Product Manager - Services - Remote Eligible

Product Manager

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. Position Purpose: The Product Manager (PM) position is responsible for delivering business value to drive sales, improve efficiency, and improve customer satisfaction through the production of quality data products. Within their designated enterprise product line, PMs focus on delivering incremental value by driving product changes and working closely with a team of developers, data engineers, and business partners. They support in-depth business reviews, communicate and present across all levels of the organization, and support cross-functional product teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategy & Planning: Gains a thorough understanding of customer and associate needs, both existing and potential, and uses that knowledge to help deliver enterprise products that provide Home Depot customers and associates with an unparalleled shopping experience Translates business goals and end user needs into product strategy; communicates direction and product priorities to the development team, other matrixed teams, and third-party partners Identifies goals, metrics, and analytics to determine product value; continually making recommendations and refinements to the product backlog based on learnings Conduct end user research to help identify user stories and help determine Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Partners with Finance to understand financial needs and assists in the creation of business plans for new opportunities Monitors research as well as the competitive landscape to recommend the best solutions and ensure that products remain or become best in class Evaluates research and market analysis on industry innovations and technology platforms to recommend the best possible solution
• Delivery & Execution: Ensure product is aligned with company, stakeholder and end-user priorities to drive sales, improve efficiency, and improve customer satisfaction Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met Formulates, tests and refines assumptions and hypotheses through user research and testing Creates, prioritizes and accepts user stories; incorporate them into release planning Makes product decisions that drive value on a daily basis Identifies pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies and value associated with features and enhancements Participates in standups, iteration planning sessions, product demos and retrospectives Condenses complex technical concepts into non-technical language for stakeholders
• People: Fosters collaboration with team members (Engineering, User Experience Designers, etc.) to drive value and collectively identify and resolve impediments Acts as a proponent of modern software development practices Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by empathizing with and understanding user needs and becoming the domain expert Regularly works with the product team to continuously assess progress, disseminate lessons learned, and understand next steps Manages cross functional team and stakeholder expectations to execute on product strategy; provides education to requestors to determine prioritization based on tangible benefits and/or user experience Exhibit active listening, facilitate sessions, and clearly communicate at all levels (Executive Leadership Team, store associates, etc.) and in all formats the product's long term strategy which is used to prioritize short-term action

Minimum Qualifications: Must be eighteen years of age or older. Must be legally permitted to work in the United States. Preferred Qualifications: 1-3 years of relevant work experience Experience working as a Product Manager in a modern software development based enterprise environment Experience owning data or analytics products from intake through adoption and measurement Experience designing and evaluating experiments, pilots, or A/B tests Experience with structured user research and feedback synthesis Familiarity with prioritization frameworks and data‑driven roadmap planning Experience managing AI and machine learning–enabled products Demonstrated experience with modern software development product management practices and agile methodologies, specifically the extreme programming (XP) principles of paired programming, test driven development, and continuous deployment Experience working in a fast paced, fluid environment where priorities shift on a regular basis Experience communicating with and influencing functional and technical team members at all levels in the organization Experience working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern software design and development team Experience creating, prioritizing and accepting user stories Experience conducting user research and testing to understand needs Experience identifying goals, metrics and analytics to measure product value Experience conducting competitive research and analysis Minimum Education: The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED. Preferred Education: No additional education Minimum Years of Work Experience: 1 Preferred Years of Work Experience: No additional years of experience Minimum Leadership Experience: None Preferred Leadership Experience: None Certifications: None Competencies: Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions Drives Results: Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people Manages Ambiguity: Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process and people-related organizational dynamics Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations Empathy: Understands the needs of multiple stakeholders and is responsive in meeting their needs with the most optimal resolution Plans and Aligns: Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals As the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, we operate over 2,200 retail stores across North America. All of our associates have one thing in mind — helping our customers build and improve their homes and businesses.