Principal Product Manager

• Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning
• Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness
• Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy
• Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners,
• managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improvingefficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events
• Technology Orientation: Requires knowledge of: Competitive technology landscapes; Existing portfolio of enterprise systems, technologies, services,
  and architecture; Common PaaS and IaaS technologies and environments; Software quality assurance methodologies, tools, processes, and
  checkpoints; Emerging technology and industry trends; Product and technology innovation
• To drive business and user acceptance testing for
  complex products
• Manages the adoption of new and emerging technologies
• Possesses an understanding of complete systems architecture,
  services involved, and the database and cloud technologies used
• Demonstrates awareness of system architectural principles
• Demonstrates
  awareness of technical topics at a conceptual level, as well as the systems and data that enable major capabilities, and drives innovation
• Driving Customer/ Client Needs: Requires knowledge of: Customer and business problems; Design thinking; Dependencies and impacts on
  product processes/ways of working; Journey mapping; Process optimization; Communication and influencing techniques
• To build and maintain
  consistent relationships with customers and proactively identifies customer needs
• Creates scalable processes to gather and analyze customer
  experiences
• Demonstrates a deep understanding of customer needs to make decisions
• Designs and implements new, barrier-free processes
• Coaches team members to improve focus on the customer
• Product Vision and Strategy: Requires knowledge of: Problem formulation and solutioning; Hypothesis framing; Business strategies; Business
  
• management practices across multiple domains; Customer segments and needs; Domain-specific knowledge; 'Go to Market' strategies; Industry,
  environmental, and economic factors and competitors; Product discovery process, product vision, product strategy and challenges; Rapid prototyping
  and Lean experimentation methodologies; Concepts of 'First Principle,' 'Whole Product,' and 'Crossing the Chasm'
• To own a complex customer
  problem and/or product requirement/need, as well as upstream and downstream impacts
• Builds new ideas and strategies using 'Whole Product'
  concepts
• Identifies new/uncharted areas for value creation
• Independently articulates problem statements and defines success metrics (for example,
  key performance indicators)
• Promotes product strategies and vision to stakeholders
• Drives 'Go-to-Market' strategies to ensure mass adoption
• Product Roadmap and Development: Requires knowledge of: Product roadmap development techniques; Roadmap presentation; Roadmap
  features and items;
• Project management techniques; Modern business practice (for example, Agile methodologies, Scrum); Minimum Viable Product
  (MVP) creation; Product development lifecycles; Product development concepts (for example, 'Crossing the Chasm') To develop and own roadmaps
  across a complex product
• Ensures and drives communication for internal and external stakeholders
• Interfaces with and influences partners to
  secure resources and alignment
• Mentors team members on product roadmap and development
• Establishes product roadmap expectations,
  performance measures, and goals
• Drives alignment of features for a complex product by navigating through organizational/ market constraints
• Manages roll out and scaling (using an MVP approach) of complex products/features
• Data Driven Product Decisions: Requires knowledge of: Product and feature analytics; Data analysis tools and techniques; Research for analysis
  activities; Documentation procedures (for example, data logs); Modern industry practices and emerging trends
• To independently (or with minimal
  guidance) conduct activities for product/feature analytics with an understanding of simple trends/insights
• Monitors, collects, and structures data and
  evaluates result
• Supports the identification and application of tools and techniques
• Assists in the planning, design, and implementation of
  exploratory data analysis
• Influencing and Building Stakeholder Consensus : Requires knowledge of: Verbal/non-verbal behaviors ; Application and allocation of business
  communication styles/techniques in ambiguous and challenging situations; Situational awareness; Elements of Emotional Intelligence and Influencing
  Styles; Communication channels/mediums; Interpersonal skills and universal relationship building
• To communicate in stakeholder meetings involving
  multiple teams
• Conveys complex information and addresses ambiguity for robust technology development
• Influences team members and
  stakeholders with sound recommendations
• Independently prepares clear, concise, and logically structured reports/materials
• Seeks and provides constructive feedback, anticipates needs/questions, and responds appropriately
• In-Depth Domain Expertise: Requires knowledge of: Domain-specific methodologies, tools, and processes; Domain-specific products; Domainspecific best practices; Domain-specific market standards in product/platform architecture To demonstrate awareness of various principles, ways of
  working, and subdomain specific terminologies across multiple subdomains within a domain
• Compares the maturity of products, services, and
  processes across subdomains with others in the industry
• Identifies areas of innovation across the subdomains, share potential innovations with the
  leadership team, and drive initiatives
• Recommends new processes, automation opportunities, and ways of working for subdomains

What youll do:

• You will present and clearly articulate product strategy to company leadership.
• You will coach, guide and mentor high performing team to build supply chain products that solves complex problems.
• You will develop and champion a product vision, product strategy and product roadmap for products in the supply chain space.
• You will work with multiple functions across several geographical regions to build and evaluate business cases to support product investment decisions.
• You will build and own scalable platforms that are multi-tenant and can be leveraged across geographies and business units.
• You will leverage data to make more informed product decisions and will influence the prioritization and design of complex solutions.
• Qualified candidates will be able to navigate conflicting stakeholder priorities by making data-driven decisions using enterprise and end customer value as a guiding principle.

What youll bring:

• Advanced/master s degree in engineering or management is preferred.
• You come with 14+ years of software experience and with 3-4 years experience of leading product portfolio.
• Effective communicator to act as an advisor to senior leadership and partner
• Flexible and adaptive in ambiguous environments