Group Product Manager

Who we are
With more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and 84,500 stores globally, it is no wonder 7-Eleven, Inc. has been named an iconic brand. In addition to 7-Eleven stores, 7-Eleven, Inc. also operates and franchises Speedway, Stripes, Laredo Taco Company and Raise the Roost locations.

Since inventing the convenience industry in 1927, 7-Eleven has built a rich 96-year history filled with beloved products like Slurpee, Big Gulp and Big Bite, and fan-favorite holidays like Slurpee Day and Bring Your Own Cup Day. Now, 7-Eleven is on a mission to contemporize the brand and redefine convenience – and we need your help.

About This Opportunity
Overview
The Group Product Manager, Core & Shared Services is responsible to elevate and modernize 7-Eleven's customer, experiences. As a Product Leader, you'll lead a team in development of new experiences that will not only transform the business, but will shape our digital future. You will define product strategy, develop, launch, and enhance shared services such as Login/Registration, Feed, Store Locators, Transaction History and also set the strategy for managing APIs and backend services as producs . You'll work closely with our software teams to define product requirements and coordinate resources from key stakeholders. You'll also be responsible for identifying and tracking KPIs as you build these experiences. The ideal candidate is a highly organized and proven leader in the product management space with a passion for user experience and professional experience building impactful and meaningful customer experiences.

Responsibilities
40% Strategy & Planning

• Seeks to empathize with and understand the end user deeply and use that knowledge to determine the fastest path to deliver value.
• 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 makes recommendations and refinements to the product backlog based on learnings.
• Manages and grooms the product backlog; makes future decisions based on the value that will be delivered.
• Monitors research as well as the competitive landscape to recommend the best solutions and ensure that products remain or become best in class.
• Ensures that product directions balance both the user needs and business goals of driving sales, improving efficiency and enhancing customer satisfaction

30% Delivery & Execution

• Works with user research and testing team to formulate, test and refine 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 and considers pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies and value associated with features and enhancements.
• Participates in and leads standups, iteration planning sessions, product demo, and retrospectives.
• Condenses complex technical concepts into non-technical language for stakeholders

30% Team & Stakeholder

• Fosters collaboration with team members (Direct Reports, Engineering, UX, etc.) to drive value and identify and resolve impediments.
• Acts as a proponent of modern agile development practices.
• Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by becoming associated with the product, empathizing with and understanding user needs.
• 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 and provides education to requestors to determine prioritization based on tangible benefits and/or user experience.
• Guides team members in strategy, alignment, analysis and execution task.
• Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern agile design and development core practices (communities of practice).
• Participates in talent acquisition, development and retention activities in support of team

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• 8 years of experience working in digital / agile product management
• 5 years of experience translating customer needs into product features and user interface design to deliver an unparalleled customer experience
• Significant experience working with design and engineering - managed full stack teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
• MBA or Masters degree
• 10 years of experience translating business strategy and analysis into consumer facing digital products.
• Position not eligible for sponsorship

If an hourly or salary range is included in this ad it represents the range 7-Eleven in good faith believes is the range of compensation for this role at the time of this posting. The Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in this state. This range may be modified in the future. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, long-term incentive compensation, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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