Senior Manager, Product Management

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager provides strategic leadership and execution across multiple product areas. This role manages multiple workstreams, and fosters collaboration across teams. Owns the end-to-end product lifecycle, from vision and strategy to execution and optimization, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. Leads cross-functional teams and helps teams define roadmaps, prioritize initiatives, and deliver high-impact solutions across multiple product lines. This role develops relationships with key cross-functional counterparts to ensure that the products being supported are well positioned within the company and impact multiple lines of business.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years’ experience in product management/ business management in on-line technology OR a High School Diploma / GED and at least 7 years of experience in product management/business management in on-line technology.
• At least 4 years’ experience in consumer-facing products
• At least 4 years’ experience in product/program management, business development, or management consulting
• Experience working with the product development lifecycle.
• Experience developing and delivering presentations to various audience levels within an organization.
• Experience with analyzing and reporting data to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• Experience collaborating with internal and external resources to develop strategies that meet department goals within budget and established timelines.
• Experience in identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross- functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or MBA
• Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years’ experience in product management/ business management in on-line technology OR a High School Diploma / GED and at least 9 years of experience in product management/business management in on-line technology.
• At least 5 years’ experience in consumer-facing online commerce
• At least 5 years’ experience in product marketing, product/program management, business development, or management consulting
• Experience in retail industry
• Pharmacy or healthcare a plus.
• Experience with Generative AI (GenAI) tools and processes, including AI-powered analytics, automation tools, and language models for enhancing decision-making and operations.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and is responsible for OKRs and key KPIs for assigned product area and builds a logically sequenced and optimized action plan to achieve them.
• Leads the product and feature roadmap for area of expertise.
• Develops and communicates a clear product vision and strategy, aligning it with company goals and customer needs across multiple product lines.
• Proactively identifies and resolves strategic issues that may impact product area and/or the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial and technical goals.
• Manages prioritization and trade-offs among cross-functional teams.
• Works with teams to conduct market research, analyze customer feedback, and identify emerging trends to inform product decisions and drive additional benefits to the customer and profitability/ROI to the organization.
• Leads cross-functional teams to envision new product features.
• Coordinates among a wide range of resources to ensure that product features get to market per specifications.
• Develops the long- and short-term goals that directly impact the growth for the adoption and usage of the business for the assigned product areas.
• Defines and analyzes markets, including the measurement and analysis of existing pricing and merchandising.
• Evaluates technologies and identifies opportunities to innovate and improve.
• Performs business and financial analysis, monitoring and reporting.
• Builds business case to justify expenditures for building products.
• Liaises with senior management and key stakeholders in area of expertise.
• Builds strong internal relationships with technology and development teams to drive implementation of new product features and strategies.
• Develops and mentors staff.
• Builds and maintains employee morale; ensures the team is appropriately staffed; fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Identifies industry best practices across product area and builds vendor relationships.

Benefits

• To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/bene

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior