Home Depot / THD
Senior Product Manager - AI Products (Remote)
Home Depot / THD, Atlanta, Indiana, United States, 46031
Position Purpose:
As a Sr. Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI within our enterprise-wide retail operations. Your primary responsibility will be to gather and analyze AI use cases across various departments, ensuring alignment with our strategic goals. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to support leadership’s investment priorities, driving initiatives that enhance our competitive edge. Additionally, you will help define and implement the company’s AI strategy, both short and long term, ensuring we remain at the forefront of innovation in the retail industry. Your expertise will be crucial in leveraging AI to optimize processes, improve customer experiences, and drive business growth.
Key Responsibilities:
50% Strategy & 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.
20% Delivery & Execution:
Formulates, tests and refines assumptions and hypotheses through user research and testing.
Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met.
Creates, prioritizes and accepts user stories; incorporates them into release planning.
Makes product decisions that drive value on a daily basis.
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.
30% 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.
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
Typically reports to the Product Management Manager or Sr. Manager.
Travel Requirements:
Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% 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:
Advanced degree (MBA or Master’s) in a technical discipline or business administration is preferred.
Extensive experience in AI, machine learning, and data science.
Strong understanding of AI use cases and their application in business contexts.
Proven track record of managing AI or technical products from concept to launch.
Experience in creating and executing product roadmaps, defining product vision, and setting success metrics.
Ability to align product initiatives with business goals and leadership priorities.
Strategic thinker with the ability to drive innovation and long-term vision for AI applications.
Strong analytical skills to derive actionable insights from complex data sets.
Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams, including engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate technical concepts and business value.
Minimum Education:
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 job.
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
3
Minimum Leadership Experience:
None
Certifications:
None
The application window is anticipated to be closed on September 9th, 2024.
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As a Sr. Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI within our enterprise-wide retail operations. Your primary responsibility will be to gather and analyze AI use cases across various departments, ensuring alignment with our strategic goals. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to support leadership’s investment priorities, driving initiatives that enhance our competitive edge. Additionally, you will help define and implement the company’s AI strategy, both short and long term, ensuring we remain at the forefront of innovation in the retail industry. Your expertise will be crucial in leveraging AI to optimize processes, improve customer experiences, and drive business growth.
Key Responsibilities:
50% Strategy & 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.
20% Delivery & Execution:
Formulates, tests and refines assumptions and hypotheses through user research and testing.
Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met.
Creates, prioritizes and accepts user stories; incorporates them into release planning.
Makes product decisions that drive value on a daily basis.
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.
30% 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.
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
Typically reports to the Product Management Manager or Sr. Manager.
Travel Requirements:
Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% 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:
Advanced degree (MBA or Master’s) in a technical discipline or business administration is preferred.
Extensive experience in AI, machine learning, and data science.
Strong understanding of AI use cases and their application in business contexts.
Proven track record of managing AI or technical products from concept to launch.
Experience in creating and executing product roadmaps, defining product vision, and setting success metrics.
Ability to align product initiatives with business goals and leadership priorities.
Strategic thinker with the ability to drive innovation and long-term vision for AI applications.
Strong analytical skills to derive actionable insights from complex data sets.
Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams, including engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate technical concepts and business value.
Minimum Education:
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 job.
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
3
Minimum Leadership Experience:
None
Certifications:
None
The application window is anticipated to be closed on September 9th, 2024.
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