Sr. Product Manager, HCM Solutions

POSITION SUMMARY:The Product Manager of HCM Solutions will have the opportunity to define and lead the implementation of next generation capabilities that transform the way that our crew (employees in stores, ship centers and headquarters) interact with Five Below as it grows from $3B to $6B in annual revenue. This role will partner with stakeholders from Human Resources, Store Operations and Supply Chain areas to develop a roadmap for the systems that support the employee experience. They will guide a scrum team in delivering business value frequently through an established agile development process. Product managers are accountable for real-time engagement with senior business leaders for both strategic and tactical initiatives while ensuring our applications uptime and performance meets the operating need.JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:Creates and documents a vision for multiple products in a prioritized long-term roadmap based on a deep understanding of business needs and market trends.Document business requirements in the form of Agile stories; groom and prioritize stories in the backlog to ensure that engineers on the scrum team understands the acceptance criteria for the stories.Responsible for defining Epics, stories and prioritizing the Team Backlog.Build relationships with key business partners and other stakeholders to ensure an understanding of their business processes/needs and integrate those into the backlog, liaising between those stakeholders and the technical teams.Understand and manage the product economics including product budget and resource allocation, ensuring that resources and budget are directed towards delivering the highest value.Describe proposed scope changes to engineers and negotiate tradeoffs between scope, schedule and quality on behalf of stakeholders.Lead team demonstrations of software product and provide context to explain how the software product applies to business processes.Sets and communicates iteration goals and iteration content via prioritized stories.Develops a strong understanding of the business operations in a domain.Partners with the stakeholders to help drive user adoption of new capabilities, including development of change management plans, communication plans, training, and user adoption surveys.Continuously monitor product performance, making adjustments and communicate status and changes to stakeholders.Engage with the software vendors and understand the new application functionality that’s being evaluated for implementation.Provide training to IT operations resources; act as escalation and communication point for business-impacting incidents, ensuring outages are communicated to leaders in a timely manner and in business language.QUALIFICATIONS:8+ years IT experience.5+ years’ experience in product management or product ownership on an Agile team, preferably for a large retail company.Experience using roadmap and agile project management tools (Jira, Aha, Rally, etc) preferred.Strong understanding of Human resources or human capital management systems, preferably for a national organization with a balanced mix of exempt and non-exempt employees.Employee lifecycle business processes including recruiting, onboarding, performance management, timekeeping, total rewards, separation and compliance.Experience with Enterprise Human Capital Management (Workday), Timekeeping and Scheduling Technologies (Kronos, Legion), Payroll Software As a Service (ADP, Ceridian, etc.), Learning Management Systems (Cornerstone, BizLibrary).Strong experience defining product requirements including functional requirements and supporting non-functional requirements.Background in product roadmap management, both development and execution of a long-term vision.Ability to develop a clear, complete understanding of customer needs and problems through careful listening, probing, encouraging or summarizing and document them using natural language.Develop and deliver communications (both oral and written) that have clarity and impact.Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers.Dedication to exceeding customer expectations and requirements.Effective time management and organizational skills with the ability to operate in a fluid, fast paced environment.BA or BS degree in MIS, Computer Science, or related area preferred.

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