Associate Product Manager

Work Mode: Hybrid

Location: Hybrid at Kohler, WI

Opportunity

The Associate Product Manager will be accountable for delivering data solutions to KOHLER’s employees to drive efficiency, business agility, cost savings, and innovation through effective decision-making. The APM will collaborate with Product Owners or project champions to ensure the technical roadmap of the product meets business outcomes.

This is a technical role; hence it is expected the APM continuously invests in learning and stays on par with the latest in Data, Analytics, and Data Science approaches, solutions, frameworks, technology offerings, and best practices. The APM will work under the supervision of a senior resource on one Product from the KOHLER Data Platform Portfolio, for which it needs to:

Specific Responsibilities

• Perform Discovery to understand the most critical business problems to solve (WHAT), understand the user/customer (WHO), and the impact those problems are having in business (WHY); and gain stakeholder alignment on delivering the right solution.
• Work with other Product Managers, Senior Product Managers, and IT Managers to define an end-to-end Product Strategy, which includes but it is not limited to the Product Lifecycle (definition, ideation, development, maturity, phase out), how Product Usage and Adoption will be measured, how ROI (Return on Investment) will be realized, and how customer satisfaction will be assessed during the life of the product/feature.
• Collaborate with other Product Managers and the Product Owner to develop a 1-2 rolling quarter Product Roadmap that outlines product delivery plans including milestones, dependencies, and tentative release dates; and drive its execution.
• Actively work on defining the technical solution for the business problem in collaboration with the Architect/Lead Developer, including test plan, warranty period and support plan, and engagements with Data Governance and Data Platform.
• Mockup, prototype, and test solutions in an agile fashion to rapidly deliver business value.
• Manage cross-functional communication with stakeholders, SMEs, and IT Data and Analytics Leaders on Product Roadmap updates, releases, support/production issues, and decisions that affect several business and technology areas of the company.
• Generate User Documentation (how-to, User Guides, data dictionaries, etc.)
• Intake, investigate, and prioritize Support issues for the Product during the warranty period, and product defects after the warranty period.

The ideal candidate has effective communication skills and can gain alignment from stakeholders and SME groups. This role leads by influence and not by authority, as it manages no direct reports. The APM also will keep healthy relationships with diverse groups of users, stakeholders, and SMEs up to a manager level and get their buy-in on product vision, strategy, direction, and delivery timelines.

The Associate Product Manager will collaborate with the Product Owner and the Development Team on breaking down business problems into value pieces that can be delivered incrementally (User Stories) and helps getting them ready for the Development Team to work. Depending on the Agile framework the Team uses, the APM will take part in its ceremonies and supply information or clarification about the solution as needed.

Skills/Requirements

Education:

• Undergraduate Degree in one or a combination of the following: Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or Business Analytics. Advanced Degree preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of work/advanced academic experience, preferably in technology.
• Experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, Product Manager, or Product Analyst.
• Experience as a data practitioner in a commercial data analytics organization.
• Earlier work as a member of an Agile team or experience with any Agile framework.

We will consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this opportunity. 

The salary range for this position is $89,800 - $114,100. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision & 401k.

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