Senior Product Manager

Walmart•Sunnyvale, CA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager drives discovery, strategy, implementation, and deployment for a product within a product area, supporting corporate goals and objectives. The role collaborates with Business, User Experience, Engineering, and Project Management teams to assess feature value, usability, and feasibility; develop and communicate product specifications; and guide product investment decisions using customer feedback, usage, competitive analysis, and business cases. The position supports product launches and adoption, validates product functionality and acceptance testing, develops training materials, trains and supports users, incorporates customer and user feedback, and tracks and improves key product metrics. It also applies current product expertise and best practices to advise others and align efforts with customer and business needs. This position does not supervise employees. The position is located at 1375 Crossman Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. The salary range is $174,138 to $234,000 per year, with additional annual or quarterly performance incentives.

Requirements

Master’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering (any), or a related field, plus 3 years of post-bachelor’s progressively responsible product management experience; OR a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in one of those fields plus 5 years of post-bachelor’s progressively responsible product management experience.
Experience managing a product roadmap based on customer needs, business needs, feature prioritization, and ROI.
Experience performing Agile ceremonies using Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
Experience with requirements gathering and cross-functional collaboration using Microsoft Office.
Experience using design tools to collaborate with designers and communicate requirements.
Experience using testing tools and methodologies to perform iterative functional product testing.
Experience with project planning based on the Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC).
Experience using market research for competitive assessments and determining product-market fit.
Experience conducting qualitative and quantitative product analyses using Microsoft Excel and Tableau.
Demonstrated knowledge of the customer relationship management process.
Demonstrated knowledge of technical system architecture and product integrations.

Responsibilities

Drive product discovery with Business, User Experience, and Engineering teams to assess feature value, usability, and feasibility.
Specify, prioritize, and communicate high-level and detailed product specifications using written specifications, business rules, flows, use cases, and user experience deliverables such as prototypes, wireframes, and design and copy documents.
Develop and champion product vision, strategy, and roadmap in support of corporate goals and objectives.
Use customer and user feedback, customer usage, and competitive analysis to identify product opportunities and enhancements.
Work across functions to build and evaluate business cases supporting product investment decisions.
Engage with Engineering and Project Management during implementation to answer questions and make scope trade-off decisions.
Work with business teams to launch products and support their adoption.
Coordinate post-launch activities to validate product behavior and successful acceptance testing.
Manage development of training materials and train and support users on new product features.
Manage closed-loop feedback cycles that incorporate customer and user comments and needs.
Define, track, and improve key product metrics.
Provide expert advice and guidance on information and best practices, support alignment with customer and business needs, and build commitment for perspectives and rationales.