The Product Manager will be responsible for product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, with a primary focus on the implementation of Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF) and Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS).
The role requires strong experience in retail demand forecasting, product management, and stakeholder collaboration. The individual will work closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and external partners to define requirements, manage priorities, drive product roadmaps, and ensure successful delivery aligned with business objectives.
Top 3 Required Skills
- Retail Demand Forecasting: Hands-on experience or strong functional understanding of retail demand forecasting.
- Product Management: Experience in product planning, roadmap development, requirements gathering, prioritization, and end-to-end product delivery.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Strong experience collaborating with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and third-party partners.
Additional Skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience presenting product updates, insights, and recommendations to senior business leaders.
- Ability to translate business requirements into actionable technical requirements.
- Experience with Agile methodologies, including Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, and PI Planning.
- Ability to manage cross-functional dependencies, identify risks, and drive issue resolution.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the technical and functional aspects of the product lifecycle, supporting the implementation and ongoing development of Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF).
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and third-party partners to gather requirements, align priorities, and drive deliverables.
- Develop, maintain, and communicate product roadmaps and near‑t delivery plans.
- Define and analyze business and technical requirements related to retail demand forecasting, ensuring they are measurable, testable, and traceable.
- Identify and monitor key product metrics, using business insights, stakeholder feedback, and operational data to guide product decisions.
- Define Minimum Viable Product (MVP) criteria to support timely delivery of product enhancements and new capabilities.
- Lead cross‑functional teams in refining, prioritizing, and managing product backlogs using Agile delivery tools.
- Facilitate requirements walkthroughs, stakeholder demonstrations, workshops, Sprint Planning, and Backlog Refinement sessions.
- Work with delivery teams to estimate efforts, establish priorities, and coordinate PI Planning and Sprint Planning activities.
- Identify and manage dependencies, risks, and issues across product development and implementation.
- Break down complex product requirements and business objectives into manageable initiatives, features, and deliverables.
- Communicate product priorities, progress, risks, and key decisions to stakeholders and business leadership.
- Project: Implementation of Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF) and Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS).
- Primary Focus: Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF).
- Team Collaboration: Working with business, technical, and cross‑functional teams.