Product Manager, Merchandising & Product Lifecycle Technology

Completing product lifecycle, including implementation, maintenance, and end-of-life. Planning version management, continuous improvement, including security management, version & patch management, and production support

Leading the cross functional product squad team of engineers, business analysts and quality assurance in the execution of the roadmap and vision ensuring tracking and timely delivery of milestones and alignment with business goals and objectives

Collaborating efficiently and effectively by building strong relationships with several cross-functional teams within the overall technology department and across the business

Partnering with the business product owner perform discovery research and provide input to the longer-term vision for a single product strategy

Partnering closely with business product owner to prioritize the product backlog and new backlog intake

Supporting the budgeting and forecasting process, providing insights to optimize financial planning for the product. Monitor and control the cost of executing the roadmap, optimizing resource allocation for maximum efficiency.

Managing vendor relationships that support your technology products, ensuring alignment with contractual agreements and service‑level expectations, and supporting the RFP/procurement process in partnership with the Senior Product Manager

Developing empathy for the guest/end-user by having the ability to incorporate Human Centered Design and guest journey mapping. Prioritizing a continuous flow of feature backlog and aligning with product strategy

Delivering regular and comprehensive product status reports and communication plans to all product stakeholders and senior leaders

Executing day‑to‑day product strategy for a single product and delivering sprint commitments in full

Ensuring risk and issue management by maintaining a RAID log and adopting an effective mitigation strategy. Escalating these in a timely manner and proposing recommendations to portfolio steerco for decision making

Preparing and coordinating system changes for release, organize product demo sessions to gather feedback from the stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement.