Product Manager

Product Manager for US LAUNCH and MULTI-CHANNEL

Our high-visibility client is aggressively pursuing a global digital strategy with a strong emphasis on eCommerce. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a highly talented team, focused on enabling revenue across all channels through digital.

The Product Manager's key area of responsibility will be to drive eCommerce growth by extending the eCommerce platform into new regions. The ideal candidate will be very comfortable in the technical space to drive alignment across technical and functional groups, define requirements with internal and external partners, and work across teams to deliver to the new site experiences and functionality quickly and successfully. This role will engage primarily with IT stakeholders and will engage in technical projects that enable exceptional global consumer digital experiences.

OVERVIEW/TASKS:

- Act as key contributor across several workstreams including: WMS integration, OMS, Webstore Readiness, Mobile, Enterprise Integration, Master Data Management and Data Migration.
- Determine and define the functional scope and lead the execution and delivery of new multi-channel initiatives including Multi-Channel Gift Card, online visibility of in-store inventory, etc.
- Drive additional commerce initiatives on the longer term roadmap, including building out new web stores, marketing sites, ship methods, systems improvements, etc.
- Contribute to the development and continuous evolution of the eCommerce short, mid and long term product roadmaps.
- Pending requirements, drive creative wireframe and comp development and delivery with external web design agency.
- Be available to quickly answer questions that arise during development and if needed, be able to make scope tradeoff decisions in a timely manner.
- Assist in the development of the eCommerce platform roadmap to continually improve the user experience based on ongoing business need, customer research, feedback, and performance.
- Perform ongoing review of global competitive websites to understand digital retail trends and best practices.

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

- Passion for driving compelling eCommerce user experiences and ability to define Front End requirements to deliver product enhancements
- 3-5 years of product management experience within web/eCommerce or Internet-based environment
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Strong project management skills required, including ability to manage delivery of multiple high-quality products simultaneously within tight deliverability windows
- Experience with eCommerce or digital marketing site development
- Experience with hybris, Endeca, Jira, and Confluence
- Familiarity with Omniture, Bing Maps, Bazaarvoice and/or Scene7 a plus
- Self-starter who is an energetic and enthusiastic, adaptable and customer-oriented team player
- Ability to work with multiple cross-functional groups, including business and technical teams
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and work on projects with great efficiency and attention to detail
- Creativity, resourcefulness, decisiveness, resilience and strong judgment
- Superior written and verbal communication skills: must be well-spoken and articulate, with proven ability to write clearly and persuasively
- Demonstrated ability to present analysis in a compelling, easy to understand manner
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with limited direction

This contract position is expected to be 12 months in duration.