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Home Depot Senior Product Manager - AI Products (Remote) in Atlanta, Georgia
Position Purpose:
As a Sr. Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI within our enterprise-wide retail operations. Your primary responsibility will be to gather and analyze AI use cases across various departments, ensuring alignment with our strategic goals. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to support leadership's investment priorities, driving initiatives that enhance our competitive edge. Additionally, you will help define and implement the company's AI strategy, both short and long term, ensuring we remain at the forefront of innovation in the retail industry. Your expertise will be crucial in leveraging AI to optimize processes, improve customer experiences, and drive business growth.
Key Responsibilities:
50% 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
20% 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
30% 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
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- Typically reports to the Product Management Manager or Sr. Manager.
Travel Requirements:
- Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
Physical Requirements:
- Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree (MBA or Master's) in a technical discipline or business administration is preferred.
Extensive experience in AI, machine learning, and data science.
Strong understanding of AI use cases and their application in business contexts.
Proven track record of managing AI or technical products from concept to launch.
Experience in creating and executing product roadmaps, defining product vision, and setting success metrics.
Ability to align product initiatives with business goals and leadership priorities.
Strategic thinker with the ability to drive innovation and long-term vision for AI applications.
Strong analytical skills to derive actionable insights from complex data sets.
Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams, including engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate technical concepts and business value.
Minimum Education:
- 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.
Preferred Education:
- No additional education
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 3
Preferred Years of Work Experience:
- No additional years of experience
Minimum Leadership Experience:
- None
Preferred Leadership Experience:
- None
Certifications:
- None
Competencies:
Balances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders
Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals
Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful
Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
Drives Vision and Purpose: Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action
Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process and people-related organizational dynamics
Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
Empathy: Understands the needs of multiple stakeholders and is responsive in meeting their needs with the most optimal resolution
The application window is anticipated to be closed on September 9th, 2024.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. - $90,000.00 - $190,000.00
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