Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
1 day ago
Sr Director, Product Management

Your Impact

In this role, you will lead the creation of strategy and vision for emerging and next-gen products that will be used by our retail customers. By collaborating with your team and partnering with internal and external stakeholders, you're empowered to drive projects independently and make a significant impact on a Fortune-50 business.

Shape the future of Retail Tech

As a Product Management leader, you’ll get the opportunity to shape the future of retail technology under the leadership of one of Forbes Top 50 CIOs. You’ll also be leading a talented team who share your passion for innovation and excellence. Our halls are filled with brilliant minds from all walks of life who have the freedom to collaborate, explore their every curiosity, and build the future.

Here, you can bring your unparalleled experience to the product domain while actively contributing to the long-term product strategy of the entire organization. With a laser focus on specific strategic product areas, you can take full ownership of the end-to-end delivery process. Leveraging your skills, you’ll be able to apply your knowledge across a diverse range of product portfolios, pushing boundaries and elevating innovation to new heights.

Innovate in Charlotte

This position is based at our on-site Tech Hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lowe's Tech Hub is an ultramodern work environment, complete with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, an on-site barista and other perks to enhance your work experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops the long-term vision of a product portfolio or strategic capability that drives strategies, requirements and roadmaps; understands the competitive landscape and directly influences the enterprise in how it makes portfolio-specific decisions; owns the different product roadmaps that make up the product portfolio and influences investment choices that yield long-term customer benefits in support of the vision.
• Develops a culture of innovation and experimentation and encourages initiatives that address customer needs.
• Owns annual planning for the product portfolio and represents strategy in discussions with leadership and executive stakeholders. Plans and advocates for required workforce resources.
• Develops and manages the long-term (three- to five-year) view of the product portfolio or strategic capability, making trade-off decisions on multiple products and product groups. Determines release goals, prioritization, implementation, and iteration of products within product portfolio or strategic capability. Defines key processes for team to effectively track development work.
• Leverages enterprise-wide resources to drive improved synergies and efficiencies within the product portfolio or strategic capability. Engages with internal and external thought leaders to drive product leadership within portfolio.
• Leads and owns requirements documents for all products within the product portfolio or strategic capability.
• Owns the user experience and sets the direction for the design of the user experience of products within product portfolio or strategic capability. Ensures customer and business goals remain aligned with identified customer needs. Sets the strategy for customer engagement and leads its execution.
• Partners with relevant stakeholders and leads and owns the development of launch and go-to-market plans of products within product portfolio or strategic capability.
• Identifies issues that may delay the launch or impede the success of products in product portfolio or strategic capability, communicates to leadership, assesses alternatives to resolve, and takes action to resolve.
• Owns and develops mechanisms to ensure post-launch learnings are captured into best practices frameworks or templates and evangelized and utilized in future product launches across the enterprise.
• Leverages data and analytics to provide competitive analysis, drive decision making, assess the health and effectiveness of products and related P&L impacts, and deliver recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Works with cross-functional product management teams to drive work across other product teams and helps move and prioritize work into other product backlogs.
• Leads a team in support of achieving the company’s mission. Manages performance and fosters an inclusive environment to help associates achieve their potential.

Minimum Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in two or more of the following: project management, product management, business analysis, program management, experimentation, or product marketing
• 8 years of experience in product and/or experience management
• 7 years of leadership experience with direct report responsibility
• 5 years of experience managing teams and priorities across multiple stakeholders
• 5 years of experience managing operational and/or project financial budgets
• Experience leading cross-functional projects with design, engineering, and analytics resources
• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, engineering, communications, or related field (or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree)

Preferred Skills/Experience

Preferred Skills/Education

*We encourage you to apply even if you do not have all the preferred skills or experience.*

Experience building, deploying, and measuring digital and field-based tests and proofs of concept

Experience working with software development teams to launch online products

Experience with large scale order management and inventory systems

Experience with customer relationship management systems

Strong financial acumen

Master's Degree in business administration or similar advanced degree

Benefits

401k with up to 4.25% match

Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount of strike price)

Tuition-Free Education

10-week Maternity/Parental Leave

10% Associate Discount

For information about our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit
https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2023 sales of more than $86 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.

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