Sr Product Manager

Mouser•Mansfield, TX

About The Position

The Product Manager will create the product strategy for new external and internal customer experiences and applications that appeal to the needs and requirements of corporate leadership, stakeholders, and sponsors. This role involves managing the entire product lifecycle from planning to execution and delivery, defining product requirements documents based on subject matter knowledge and expertise, and building and maintaining a strong Mouser and global ecommerce business acumen. The Product Manager will elicit and document business needs, requirements, supporting artifacts, and agile feature acceptance criteria, develop and communicate the program vision and feature roadmap, and partner with system architects to understand and coordinate delivery of enabler work. The role requires the ability to work to meet business goals, collaborate with the agile release train to build product features, and ensure delivered solutions continuously deliver value. Proficiency in maintaining a well-groomed program feature backlog with well-defined acceptance criteria, contributing to the establishment of product goals, and reviewing metrics to help identify opportunities and deliver successes are key. The Product Manager will research and identify new opportunities for Mouser to innovate on behalf of customers, take initiative to spend time with all levels of users, and establish open and timely communications with interested parties, stakeholders, and teams. This role represents the company and Internet Business in a professional manner, establishes and maintains effective relationships with internal and external contacts, and is expected to utilize organizational skills to document, categorize, prioritize, provide easy access to information, ask questions, follow up, and maintain communications. Detailed and thorough work habits with multi-tasking ability are essential.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree in a technical or equivalent discipline
Requires 4 years of experience as a business analyst, product owner, program analyst or equivalent position
Requires 2+ years of experience with ecommerce environments (B2B preferred)
Experience with project management tools and methodologies, software development lifecycle and problem solving.
Demonstrated ability to partner with agile release train/scrum teams to deliver solutions.
Produce relevant internal documentation including, requirements documents, flowcharts, wireframes, and other process diagrams.
When working with external partners, must have the ability produce required documents (such as RFQs, SOW, Contracts) and manage associated onboarding, integration, and post-implementation support.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
Familiarity in working in and with cross-functional teams.
Strong organizational skills.
Strong ability to work in teams with a collaborative interpersonal style.
Demonstrates a positive attitude toward self and others.
Ability to set and track goals.
PC experience in a Microsoft Windows environment, proficient with internet e-mail, Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, Power Point, Project, Outlook, and other software.
Able to use, read, analyze, and interpret spreadsheets and printed reports.
Exhibits strong analytical, problem solving, negotiation, organizational and teaching skills.
Interacts effectively with individuals and groups inside and outside the organization.
Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate with people at all levels of the organization.
Requires a bachelor’s degree in a technical or equivalent discipline
Requires 6+ years of experience as a business analyst, product owner, program analyst, product manager or equivalent position
Requires 6+ years with ecommerce environments (B2B required)
Proficiency with project management tools and methodologies, software development lifecycle.
Proven experience with problem solving and solution development.
Demonstrated ability to partner with agile release train/scrum teams to deliver solutions.
Proven experience in producing documentation including, requirements documents, flowcharts, wireframes, and other process diagrams.

Responsibilities

Create the product strategy for new external and internal customer experiences and applications that appeals the needs and requirements of corporate leadership, stakeholder, and sponsors.
Manage the entire product lifecycle from planning to execution and delivery
Define product requirements documents based on subject matter knowledge and expertise of the specific product stakeholders and users
Build and maintain a strong Mouser and global ecommerce business acumen
Elicit and document business needs, requirements, supporting artifacts, and agile feature acceptance criteria
Develop and communicate program vision and feature roadmap
Partner with system architects to understand and coordinate delivery of enabler work
Ability to work to meet business goals, collaborate with the agile release train to build product features, and ensure delivered solutions continuously deliver value
Proficiency in maintaining a well-groomed program feature backlog with well-defined acceptance criteria
Contribute to establishment of product goals and review metrics to help identify opportunities and deliver successes
Research and identify new opportunities for Mouser to innovate on behalf of our customers
Take initiative to spend time with all levels of users (formal meetings, informal meetings, observing work, etc.)
Establish open and timely communications with interested parties, stakeholders, and teams.
Represents the company and Internet Business in a professional manner
Establishes and maintains effective relationships with internal and external contacts.
Team player/leader.
Expected to utilize organizational skills to document, categorize, prioritize, provide easy access to information, ask questions, follow up, and maintain communications.
Detailed and thorough in work habits with multi-tasking ability.
Deep subject matter/platform knowledge and expertise over established program value area within the Mouser enterprise
Demonstrated extensive Mouser business acumen
Proven success in exploring stakeholder/market needs, segmentation, sizing, and competitive landscape to achieve desirable, feasible, and sustainable outcomes.
Expert leadership skills in driving successful delivery of projects and initiatives
Established skills and experience with documenting business needs, user requirements and agile feature acceptance criteria
Mentor peers in learning and building proficiency in Mouser, Internet Business, and stakeholder analysis and communication skills
Drive continuous improvements to further product management skills and practices