Digital Product Manager

Designer Brands Inc.•Columbus, OH

1d•Remote

About The Position

At Designer Brands, we're passionate about creating digital experiences that make it easier, more inspiring, and more enjoyable for customers to engage with DSW. As a Digital Product Manager, you'll play a key role in shaping those experiences by turning ideas into impactful solutions that drive customer satisfaction and business growth. In this role, you'll partner with teams across the organization to bring digital strategies to life, elevate the customer experience, and deliver results against key business objectives. You'll balance customer needs, business priorities, and technical considerations to help determine what gets built, when it gets built, and how success is measured. We're looking for someone who is curious, adaptable, and energized by solving complex problems. You'll thrive if you enjoy learning new technologies, are passionate about digital experiences, and can bring people together around a shared vision.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
3-4+ years in Product Management or Product Owner role
Experience owning digital products, platforms, or customer facing experiences
Experience working within Agile Methodology
Experience leveraging Consumer Insights, Analytics, and financial modeling to inform decisions and track progress
Ability to project confidence and passion when presenting/communicating
Ability to take initiative, influence, and drive initiatives across cross-functional teams
Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously, learn business and technical skills quickly, and adapt to changing environments
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

Lead the Product Management function of an Agile team, in close partnership with Development, and Business Analyst
Work through ambiguity and simplify complexity to define product opportunities, requirements, and measurable outcomes
Maintain and prioritize the roadmap and backlog based on customer value, business impact, strategic alignment, effort, risk, and dependencies
Identify and articulate clear compelling stories to gain alignment with key stakeholders across the organization on roadmap priorities and initiative requirements
Make informed decisions rooted in Consumer Insights, Analytics, and financial modeling to deliver business results.
Partner closely with UX Design Team to ensure optimal experience are achieved for enhancements/optimizations.
Lead the product team to continuously assess progress, disseminate lessons learned, and understand next steps
Partner with analytics team to define testing strategy and analyze data to ensure features are aligned with product goals and objectives
Bring technical acumen, empathy, and a growth mindset to identifying opportunities, creating solutions, and understanding results
Manage and conduct UAT testing for all digital properties with business partners to ensure requirements are met for the release
Leverage AI tools and capabilities to improve product management efficiency, accelerate research/analysis, documentation, and other day to day activities
Partner with cross functional teams to explore and lead targeted POCs/pilots for emerging technologies