Product Manager

Publicis Groupe; El Segundo (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Saatchi, part of Publicis Groupe, is seeking a Product Manager for the Saatchi Platform team to drive Toyota platform initiatives. You will lead high-priority projects, orchestrate client discussions, and champion agile practices across strategy, analytics, UI/UX, production and development teams.

You will steer backlog prioritization, articulate digital vision, and help manage the platform budget for future initiatives, working in a hybrid setup with strong cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience leading digital platform initiatives
• Strong collaboration with strategy, analytics, UI/UX, production and dev teams
• Proven ability to translate product strategy into roadmaps

Responsibilities

• Manage the execution of high-priority digital enhancements through an agile development process, including roadmap creation, epics and user stories, and stakeholder guidance.
• Translate product strategy into a roadmap with well-defined deliverables and alignment across teams.

Job description

Company description

At Saatchi we believe in creating ideas that can live anywhere. And we believe that when we work as a team, nothing is impossible. We strive to bring out the best in each other and in ourselves and expect applicants to understand the value of close collaboration. We also believe that creating transformational work requires initiative, an entrepreneurial spirit and a bold commitment to achieving measurable results and business success for the Clients we service.

We operate on a hybrid work schedule out of our El Segundo and Dallas offices, in-office 4x/week, with no exceptions.

Overview

As a Product Manager on the Saatchi Platform team, you will manage some of Toyota's largest platform businesses, you will lead the highest priority projects and digital initiatives. You will orchestrate and drive client discussions, reviews, and approvals through the digital agile development process. You will craft and recommend new opportunities, offer solutions to complex problems, and help shape the direction of the client business toward growth, increased efficiency, and greater success. You will articulate digital web and product vision, steward the prioritization of a project backlog, and work closely with the strategy, analytics, UI/experience design, production, and dev teams to successfully maintain and build new digital experiences. You will instill consistency across initiatives, high levels of agile best practices, and steer teams’ execution toward larger product visions and roadmaps. Finally, you will oversee Toyota's digital production budget for platform executions and help manage scope of work.

Responsibilities

• Manage the execution of select, high-priority enhancements to the digital web and product experiences through an agile development process, including: the creation of future vision roadmaps and documentation, briefing material for execution of projects (i.e. Epics and user stories), guidance on best practices and client business context for creative execution, considerations of how best to integrate individual work with other efforts, and coordination across internal and external stakeholder groups.
• Translate product strategy into a roadmap containing well-defined