Digital Product Manager

Mgr Digital Product Job Description: Role Summary Milwaukee Tools is looking for a product leader with a startup mentality, to help lead the next generation of digital customer experience across our organization. You will be primarily responsible for the strategy and definition of the digital product portfolio attached to one of our fastest-growing categories. This opportunity requires a product leader with a proven track record of creating and executing a shared vision by building consensus across teams on roadmap priorities that help us meet our organizational goals. An ideal candidate is data-driven and an excellent communicator who can work well across and up different business functions, from engineering to marketing. Consistently keeping the user at the center of all decisions is critical for this role. This job is for you if You jump headfirst into ambiguity. You’re obsessed with creating digital solutions that deliver value to our users and our business. You enjoy solving complex problems using qualitative and quantitative insights. Have a firm grasp on digital product management fundamentals. Examples of work that you might do Working with stakeholders to tie physical product roadmap needs to our digital roadmap. With the help of your team, generate and validate ideas, turn them into feasible business plans, and propose solutions to executive leadership. With leadership on board, turn your proposals into reality, implementing in coordination with business partners Essential Responsibilities Your primary responsibility will be the strategy and management of the digital portfolio for one of Milwaukee’s core Business Units. You will be managing a mix of existing and yet-to-be-created solutions, and working with stakeholders on a business plan that supports a growing and increasingly-complex product line. Define clear user problems that lead to product features and capabilities with a strong emphasis on delivering measurable usability and productivity benefits, which deliver business value in support of our program strategy. Responsible for driving software initiatives from inception to execution and iteration. Work closely with engineering and product design, building viable products that can scale while delighting our customers. Work closely with digital team members, internal stakeholders, and external clients to deliver a user experience that includes industry best practices. Prepare, maintain, and evangelize the product roadmap defining product enhancements for short- and long-term releases. Develop and deliver concise and meaningful presentations to promote your platform to internal and external stakeholders. Work with cross-functional teams to enable your product’s success and create customer demand for further enhancements. Act as a Product Champion within the organization Operate with a holistic perspective: balancing the top-down strategic view within the context of a bottom-up detail focus to ensure program efficacy within the context of the business objectives. Be a subject matter expert in the product market and provide vision and leadership to your product team. Integrate user feedback into product requirements to ensure products satisfy user needs as well as wants. Qualifications/Requirements A minimum of 5-7 years of experience in software product management or product leadership Knowledge of design thinking strategies, instructional design, resource creation, and communications for optimal adoption. Strong consultative, relationship-building, interpersonal and influence skills, and effective at quickly establishing credibility and collaborating with others. Previous experience working with and impacting user experience. Possessing a strong analytical mindset; able to understand and communicate large data sets to a variety of audiences. Solid customer orientation, core understanding of the user lifecycle and user needs, and how user insight and user strategy drive experience Experience in Agile software development, startup, or agency experience preferred. Strong planning and organizational skills required with the demonstrated ability to balance competing demands. Requires a bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, product development, or another customer-oriented related field. Milwaukee Tool, founded in 1924, is a global leader in delivering innovative solutions to the professional construction trades that increase productivity and safety. Milwaukee® is known for their world-leading M12™, M18™, and MX FUEL™ cordless systems, the ground-breaking performance of their cordless innovations, safety solutions, battery-powered outdoor power equipment, jobsite lighting and clean-up, time-saving accessories, and innovative hand tool and PACKOUT™ Modular Storage Products. The company is dedicated to delivering a steady stream of advanced, trade-specific solutions. Milwaukee Tool is a Brookfield, Wisconsin-based subsidiary of Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (TTI) (HKEx stock code: 669, ADR symbol: TTNDY). For more information on the full line of Milwaukee® products, please call 1-800-SAWDUST or visit Milwaukee Tool.