Digital Product Strategy & Investment Lead

Ralph Lauren Corporation; New York (NY); In loco; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Ralph Lauren Corporation in New York seeks a Senior Manager, Product Strategy & Investment to connect strategy, investment and execution across the Digital Technology Portfolio. You will own intake, prioritization, governance and a consolidated roadmap, collaborating with Product, Technology, Finance and Commercial teams to deliver value.

You will partner with the PLA Core Team to streamline governance, scale the Product Lifecycle Acceleration framework and ensure initiatives move from idea

Competenze

• 7+ years of experience across product strategy, portfolio management, digital strategy, technology investment, product management, management consulting or related disciplines.
• Experience managing complex portfolios of digital or technology investments and operating intake, prioritization and investment governance processes.
• Strong understanding of modern digital product management and end-to-end product development lifecycles.
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including experience evaluating business cases, investment requirements, trade-offs and expected business value.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations, portfolio narratives, and executive-level decision materials.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to lead discussions involving competing priorities and investment trade-offs.
• Demonstrated ability to influence functions and organizational levels without relying on direct authority.
• Experience working in a global, matrixed organization preferred.

Mansioni

• Own and continuously improve the Digital Technology intake and prioritization process, establishing a clear path for new initiatives and investment opportunities.
• Define and apply transparent evaluation criteria that consider strategic alignment, consumer and business value, financial impact, complexity, dependencies, risk and organizational capacity.
• Partner with Product, Technology, Finance and Commercial leaders to shape investment proposals, assess business cases and confirm initiatives are sufficiently defined before prioritization.
• Lead the Digital Prioritization and Investment Committee structure, bringing clear recommendations to senior leadership and ensuring decisions are documented, communicated and revisited as priorities change.
• Partner with Finance to provide transparent views of portfolio investment, funding requirements, financial performance and expected value.
• Own the integrated Digital Technology Portfolio view and system of record, translating strategic priorities and investment decisions into a consolidated roadmap.
• Consolidate and assess portfolio health, milestones, investment, risks, dependencies and capacity; escalate where needed.
• Produce concise executive portfolio reporting covering investment, delivery health, key risks, decisions required and value delivered.
• Lead annual and ongoing prioritization cycles, including scenario planning and trade-off discussions, while balancing funding and capacity and responding to emerging priorities.
• Partner with the PLA Core Team to evolve and scale the Product Lifecycle Acceleration framework, including lifecycle stages, decision points and entry and exit criteria.
• Connect intake, prioritization and annual planning to PLA stages so initiatives enter the lifecycle with the readiness needed to progress.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce unnecessary governance and accelerate time to value across product development and delivery.
• Champion consistent practices for defining outcomes, developing business cases, establishing success measures and tracking value after launch.
• Use data, automation and AI where appropriate to improve portfolio transparency, decision quality and process efficiency.
• Bring an understanding of consumer trends, competitive products and the digital landscape to inform investment and prioritization recommendations.

Conoscenze

Product strategy

Portfolio management

Digital strategy

Technology investment

Product management

Management consulting

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Influence without authority

Data-driven decisions

Descrizione del lavoro

Ralph Lauren Corporation in New York seeks a Senior Manager, Product Strategy & Investment to connect strategy, investment and execution across the Digital Technology Portfolio. You will own intake, prioritization, governance and a consolidated roadmap, collaborating with Product, Technology, Finance and Commercial teams to deliver value.

You will partner with the PLA Core Team to streamline governance, scale the Product Lifecycle Acceleration framework and ensure initiatives move from idea