Staff Software Product Manager

What Youll Do:

• Product Strategy & Roadmap
  • Define communicate and execute the multi-year global product vision and strategic roadmap across all eCommerce internal business applications and data platform initiatives.
  • Synthesize broad complex corporate objectives into definitive product realities that reshape Articles operational and customer-facing capabilities.
  • Anticipate macro-market trends and technological shifts ensuring Articles digital landscape remains competitive innovative and deeply aligned with long-term business scale.
• eCommerce Platform Development
  • Act as the business and product architect driving the holistic evolution toward advanced headless composable and omni-channel commerce environments.
  • Partner with senior engineering leadership and UX principals to pioneer performant localized and hyper-personalized digital storefronts that redefine the customer experience standard.
  • Govern ecosystem-wide integration standards to ensure seamless interoperability between front-end innovations and back-end commerce engines.
• Enterprise Operations
  • Architect product development for internal core business applications such as merchandising logistics customer service finance and supply chain workflows
  • Identify operational inefficiencies spearheading large-scale automation frameworks where applicable to optimize corporate margins and visibility.
  • Champion cross-functional operational roadmaps that unify disparate departmental workflows into centralized high-efficiency software solutions.
• Data Platform & Analytics
  • Partner with Data Engineering and Analytics teams to establish the overarching vision for the companys data platform
  • Drive the product requirements for scalable data pipelines advanced analytical data models and predictive modeling capabilities.
  • Ensure business teams have access to reliable well-structured data for reporting and strategic decision-making
• Planning & Prioritization
  • Manage product backlogs and prioritize initiatives based on business value technical feasibility and team capacity
  • Lead roadmap planning alignment and build data-backed business cases for new initiatives
  • Manage cross-project dependencies and trade-offs across multiple parallel engineering workstreams
• Execution & Delivery
  • Collaborate with Engineering Managers and development teams to establish high-velocity delivery frameworks defining clear milestones and architectural guardrails
  • Track initiative progress and communicate updates to stakeholders
  • Mentor coach and elevate the product management community within Article introducing modern product discovery and delivery methodologies to scale the teams collective capability.
  • Accountable for the post-launch business outcomes of major platform overhauls driving continuous optimization loops based on complex telemetry and user feedback.
• Stakeholder Management
  • Act as a trusted advisor to business teams to gather complex requirements and ensure alignment on product priorities
  • Communicate roadmap updates delivery timelines and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Facilitate high-impact feedback loops managing negotiations and cross-departmental alignment with clarity

Who You Are:

• 10 years of software product management experience.
• Must have worked in retail/eCommerce ideally also knowing supply chain or logistics (especially with enterprise software supporting these domains strong asset).
• Experience in organizations undergoing tech debt reduction legacy system migration or platform re-architecture (highly desirable).
• Skills:
  • Proven ability to own and drive roadmap strategy and definition: able to synthesize competing priorities technical debt feature requests business needs into a clear actionable roadmap aligned with company goals.
  • Track record of successfully delivering complex cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders and high technical ambiguity.
  • Stakeholder management and influence; able to work with strong personalities get alignment negotiate trade-offs and secure buy-in often under pressure.
• Technical Knowledge:
  • Experience working closely with engineering and operational teams.
  • Experience using Agile Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
• Legally able to work in Canada.
• Completion of criminal background check.

Perks & Benefits:

• The salary range is $180000 to $195000
  • Starting salary is determined by your transferable skills knowledge work experience and the hiring teams budget which is based on business needs market compensation data and internal equity
• We believe in Winning Together. When Article hits its annual financial goals eligible employees will receive a cash bonus
• 4% RRSP matched contributions through Wealthsimple

• 20 days of vacation*
• 1 extra day off (Inclusion and Diversity Day)
• 6 well-being (sick) days
• Hybrid work: 3 days a week in the office
• Work remotely (anywhere in the world) for up to 3 weeks

• Excellent extended health dental and vision benefits
• $1000 health/lifestyle spending account* for your total physical and mental well-being
• TELUS Health App
  • Mental Health Assistance/Counseling
  • Virtual medical appointments

• The Article HQ is a converted warehouse with an open accessible layout and no offices (even for our founders)
• Work from your desk an Article sofa collaboration spaces or a private meeting room
  • Standup desks can be requested too
• Our kitchens are stocked with salty sweet and healthy snacks & all the premium coffees and teas to keep you buzzing
• Onsite fitness equipment with showers and towel service
• Pickleball badminton and table tennis matches happen from very competitive to very casual
• A dog-friendly office - well-socialized pups are welcome

• Free street parking (first-come first-served; no reserved spots for senior leaders)
• Indoor secure bike storage with change rooms and showers
• 20-minute walk to either Main Street- Science World or VCC Clark Skytrain stations

• 45% discount on our entire product range (15% for friends and family)