Genuine Parts Company
Product Associate Manager
Genuine Parts Company, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Company Background:Genuine Parts Company (“GPC” or the “Company”), founded in 1928 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services. The Company operates a global portfolio of businesses with more than 10,000 locations across the world. GPC has approximately 50,000 global employees. The Company has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, France, the U.K., Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and China.Position PurposeThe Product Associate Manager is responsible for assessing market needs and inspiring cross-functional product teams to find the fastest way to achieve value around those needs. The role focuses on delivering business value to drive sales, improve efficiency, and improve customer satisfaction through the production of quality products. Within their designated enterprise product line, Product Associate 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. Importantly, the Product Associate Manager must be able to work at the strategic level (generating innovative ideas for growth, change management) and at the tactical level (analyzing data, solving problems, being a force multiplier and leader of their teams). The Product Associate Manager is often responsible for products that are higher-profile and/or that are larger in scope.Strategy and Planning
– Seeks to empathize with and understand the end user deeply and use that knowledge to determine the fastest path to deliver value. Translates business goals and end user needs into product strategy; communicates direction and product priorities to the development team, other matrixed teams, and third-party partners. Identifies goals, metrics, and analytics to determine product value; continually makes recommendations and refinements to the product backlog based on learnings. Manages and grooms the product backlog; makes future decisions based on the value that will be delivered. Partners with Finance to understand financial needs and assist in the creation of business plans for new opportunities. Monitors research as well as the competitive landscape to recommend the best solutions and ensure that products remain or become best in class. Ensures that product directions balance both the user needs and business goals of driving sales, improving efficiency, and enhancing customer satisfaction.Delivery and Execution
– Formulates, tests, and refines assumptions and hypotheses through user research and testing. Creates, prioritizes, and accepts user stories; incorporates them into release planning. Makes product decisions that drive value daily. Identifies and considers pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies, and value associated with features and enhancements. Participates in standups, iteration planning sessions, product demo, and retrospectives. Condenses complex technical concepts into non-technical language for stakeholders.People
– 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). Participates in talent acquisition, development, and retention activities in support of team.Other duties as assignedLocation:
GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.Preferred Qualifications & Experiences:
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job2 years’ (4 preferred) relevant work experienceExperience working as a Product Owner in a modern software development-based enterprise environment.Experience with modern software development product management practices and Agile methodologiesProficiency in working in a fast-paced, fluid environment where priorities shift on a regular basisProficiency in communicating with and influencing functional and technical team members at all levels in the organizationProficiency in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern software design, and development teamProficiency in creating, prioritizing, and accepting user storiesProficiency in conducting user research and testing to understand needsProficiency in identifying goals, metrics, and analytics to measure product valueProficiency in conducting competitive research and analysisExperience guiding more junior team members through Product Management fundamentals in a professional settingMost 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.GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.
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– Seeks to empathize with and understand the end user deeply and use that knowledge to determine the fastest path to deliver value. Translates business goals and end user needs into product strategy; communicates direction and product priorities to the development team, other matrixed teams, and third-party partners. Identifies goals, metrics, and analytics to determine product value; continually makes recommendations and refinements to the product backlog based on learnings. Manages and grooms the product backlog; makes future decisions based on the value that will be delivered. Partners with Finance to understand financial needs and assist in the creation of business plans for new opportunities. Monitors research as well as the competitive landscape to recommend the best solutions and ensure that products remain or become best in class. Ensures that product directions balance both the user needs and business goals of driving sales, improving efficiency, and enhancing customer satisfaction.Delivery and Execution
– Formulates, tests, and refines assumptions and hypotheses through user research and testing. Creates, prioritizes, and accepts user stories; incorporates them into release planning. Makes product decisions that drive value daily. Identifies and considers pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies, and value associated with features and enhancements. Participates in standups, iteration planning sessions, product demo, and retrospectives. Condenses complex technical concepts into non-technical language for stakeholders.People
– 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). Participates in talent acquisition, development, and retention activities in support of team.Other duties as assignedLocation:
GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.Preferred Qualifications & Experiences:
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job2 years’ (4 preferred) relevant work experienceExperience working as a Product Owner in a modern software development-based enterprise environment.Experience with modern software development product management practices and Agile methodologiesProficiency in working in a fast-paced, fluid environment where priorities shift on a regular basisProficiency in communicating with and influencing functional and technical team members at all levels in the organizationProficiency in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern software design, and development teamProficiency in creating, prioritizing, and accepting user storiesProficiency in conducting user research and testing to understand needsProficiency in identifying goals, metrics, and analytics to measure product valueProficiency in conducting competitive research and analysisExperience guiding more junior team members through Product Management fundamentals in a professional settingMost 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.GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.
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