Product Owner - Commercial

New Balance•Boston, MA

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

New Balance is currently seeking a highly motivated, entrepreneurial thinker to join the Enterprise Digital Product Management team as a Digital Product Owner for our Commercial Ordering workstream. This individual will play a critical role in driving our digital ambition. This person will collaborate with global business leaders to create and execute the digital roadmaps that drive the growth of New Balance’s Direct to Consumer and Wholesale business through the implementation of new technology.

Requirements

Experience with delivering high impact digital product solutions in retail/ecomm – ERP experience a plus.
A natural decision-maker who inspires the confidence of those they work with.
Has the ability to present their case with confidence.
Excellent product judgment: You have an in-depth understanding of what makes a user experience good or bad, and strong intuition for what people want to do.
Appreciation for detail: You easily recognize aesthetic and functional details and can make pragmatic decisions about what details are actually important.
Strategic insight: You understand the industry in depth and can use your knowledge to predict the behavior of key players.
Understands Agile principles and methodologies.
Leadership: Others naturally look to you for guidance. You understand group dynamics and can organize chaotic situations.
Terrific communication skills: You’ve got a high signal-to-noise ratio. You’re persuasive and sensitive to nuance.
Creativity: You love to solve problems large and small.
Writing ability: You could write final text for UI strings, marketing copy, or press releases. Your writing is pithy, clear, and in command of tone.
Bachelor’s degree in business or technical field.
MBA is a plus.

Responsibilities

Builds a winning strategy to drive the technology powering our global order in-take experience across Direct to Consumer and Wholesale to be best-in-class.
Champions the product vision, strategy, and roadmap product goals and objectives including creating and maintaining business plans.
Leads the ideation, development, and launch of minimum viable products and scales them when validated.
Manages the entire product life cycle from discovery through creation and validation to production.
Breaks down the product vision into user stories and development requirements then prioritizes features based on impact and business goals.
Defines and analyzes business and performance metrics that inform the success of product launches and future opportunities.
Facilitates communication throughout the development process between internal stakeholders, including global and regional partners and e-commerce operational teams.
Coordinates and builds strong working relationships with various internal stakeholder groups, including IT, Engineering, and Privacy Policy/Legal.