Sr. Product Manager, FlexPLM

Get to know The Pokémon Company International

The Pokémon Company International a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management licensing marketing the Pokémon Trading Card Game the animated TV series home entertainment and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular childrens entertainment properties in the world.

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Get to know the role

• Job Title: Sr. Product Manager FlexPLM
• Job Summary: This role is responsible for the daytoday product execution of the FlexPLM platform and its integrations in support of consumer product development teams. This role serves as the primary bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams translating business needs into welldefined prioritized backlog items and ensuring highquality delivery through Agile practices. This is a handson individual contributor role focused on backlog ownership requirements definition sprint execution and sustained platform health following implementation.
• FLSA Classification (US Only): Exempt
• People Manager: No

What youll do

• Product Ownership & Backlog Management
  • Act as Product Owner for FlexPLM owning feature prioritization backlog refinement and delivery of business value.
  • Build manage and continuously prioritize the product backlog based on business impact risk and dependencies.
  • Define clear user stories acceptance criteria and Definition of Done to support consistent delivery and quality outcomes.
• Delivery & Agile Execution
  • Partner with development teams during sprint planning reviews and retrospectives validating completed work against acceptance criteria and business expectations.
  • Balance Agile delivery with appropriate planning discipline applying Scrum Kanban or hybrid approaches as needed.
  • Identify delivery risks early and work proactively with crossfunctional partners to mitigate issues.

• Requirements & Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Gather and document business functional and system requirements from internal stakeholders and translate them into actionable backlog items.
  • Facilitate crossteam discussions to align on scope priorities and dependencies ensuring transparency and shared understanding.
  • Clearly communicate goals tradeoffs and expected outcomes to technical and nontechnical audiences.

• Platform & Integration Support
  • Support the ongoing evolution of the FlexPLM platform including integrations with upstream and downstream business systems.
  • Partner with external vendors and internal application teams to ensure reliable scalable solution outcomes.
  • Contribute to process improvement standardization and bestpractice documentation for product development workflows.

What youll bring

• Eight (8) to eleven (11) years of experience in Product Owner Product Management or technical project/program roles.
• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools ideally FlexPLM and consumer product development lifecycles.
• Hands on experience working with Agile delivery teams and strong understanding of Scrum Kanban or Lean methodologies.
• Solid understanding of SDLC system integrations and enterprise application delivery.
• Strong analytical organizational and problem solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Experience using JIRA Confluence and SharePoint.
• Experience creating product roadmaps dashboards or executivelevel reporting.
• Agile or product certifications (CSPO CSM PMP or similar).

Base Salary Range: For this role new hires generally start between $154400.00 - $183587.50 per year. The full range is $154400.00 - $232100.00 per year. This range is applicable for the labor market where the role is intended to be hired. The final base salary is directly related to the candidates qualifications and professional experience uniquely.

How youll be successful

• Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand the impact it has on our people culture business fans and communities and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
• Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new develop innovative ideas solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities.
• Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy listening to others seeking out different perspectives and taking personal responsibility for decisions actions and results.
• Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards looks for new ways to learn and improve and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve.
• Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships adopting a team first mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.
• Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders making them feel heard and important and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience.

What to expect

• An innovative culture driven by impact delivering meaningful outcomes.
• Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pokémon.
• Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
• 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you.
• Generous paid family leave.
• Employer-paid life insurance.
• Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
• US Employees: 401k Employer Matching.
• UK/IRE/MX Employees: Pension Employer Contributions.
• Fitness reimbursement.
• Commuter benefit.
• LinkedIn learning.
• Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.
• Hybrid work environment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this role. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required. Employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed. For roles in the United Kingdom candidates will need the right to some cases and for some roles the Company may be able to arrange a visa. For roles in Ireland this role requires candidates to have the right to live and work in the Republic of Ireland. However we welcome applications from all nationalities and may consider supporting an employment permit application in appropriate and suitable cases.

The Pokémon Company International is committed to the inclusion of all qualified applicants for consideration in our job application process. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application pre-employment testing or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process please contact the Talent Acquisition team at .