Product Operations Lead

HireTalent; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HireTalent partners with Client Footwear to recruit a Global Business Integration Lead who will help Client Product and Development teams stay agile and nimble. You will collaborate with business partners to discover and improve processes and tools across the organization, and you will help define, implement, and socialise new workflows and calendar updates.

You will work with leaders across Client Footwear to deliver key business objectives, ensuring updates to calendars and code are translated

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Product Management, Project Management, Operations, or Strategy.
• Understanding of product creation, ideally within Client.
• Must have skills: experience with developing and implementing processes.

Responsibilities

• Identify issues and opportunities to improve internal processes, establish best practices, drive change, and ensure follow-through on plans.
• Ensure consistency, documentation and standardization across our landscape where appropriate.
• Participate in Client Code, Sport Offense, and Brand process workstreams as part of the Global Business Integration Team.
• Drive collaboration with cross-functional partners to coordinate teams and deliver business dialogue.
• Maintain Product Calendar and deliver reports through communications portals in clear, actionable formats.
• Create training, procedural and system documentation and facilitate as needed.
• Develop detailed project plans (scope, resources, timeline, quality and risk) and deliver key initiatives on time.
• Train teams to interpret business data/analytics to be actionable.

Job description

Minimum required years of experience: 5+ years of experience.

Education requirements: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Must have skills: An understanding of and/or operational experience with product creation, ideally within Client.

Nice to have skills:

Software/technical requirements: Proficiency in building collaborative tools and processes, with experience in Miro, Smartsheets, AirTable and/or other project management software tools

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As our Global Business Integration Lead you will be a key player in helping Client Product and Development teams be agile, quick, and nimble! You'll collaborate with business partners to discover and improve processes and tools throughout the Client Footwear organization. Furthermore, you will help define, implement, and document new and existing processes and tools. You will partner with leaders across Client Footwear to deliver and execute key business objectives. You will provide functional leads with relevant information by staying in close contact across Client and Client Business Integration orgs, ensuring all updates to calendar and code are translated and socialized to the team.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

You will identify issues and opportunities to improve our internal processes, establish best practices, work with cross-functional partners to drive change, and ensure follow through on the execution of plans. You’ll also ensure consistency, documentation, and standardization across our landscape when appropriate. As a part of the Client Business Integration Team supporting Client, you will take part in ongoing Client Code, Sport Offense, and Brand process workstreams.

Some or all of the following will be relevant for your day to day:

• Help drive key moments in our Client Brand CODE Process, ensuring consistency and excellence in execution
• Ensure the Client Brand Footwear Product Management & Product Creation business is running with operational excellence and effectiveness
• Partner with Operational & Functional leaders to coordinate and manage teams coming together to drive business right dialogue on the work
• Product Calendar Maintenance
• Execute existing report portfolio and deliver to the business through various communication portals. Ability to showcase in simple, relevant and impactful ways
• Create training, procedural and system documentation and facilitate as needed
• Help develop a detailed project plans (scope, resources, timeline, quality, and risk) for operational projects and successfully deliver key projects in collaboration with cross functional teams on time
• Train teams to interpret business data/analytics to be actionable

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

In this role, you will not only partner closely with leaders within Global Business Integration team, but also cross-functionally across Product, Design, Merchandising, Development, Planning, and Insights at both the Global and Geo levels. You will also work in partnership across the Sport Offense to align on process while ensuring we’re delivering on the specific needs of our Client consumer.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, or related field, or equivalent combination of education, experience and training
• 5+ years professional experience Product Management, Project Management, Operations, or Strategy
• An understanding of and/or operational experience with product creation, ideally within Client or Client - Passion for process excellence and simplification
• Consistent record of leading, planning, organizing, prioritizing and implementing simultaneous creative projects and activities across various teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others in a matrix environment and develop consensus within diverse groups and with people at all levels within the organization
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills with a demonstrated ability to network, influence, and inspire
• Exceptional facilitation skills, including ability to gather relevant data, actively listen, and negotiate forward progress
• Understand product/retail value chain from innovation to consumer
• Proficiency in Apple & Microsoft Suites – inclusive of Keynote, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel (Formulas, Pivot Tables & Lookups)
• Proficiency in building collaborative tools and processes, with experience in Miro, Smartsheets, AirTable and/or other project management software tools