Digital Product Manager

Summary

Designer Brands is a footwear and digital commerce company operating brands including DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse. The Digital Product Manager will lead product management for an Agile team, define opportunities and requirements, prioritize roadmaps and backlogs, and deliver digital experiences that support customer satisfaction and business growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Product Management function of an Agile team, in close partnership with Development, and Business Analyst
• Work through ambiguity and simplify complexity to define product opportunities, requirements, and measurable outcomes
• Maintain and prioritize the roadmap and backlog based on customer value, business impact, strategic alignment, effort, risk, and dependencies
• Identify and articulate clear compelling stories to gain alignment with key stakeholders across the organization on roadmap priorities and initiative requirements
• Make informed decisions rooted in Consumer Insights, Analytics, and financial modeling to deliver business results
• Partner closely with UX Design Team to ensure optimal experience are achieved for enhancements/optimizations
• Lead the product team to continuously assess progress, disseminate lessons learned, and understand next steps
• Partner with analytics team to define testing strategy and analyze data to ensure features are aligned with product goals and objectives
• Bring technical acumen, empathy, and a growth mindset to identifying opportunities, creating solutions, and understanding results
• Manage and conduct UAT testing for all digital properties with business partners to ensure requirements are met for the release
• Leverage AI tools and capabilities to improve product management efficiency, accelerate research/analysis, documentation, and other day to day activities
• Partner with cross functional teams to explore and lead targeted POCs/pilots for emerging technologies

Skills

• Bachelor's degree
• 3-4+ years in Product Management or Product Owner role
• Experience owning digital products, platforms, or customer facing experiences
• Experience working within Agile Methodology
• Experience leveraging Consumer Insights, Analytics, and financial modeling to inform decisions and track progress
• Ability to project confidence and passion when presenting/communicating
• Ability to take initiative, influence, and drive initiatives across cross-functional teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously, learn business and technical skills quickly, and adapt to changing environments
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree
• 3-4+ years in Product Management or Product Owner role
• Experience owning digital products, platforms, or customer facing experiences
• Experience working within Agile Methodology
• Experience leveraging Consumer Insights, Analytics, and financial modeling to inform decisions and track progress
• Ability to project confidence and passion when presenting/communicating
• Ability to take initiative, influence, and drive initiatives across cross-functional teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously, learn business and technical skills quickly, and adapt to changing environments
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Benefits

• Free virtual health care
• Robust family/fertility benefits
• 401(k) with match
• Hybrid and remote work opportunities
• Training programs
• Professional development
• Education assistance
• 30% off at DSW and DSW.com
• Discounts across the company's family of brands