We are seeking an experienced E-Commerce Product Manager to own the day-to-day execution and continuous improvement of a modern e-commerce platform.
This role combines product management, merchandising operations, digital support enablement, and cross-functional execution to ensure a high-performing online customer experience. The Product Manager will oversee product delivery, operational workflows, analytics-driven enhancements, and support processes while partnering closely with engineering and business stakeholders.
Over time, this individual will help transition the organization from an engineering-heavy delivery model to a scalable in-house product operations function.
Core Responsibilities
Product Management & Delivery
- Own and prioritize the e-commerce product backlog, balancing enhancements, operational improvements, and platform stability.
- Define epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and success metrics.
- Coordinate discovery efforts using customer feedback, analytics, and business priorities.
- Lead business-side release planning, UAT, and stakeholder communication.
- Monitor and improve key performance indicators, including conversion, checkout performance, search effectiveness, and overall site health.
Merchandising & Content Operations
- Manage onsite merchandising, navigation, landing pages, and promotional content.
- Maintain CMS content and merchandising priorities across the website.
- Partner with Marketing on SEO, site optimization, and customer experience initiatives.
Digital Support & Operations
- Own day-to-day e-commerce support processes and oversee first-line issue triage through the Support Engineer.
- Coordinate incident response with Engineering and business stakeholders.
- Prioritize customer and operational issues and improve internal workflows supporting Customer Service and Operations.
- Develop and maintain documentation, operational playbooks, and support processes.
Analytics & Optimization
- Maintain dashboards and operational KPIs.
- Define analytics requirements and validate tracking implementation.
- Coordinate customer feedback programs, including surveys, heatmaps, and session-replay tools.
- Drive A/B testing initiatives and translate insights into prioritized product improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent relevant work experience).
- 7+ years of experience in e-commerce product management, digital product management, product ownership, or e-commerce operations.
- Experience managing transactional e-commerce websites and improving core customer journeys, including search and browse, product detail pages, cart and checkout, and post-purchase experiences.
- Proven ability to partner closely with software engineering teams in Agile environments, including backlog management, user story creation, acceptance criteria, release planning, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Marketing, Customer Support, Operations, and Engineering teams.
- Experience with modern e-commerce platforms such as Shopware, Magento/Adobe Commerce, or similar solutions.
- Strong understanding of release planning, change management, incident management, and production support processes.
- Working knowledge of Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Google Tag Manager (GTM), dashboard creation, and KPI reporting.
- Experience with CMS administration, website merchandising, analytics, and A/B testing methodologies.
- Strong prioritization, decision-making, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Customer-focused mindset with a high degree of operational ownership and accountability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional discussions and coordinate incident response efforts.
- Experience in B2B commerce, high-SKU or catalog-heavy businesses, and industries such as industrial, automotive, equipment, manufacturing, distribution, or parts is strongly preferred.
Nice to Have
- Direct Shopware experience.
- Experience supporting catalog-heavy e-commerce businesses.
- Familiarity with structured release and change-management processes.
- Knowledge of UX/UI best practices, wireframing, and e-commerce usability optimization.