Product Manager-Global Merchandising

Lowe's Companies, Inc.•Charlotte, NC

About The Position

The Product Manager owns the vision, strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for individual products within a product group. The role defines outcomes and product requirements, plans and manages features through the product development process, and maintains and prioritizes the product backlog. Product-related decisions are based on customer and stakeholder needs and expectations. The position also identifies gaps in product features, captures requirements, and defines outcomes or objectives and key results (OKRs). For Private Brands Quality Assurance technology products, the Product Manager partners with business stakeholders to understand testing, inspections, approvals, quality issues, and supplier-related needs. The role collaborates with UX, Engineering, Data, and delivery teams across the product lifecycle, and identifies opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate quality-related processes. It defines and monitors product outcomes and KPIs, and communicates priorities, decisions, tradeoffs, and progress to stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, engineering, communications, or a related field, or equivalent years of experience in lieu of the education requirement, if applicable.
2 years of experience in two or more of the following: project management, product management, business analysis, program management, experimentation, or product marketing.
Experience in product management, product ownership, business analysis, or a related discipline.
Experience managing a product backlog and translating business needs into product requirements and user stories.
Basic understanding of AI-enabled products and experience identifying opportunities to introduce artificial intelligence, automation, or intelligent decision support into an existing suite of products.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with business and technology teams.
Experience defining product outcomes, KPIs, and success measures.

Nice To Haves

Experience executing the end-to-end product lifecycle.
Experience supporting enterprise workflow or operational technology products.
Experience working in agile product delivery environments.
Experience with roadmap planning, release planning, product analytics, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain the product vision, roadmap, and priorities for Private Brands Quality Assurance technology products.
Own and manage the product backlog based on business value, user needs, quality risk, and delivery feasibility.
Translate Quality Assurance and Private Brands processes into clear requirements, user stories, workflows, and acceptance criteria.
Partner with business stakeholders to understand product testing, inspections, approvals, quality issues, and supplier-related needs.
Collaborate with UX, Engineering, Data, and delivery teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate quality-related processes.
Define and monitor product outcomes and KPIs, including adoption, cycle time, quality issue resolution, and operational efficiency.
Communicate product priorities, decisions, tradeoffs, and progress to stakeholders.