Position Purpose:
We're seeking a Senior Product Manager to define and lead the strategic vision for how Orange Apron Media enables customers to manage and optimize creative assets.
You'll drive two key priorities: 1) Building a self-service platform that lets advertisers independently create and manage their own creative and 2) Improving internal workflows to reduce pain points in our managed services experience.
The ideal candidate is a strategic product leader who can design end-to-end solutions, navigate cross-functional complexity, and manage through ambiguity to create clarity.
Key Responsibilities:
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50% Strategy & Planning:
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Seeks to empathize with and understand the end user deeply and use that knowledge to determine the fastest path to deliver value
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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
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Identifies goals, metrics and analytics to determine product value; continually makes recommendations and refinements to the product backlog based on learnings
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Manages and grooms the product backlog; makes future decisions based on the value that will be delivered
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Partners with Finance to understand financial needs and assist in the creation of business plans for new opportunities
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Monitors research as well as the competitive landscape to recommend the best solutions and ensure that products remain or become best in class
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Ensures that product directions balance both the user needs and business goals of driving sales, improving efficiency and enhancing customer satisfaction
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20% Delivery & Execution:
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Formulates, tests and refines assumptions and hypotheses through user research and testing
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Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
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Creates, prioritizes and accepts user stories; incorporate them into release planning
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Makes product decisions that drive value on a daily basis
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Identifies and considers pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies and value associated with features and enhancements
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Participates in standups, iteration planning sessions, product demo, and retrospectives
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Condenses complex technical concepts into non-technical language for stakeholders
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30% People:
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Fosters collaboration with team members (Engineering, UX, etc.) to drive value and identify and resolve impediments
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Acts as a proponent of modern software development practices
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Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by becoming associated with the product, empathizing with and understanding user needs
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Works with the product team to continuously assess progress, disseminate lessons learned, and understand next steps
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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
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Guides more junior team members in strategy, alignment, analysis and execution tasks
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Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)
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Participates in talent acquisition, development and retention activities in support of team
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
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Typically reports to the Product Management Manager or Sr. Manager.
Travel Requirements:
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Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
Physical Requirements:
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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:
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Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
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Must be eighteen years of age or older.
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Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
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3-6 years of experience with AdTech, Retail Media Networks, OR Content Management Systems (CMS)
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Experience working as a Product Manager in a modern software development based enterprise environment
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Experience with modern software development product management practices and agile methodologies, specifically the extreme programming (XP) principles of paired programming, test driven development, and continuous deployment
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Proficiency in communicating with and influencing functional and technical team members at all levels in the organization
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Proficiency in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern software design and development team
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Proficiency in creating actionable product roadmaps
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Proficiency in creating well-articulated and clear product requirement documents (PRDs)
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Proficiency in prioritizing backlogs to maximize value
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Proficiency in conducting discovery, user research, and testing to understand needs
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Proficiency in identifying goals, metrics and analytics to measure product value
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Proficiency in conducting competitive research and analysis
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Experience guiding more junior team members through Product Management fundamentals in a professional setting
Minimum Education:
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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:
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
Preferred Years of Work Experience:
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No additional years of experience
Minimum Leadership Experience:
Preferred Leadership Experience:
Certifications:
Competencies:
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Balances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders
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Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals
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Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
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Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
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Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful
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Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
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Drives Vision and Purpose: Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action
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Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
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Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
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Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
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Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process and people-related organizational dynamics
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Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
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Empathy: Understands the needs of multiple stakeholders and is responsive in meeting their needs with the most optimal resolution
