Product Manager

Product Manager

Chicago, IL

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We're eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef's offerings.

The Technology Product Team at Home Chef is responsible for collaborating cross-functionally with stakeholders, engineering, and design to develop thoughtful technology solutions that provide a great user experience. We support products and technology that span the entire business - from our customer-facing website and mobile app, to internal tools that support our supply chain and operations teams. We pride ourselves on being great thought-partners and problem-solvers, and are always driving towards making an impact.

Detailed Responsibilities

Build and maintain near and long term technology roadmap

• Understand company and stakeholder strategy to compile a near and long-term technology roadmap
• Continually refine and re-prioritize roadmap based on business needs, stakeholder feedback, and tech capacity
• Use data to estimate project impact with Tech Leads, return on energy and time invested, and effort required
• Ensure balance between near-term impact and quick wins with longer, more strategic initiatives
• Develop quarterly roadmap and present at Town Hall; reprioritize throughout the quarter as needed

Partner with stakeholders, engineers, and other PMs to develop robust and sustainable technology solutions

• Partner with Engineering, Design, and Data to build robust and sustainable solutions. Maintain a basic understanding of our Technology Stack and UX Principles
• Advocate for customer needs and voice in product design
• Deliver value quickly and incrementally while still pursuing a larger, more strategic vision
• Track quantitative & qualitative metrics to determine project success and impact
• Support stakeholders and colleagues as thought-partners; exploring solutions that may not be entirely within our technology platform

Lead team planning, prioritization, and execution

• Lead a product pod consisting of 3-6 Engineers + 1 Tech Lead. Hold Iteration Planning Meetings (weekly), Retros (~ bi-monthly), Stand-Ups (daily) and ad-hoc problem-solving sessions
• For cross-functional initiatives, partner with other PMs to understand impact and effort of projects; coordinate cross-team timelines to enable timely rollout
• Communicate status updates and changes in project prioritization to appropriate stakeholders
• Motivate and encourage progress; eliminate roadblocks to enable quicker execution
• Continually gather feedback from stakeholders, engineers, and other colleagues to improve work planning & execution

Key Traits and Behaviors

These key traits are tied directly to our core values, and encompass your role of consistently delivering value to our customers.

• Customer Value : Deeply understands and communicates ideas that will serve our customer and business needs. Actively promotes customer-based research and data to drive product needs.
• Business Impact : Understands the vision and strategy of the company. Gathers business requirements and develop technology solutions that drive towards impact.
• Clear Communicator : Able to speak many different stakeholder languages: across users, senior management, technology and design. Adds clarity and structure to unstructured ideas in a way that enables the team to reach desired objectives and key results.
• Rigorous Prioritization : Consistently frames ideas in terms of impact and effort, utilizing knowledge of Home Chef's Technology Stack and UX principles. Clearly communicates product trade offs, scope, and timelines to stakeholders.
• Growth Mindset : Understands that the team and organization are all in constant growth, and is flexible when priorities change. Enables a culture of learning and iteration.
• Team & Culture : Drives team forward through thought leadership, customer-focused decision making, and process improvement. Actively seeks out ways to improve inclusiveness for all team members.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Completion of a two-year program such as an Associate degree
• Exposure to programming
• In-depth understanding of systems design as well as project management techniques
• At least six months of experience using project management tracking tools
• Flexibility to travel up to 20% of the time (Operations Technology specific)
• Must be available to respond to work related on-call inquiries on scheduled nights and weekends
• Strong grasp of relational databases and ability to perform SQL-based analysis is highly valued

More About Us

Perks and benefits

• Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
• 401k program
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

How We Work Together

We are humble team players. We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers. We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

We take ownership. We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you'll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at hr@homechef.com.

Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below, with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range, it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper end. In addition to base salary, Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, 401k match, and paid time off.

Illinois Pay Range

$105,000 - $135,000 USD