Product Manager
Posted 2 weeks ago by 1752835759
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: Product Managers leading CMS migrations in retail environments are responsible for orchestrating complex organizational transformations that align technical implementations with business outcomes. This role requires comprehensive stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination to ensure successful migration while addressing potential risks and maintaining executive support. The position demands a strategic approach to product management that goes beyond traditional methods. The focus is on delivering a seamless transition that meets both technical and business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Technical roadmap development in partnership with the solution architect, creating detailed migration timelines.
- Cross-functional team coordination, managing relationships across IT, marketing, sales, operations, and compliance teams.
- Risk management and mitigation, identifying potential data loss scenarios and developing contingency plans.
- Stakeholder communication, translating technical constraints into business language to maintain executive support.
- Enterprise stakeholder management across multiple organizational levels and functions.
Key Skills:
- 5-11 years product management experience, preferably in e-commerce/retail technology.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Business.
- Professional certifications such as PDMA NPDP or AIPMM CPM are highly valued.
- Technical competencies in Agile/Scrum methodologies, data analysis, UX/UI principles, and API architecture.
- Understanding of seasonal product launches and multi-channel publishing requirements in athletic apparel companies.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Role: Product Manager
Location: Remote
Duration: Longterm
Job Description:
Product managers leading CMS migrations in retail environments must serve as strategic orchestrators who bridge technical implementation with business outcomes. The role extends far beyond traditional product management, requiring end-to-end ownership of a complex organizational transformation rather than a simple technology upgrade.
Product managers leading CMS migrations in retail environments must serve as strategic orchestrators who bridge technical implementation with business outcomes. The role extends far beyond traditional product management, requiring end-to-end ownership of a complex organizational transformation rather than a simple technology upgrade.
Primary responsibilities include:
Technical roadmap development In partnership with the solution architect, creating detailed migration timelines that account for content modeling transformation, API integration rewiring, and platform-specific feature implementation
Cross-functional team coordination - Managing relationships across IT, marketing, sales, operations, and compliance teams while maintaining alignment on migration objectives
Risk management and mitigation - Identifying potential data loss scenarios, SEO ranking impacts, and operational disruptions while developing comprehensive contingency plans
Stakeholder communication - Translating technical constraints into business language while maintaining executive support for hard migration deadlines
Enterprise stakeholder management
Enterprise CMS projects require sophisticated stakeholder management across multiple organizational levels and functions; stakeholder alignment is more critical than technical execution for project success.
Key stakeholder categories include:
- Executive sponsors - Must provide unwavering support for hard migration deadlines and resource allocation
- IT leadership - Responsible for technical architecture decisions and systems integration
- Business units - Marketing, sales, and operations teams who are primary system users
- Compliance/legal teams - Ensuring GDPR, SOC2, and industry-specific regulatory adherence
- Customer success teams - Managing wholesale partner communications during transition
Standard timeline framework:
- Planning and assessment
- Implementation execution
- Stabilization and optimization
Resource management requirements include cross-functional teams with IT, marketing, sales, and operations representation, external expertise from system integrators, budget contingency for unexpected challenges
Mandatory
- 5-11 years product management experience with preference for e-commerce/retail technology backgrounds
- Educational requirements - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Business;
- Professional certifications - PDMA New Product Development Professional (NPDP) or AIPMM Certified Product Manager (CPM) are highly valued
- Technical competencies - Agile/Scrum methodologies, data analysis capabilities, UX/UI principles, and API architecture understanding
- Industry-specific requirements for athletic apparel companies include understanding seasonal product launches, multi-channel publishing requirements, and real-time inventory integration with supply chain system