Senior Manager IT Product Management - Merchandising

Sprouts Farmers Market•Phoenix, AZ

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager of IT Product Management is a critical contributor in crafting the strategy and roadmap, and will be responsible for owning, managing, and executing the backlog of work required to realize roadmap commitments. In this role, you will be responsible for owning and providing deep expertise around the configuration, deployment, and optimization of products. The Sr. IT Product Manager will grow a team of skilled product owner/ technical analyst professionals as subject matter experts on these tools and capabilities as well as be responsible for ensuring the technical administration of these tools, including access management, monitoring/ alerting and day-to-day technical support. The role reports to our Store Support Office in Phoenix, AZ, with a hybrid work arrangement requiring in-office presence Tuesday through Thursday.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information technology, business administration, or equivalent work experience
5-10 years of experience in IT product management with at least 3+ years in a leadership role
Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
Experience leading discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product/ direct technical product management experience
Experience leading enterprise platform implementations and integrations.
Experience working with SaaS platforms and third-party technology providers.
Familiarity with data governance, data quality, and enterprise integration concepts.
Communication: Convey information, ideas, and feedback clearly and concisely in an engaging manner that helps others understand and retain the message; listening actively to others.
Customer Focus: Place a high priority on the customer’s perspective when making decisions and taking action; implementing service practices that meet the customers’ and own organization’s needs.
Driving for Results: Set SMART goals and measure progress; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals and making continuous improvement. Seeking innovative ways to solve problems that result in unique and differentiated solutions.
Positive Approach: Demonstrate a positive attitude in the face of difficult or challenging situations; provide an uplifting (yet realistic) outlook on what the future holds and the opportunities it might present.
Coaching and Developing Others: Engaging team members and teams in developing and committing to individual development plans that target specific behaviors, skills, or knowledge needed to ensure performance improvement or prepare for success in new responsibilities; planning and supporting the development of individual skills and abilities.
Leading Change: Encouraging others to implement better approaches to address problems and opportunities leading to the implementation and acceptance of change.

Nice To Haves

Preference given to candidates with experience in Retail Merchandising Systems with an emphasis in Master Data Management/Product Information Management (MDM/PIM), Merchandising, Product Data, Inventory, Pricing, Promotions, Assortment

Responsibilities

Through product expertise, lead overall solution design, ensuring meets long-term portfolio needs as well as cross-functional strategies
Contribute to the multi-year strategy by offering insights and perspective on how we use our technology to contribute to our strategy
Responsible for assisting leadership in determining priority of work by providing key insights on value, scope, cost, and resourcing needs
Support project/program management of strategic projects including orchestrating discovery, scoping, planning, and implementation for complex cross-platform projects.
Own project budget or key line items within Cost Center budget as appropriate
Grow a team of subject matter experts to deliver new capabilities and administer existing tooling
Identify ways to optimize across processes, adoption of tooling, and opportunities to automate for efficiency gains
Represent the needs of the customer and building capabilities that drive the greatest alignment to business and customer value. Create, maintain, and prioritize the 12-month roadmap based upon pulse checks with the business and comparing with trends and other industry leaders
Act as an internal SME on technical topics related to portfolio informing technology roadmaps and working alongside product owners/ analysts to coordinate key enhancements and improvements to new or existing platforms
Build positive relationships with business, IT, and vendor partners on other multi-functional teams such as Engineering and Analytics. Continue to find ways to improve the productivity, relationships, and outcomes of the collective team.
Lead resource-matrixed teams, owning the product backlog, crafting user stories and acceptance criteria in partnership with analysts/product owners, prioritizing new feature or enhancement stories, bugs, and discovery or tech tasks based on perceived user value, metrics and release planning.
Coordinate and facilitate (as necessary) agile ceremonies such as daily stand up, grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
Lead scrum of scrum planning sessions across product and platform spaces
Responsible for SOX Controls, as needed

Benefits

Competitive pay
Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
Vacation accrual plan
Opportunities for career growth
15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
Flexible schedules
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
Company paid life insurance
Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!
Bonus based on company and/or individual performance
Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision
Health Savings Account with company match
Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
Company paid short-term disability coverage
Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
Paid holidays
DailyPay - if you’re hired as an eligible employee, you’ll be able to transfer the money you’ve already earned at no extra cost, and get it the next business day, for free.