Sr Data Product Manager

With a career at The Home Depot you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

Are you passionate about Data Are you fascinated with Product

Are you inspired to advance the way people democratize data automate decisionmaking drive ML/AI and challenge the status quo to how we do business day to day

If your interest is still here final question. Are you ready to lead a highperforming innovative and SUPER FUN team through the next generation of Insights

As our lives become increasingly digital companies are adapting to harness digital activity and turn it into revenue. The goal is not just data collection from prospects and customers but translating that data into actionable insights that will transform their business.

The Senior Data Product Manager position is responsible:

• Driving a balanced team building a diverse set of data products and services identifying the strategic information needs forHomedepot

• Designing customer data platform products (real time preferred) and identity features based on advanced datadriven insights visualize data with viz tools

• Identify needed variables and unique relationships between them based on hypothesis testing working with Data science and business teams.

We are consistently advancing the way data is being utilized leading the development of descriptive analytics measurement and tools to provide insights to the organization. The Senior Data Product Manager is focused on delivering incremental value by driving product changes and working closely with a team of developers and business partners. They support indepth business reviews communicate and present across all levels of the organization.

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 thirdparty 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 & :

• 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; incorporate 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 nontechnical 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 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:

• 36 years of relevant work experience

• Experience with or knowledge of customer and marketing domains

• Proficiency in Adobe AEP Adobe RTCDP product is preferred.

• Experience working as a Product Manager in a modern software development based enterprise environment

• Experience with modern software development product management practices and agile methodologies

• Proficiency in working in a fast paced fluid environment where priorities shift on a regular basis

• Proficiency in communicating with and influencing functional and technical team members at all levels in the organization

• Proficiency in working as part of a collaborative crossfunctional modern software design and development team

• Proficiency in conducting user research and testing to understand needs

• Proficiency in identifying goals metrics and analytics to measure product value

• Proficiency in conducting competitive research and analysis

• Experience guiding more junior team members through Product Management fundamentals in a professional setting

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelors degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 3

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Competencies:

• Balances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders

• Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organizations goals

• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives

• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multimode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences

• Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful

• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customercentric solutions

• Drives Vision and Purpose: Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action

• Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

• Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems

• Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems using both successes and failures as learning fodder

• Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy process and peoplerelated organizational dynamics

• Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations

• Empathy: Understands the needs of multiple stakeholders and is responsive in meeting their needs with the most optimal resolution