Product Manager - Chicago

Photon•United States,

9h•$41,000 - $146,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Product Manager with experience in generic eCommerce/digital retail, specifically focusing on top-of-funnel commerce products like browse, search, and product pages. The ideal candidate will have a technical background enabling them to understand APIs, microservice contracts, data flows, and analytics tags. This role requires a strong understanding of agile digital operations, Azure/ADO toolset, basic financial analysis, and digital retail technologies. The Product Manager will own sub-product areas end-to-end.

Requirements

Generic eCommerce / digital retail experience – web, mobile app channels.
Specific experience with top of funnel commerce product – browse, search, product pages.
Technical background/proficiency.
Understanding of APIs/microservice contracts.
Ability to inspect a page to determine what data is available.
Understanding of where data exists, how it flows from one system to another, and what it takes to make this happen.
Ability to visualize, understand, and describe data flows, including backend batch jobs.
Ability to inspect a page to see what analytics tags are in place.
Understanding of agile digital operations, leveraging the Azure/ADO tool set.
Ability for basic financial analyses.
Understanding of digital retail technologies – search platforms, CMS, APIs, service layers, etc.
Ability to own a sub-product area end to end – such as digital payments, product recommendations or account registration.

Responsibilities

Own a sub-product area end to end (e.g., digital payments, product recommendations, account registration).
Understand APIs/microservice contracts.
Inspect a page to determine available data.
Understand and describe data flows between systems, including batch jobs.
Inspect a page to see what analytics tags are in place.
Leverage the Azure/ADO tool set for agile digital operations.
Perform basic financial analyses.
Understand digital retail technologies such as search platforms, CMS, APIs, and service layers.