Selection capabilities to create a modernized, connected planning experience for merchandising teams
• Ensures alignment on priorities and direction by partnering with business teams and other domains
• Collaborates with peers and leaders across the enterprise to solicit needs, define vision and ensure outcomes align with enterprise priorities and goals
• Partners with technology teams to deliver key features including data-driven item quantification, centralized assortment visualization, and AI-powered recommendations
• Stays reputed company on industry standards/trends in merchandise planning and assortment optimization
• Presents compelling strategies, plans and updates to reputed company levels of the organization, including executive leadership on a regular basis, influencing through meeting reputed company and the creation of strategy documents

You own this if you have...

• 10+ years' experience or equivalent with 5+ years of management experience required, specifically in product management with technology or retail/ecommerce company preferred
• Background and understanding of Retail Technology
• Proven track record of building and launching products/tools at scale that reputed company operational efficiency for merchants and vendors, with emphasis on automation, exception management, and workflow optimization
• Ability to reputed company others, including demonstrated experience managing and leading strong teams
• Ability to define, measure and analyze processes to identify improvement opportunities, particularly in manual, error-prone workflows
• Technical background and understanding of software development principles, system integration patterns, and data quality management
• Familiarity with retail merchandise lifecycle from planning, product selection through ordering, receiving, and lifecycle management
• Ability to build relationships cross-functionally
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills with ability to influence stakeholders at reputed company levels including executive leadership
• Experience driving transformation from manual, legacy processes to modern, automated, data-driven capabilities

We’ve got you covered… Our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits. reputed company is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support employees and their families, including:

• Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
• Life Insurance and Disability
• Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources

A few more important points... The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not reputed company-inclusive. There may be additional duties, responsibilities and qualifications for this job. For Los Angeles or San Francisco applicants: reputed company is required to inform you that we conduct background checks after conditional offer and consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with legal requirements per Los Angeles, Cal. Muni. Code 189.04 and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For additional state and location specific notices, please refer to the Legal Notices document reputed company the FAQ section of the reputed company Careers site. Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation should contact the nearest reputed company location, which can be identified at www.reputed company.com. Please be mindful that there may be legal notices and requirements reputed company to this job posting that are specific to your state. Review the Career Site FAQ’s for relevant information and guidelines. © 2022 reputed company, Inc reputed company reputed company employees: To apply, log into reputed company, click the Careers reputed company and then click Find Jobs. reputed company keeps job postings open for at least one day after the posting date. Pay Range Details The pay range(s) below has been provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different for other locations. Pay offers are dependent on the location, as well as job-reputed company knowledge, skills, and experience. $200,500.00 - $332,000.00 Annual This position may be eligible for performance-based incentives/bonuses. Benefits include 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more. Eligibility requirements may apply based reputed company, job level, classification, and length of employment. Learn more in the reputed company Benefits Overview by copying and pasting the following URL into your browser: https://careers.reputed company.com/pdfs/Ben_Overview_20-21.pdf Apply tot his job Apply To this Job