Group Product Manager - Specialty

Sysco

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

Delivers value to Business and Tech stakeholders through leadership of the people and processes of a Product area (ex: Sales, Merchandising, Operations) within the Specialty Technology team. Drive engagement and professional development of the team in addition to leading high quality product development (planning, execution, & delivery) and implementation of the digital strategy for upcoming innovative products. Oversee and take accountability for team’s actions, providing day-to-day direction and engaging directly with customers to ensure team delivery of high quality, robust, and scalable solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, information systems or related experience.
3 years in a leadership role on complex initiatives in product, software development, or professional services.
10 years in product management, business consulting, or related field.
Experience in an agile environment.

Nice To Haves

Sound knowledge of emerging technologies focusing on cloud products, SaaS platforms, or Enterprise Applications
Experience in complex / matrix organizations
Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills
Experience mentoring and developing technical and functional skills of team members.

Responsibilities

Own, manage, and drive a portfolio of product domains and initiatives end to end.
Develop, align, and execute road maps across product domains in partnership with enterprise stakeholders.
Owns the development, delivery, and support of one or multiple high complexity software product(s) in line with business needs.
Lead a team of principal product managers.
Ensure that each individual contributor aligns with the objectives and key results for product at a initiative, department, and corporate level.
Owns and drives key business relationships for the strategic product domain(s).
Manages expectations and communications with business stakeholders and executives.
Represent the product team with professionalism and develop trusted relationships across the global organization.
Participates actively in daily stand-ups, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and retrospectives to drive team alignment on product vision and value delivery
Weighs business risks, issues, and impediments being experienced by the product team and actively assists with issue resolution
Inspects product progress throughout the sprint and is empowered to make critical decisions and accept work completed by the team
Supports product team members as they engage with stakeholders, build a backlog, and deliver work
Support team members in both their technical and professional development.
Identify and coordinate training and coaching needs.
Recruit, retain and develop exceptional product development talent.
Cultivate a positive company culture that values cross team collaboration and trust.
Continuously advocate for the customer experience balanced against organizational strategy and tactical limitations.
Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results.