Director, Product Management - Search and Category

In this role, you will lead the creation of strategy and vision for Search and Category experience that will be used by our 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.

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.

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 work spaces, an on-site barista and Zen Garden, and other perks to enhance your work experience.

• Set and direct product vision, strategy, and OKRs for entire product portfolio. Own the long-term two- to five-year view of product vision for the product portfolio or strategic capability.
• Influence investment choices that will yield long-term customer benefits in support of vision, including owning the annual planning for the product portfolio and representing the strategy in discussions with leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrate “customer/user” expertise within a product portfolio or strategic capability and leverage enterprise-wide resources to drive improved synergies and efficiencies across product teams.
• Coach and own the care and management of “jobs to be done” by personas for all products within the product portfolio or strategic capability.
• Identify and cultivate opportunities to drive innovation across product portfolio.
• Identify issues and blockers that may delay the launch or impede the success of products in product portfolio or strategic capability, communicate to leadership, assess alternatives to resolve, and take action on recommendation.
• Establish and audit overall product operating routines across domain to ensure product excellence.
• Coach the product team on prioritization techniques and influence peers on improving prioritization decisions for product delivery.
• Set the standard across the product team and enterprise for building usable, viable, and feasible products.
• Build frameworks and patterns across the product team for product marketing and drive the team to leverage marketing techniques to illustrate the product-market fit of the designated product domain.
• Promote data-driven decision making. Coach the product team to have right product routines focused on data to help drive roadmaps.
• Align product teams on portfolio level metrics. Audit and course correct to ensure OKRs/metrics are healthy.
• Lead a team in support of achieving the company’s mission. Manage performance and fosteran inclusive environment to help associates achieve their potential.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, engineering, communications, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if…