Sr Product Manager

Home Depot•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. Position Purpose: The Sr. Product Manager is responsible for assessing market needs and inspiring cross-functional product teams to find the fastest way to achieve value around those needs. The role focuses on delivering business value to drive sales, improve productivity, and enhance experiences for customers, associates, and service providers through the production of quality products. Within their designated enterprise product line, Sr. Product Managers work closely with teams of developers, designers, and cross-functional business partners. They support in-depth business reviews and communicate and present across all levels of the organization and support various product teams. Importantly, the Sr. Product Manager must be able to work at the strategic level (generating innovative ideas for growth acceleration, change management) and at the tactical level (analyzing data, solving problems, being a force multiplier and leader of their teams). The Sr. Product Manager is often responsible for products that are higher-profile and/or larger in scope.

Requirements

Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
3 years of relevant work experience

Nice To Haves

4-6 years of relevant work experience
Experience working as a Product Manager in a modern software development based enterprise environment
Demonstrated fluency in emerging AI technologies, specifically the application of Generative and Agentic AI in product discovery, design workflows, and end-user solutions.
Experience with modern software development, product management practices, and agile methodologies - specifically the principles of paired programming, artificial intelligence integration, test driven development, and continuous deployment
Expertise in the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) framework, with a specific ability to translate high-level business goals into measurable product outcomes.
Experience in "Dual-Track" Agile, balancing the need for rapid discovery/experimentation with stable, high-quality delivery.
Proficiency in communicating with and influencing functional and technical team members at all levels in the organization
Proficiency in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern software design and development team
Proficiency in conducting user research and testing to understand needs
Proficiency in identifying goals, metrics, and analytics to measure product value
Proficiency in conducting competitive research and analysis
Experience guiding more junior team members through Product Management fundamentals in a professional setting

Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning: Seeks to empathize with and understand the end user deeply and use that knowledge to determine the fastest path to deliver value
Translates business goals and end user needs into product strategy; communicates direction and product priorities to the development team, other matrixed teams, and third-party partners
Identifies goals, metrics and analytics to determine product value; continually makes recommendations and refinements to the product backlog based on learnings
Manages and grooms the product backlog; makes future decisions based on the value that will be delivered
Partners with Finance to understand financial needs and assist in the creation of business plans for new opportunities
Monitors research as well as the competitive landscape to recommend the best solutions and ensure that products remain or become best in class
Ensures that product directions balance both the user needs and business goals of driving sales, improving efficiency and enhancing customer satisfaction
Delivery & Execution: Formulates, tests and refines assumptions and hypotheses through user research and testing
Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
Creates, prioritizes and accepts user stories; incorporate them into release planning
Makes product decisions that drive value on a daily basis
Identifies and considers pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies and value associated with features and enhancements
Participates in standups, iteration planning sessions, product demo, and retrospectives
Condenses complex technical concepts into non-technical language for stakeholders
People: Fosters collaboration with team members (Engineering, UX, etc.) to drive value and identify and resolve impediments
Acts as a proponent of modern software development practices
Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by becoming associated with the product, empathizing with and understanding user needs
Works with the product team to continuously assess progress, disseminate lessons learned, and understand next steps
Manages cross functional team and stakeholder expectations to execute on product strategy and provides education to requestors to determine prioritization based on tangible benefits and/or user experience
Guides more junior team members in strategy, alignment, analysis and execution tasks
Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)
Participates in talent acquisition, development and retention activities in support of team