Staff Product Manager

Michaels Stores; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer matching

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Employee discounts

Job summary

Michaels Stores in Irving, TX seeks a Staff Product Manager to lead product strategy and lifecycle, aligning with OKRs and KPIs. You will collaborate with engineering and UX, translating customer insights into roadmaps and driving launches from definition to post-launch analysis.

You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product design and measurable business impact, advancing revenue and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience taking a product from ideation to delivery.
• Ability to build agile digital product practices with UX and Engineering.
• Proficient with JIRA and Confluence for workflows and docs.
• Strong technical and communication skills.
• Experience presenting to VP and C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Create metrics to measure customer insights and impact.
• Develop a global product domain strategy and roadmap.
• Plan launches considering Michaels roadmaps and customer reactions.
• Drive lifecycle from requirements to post-launch analysis.
• Set priorities for multiple projects and manage risks.
• Ensure front-end product design success and quality.
• Lead data analysis and ROI calculations for domain strategies.
• Collaborate with development, UX, and business teams.

Skills

Product leadership

Agile development

Data-driven decision-making

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Business

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Support Center - Irving

Job Summary

The Staff Product Manager is a high‑performing, experienced individual contributor with strong organizational savvy, interpersonal, and negotiation skills who can provide strong leadership, product planning, and product vision that delivers against the company’s OKR/KPI. The role leads the development of a product domain strategy, with strategic planning for the product domain portfolio inclusive of dependencies from other teams.

Major Activities

• Create new metrics to measure customer insights, as needed
• Form a holistic and global understanding of the end‑to‑end customer experience based on a synthesis from multiple sources
• Propose and evaluate product changes in other domains based on a holistic understanding of the end‑to‑end customer experience
• Push for solutions that test the boundaries of industry trends and anticipate customer needs
• Set priorities for multiple projects
• Ensure front‑end product design is successful
• Ability to write scripts for demos and demonstrate on‑stage product features
• Identify patterns in complex datasets and develop practical models

How You'll Make an Impact

• Develop a global product domain strategy (project level)
• Plan product launches considering the overall Michaels product/tech roadmaps, retail industry, calendar anticipated customer reactions, etc.
• Drive product lifecycle from requirement definitions, research, UX/UI designs, establishing KPIs, technical specs, and development, to launch activities and post‑launch metrics analysis and iterations.
• Create opportunity assessments and global ROI calculations for proposed strategies in their domain
• Identify corner cases astutely
• Steer technical designs toward architectural patterns and high reliability
• Understand and manage risks and dependencies
• Deliver high‑quality products with upfront risk assessments and mitigation strategies
• Lead data analysis for their domain
• Evaluate global impact by creating a hypothesis, executing tests, and analyzing results

Who You'll Be Working With

• Collaborate with product development and engineering team leads and engineering to consistently manage multiple products to planned milestones with high quality
• Actively track key milestones across multiple programs and maintain accountability for cross‑functional teams
• Collaborate across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals
• Work collaboratively with the Business Team and manage expectations of scope and requirements

How You'll Lead and Influence Others

• Drives adoption of best practices across the organization.
• Champion change agent for continuous improvement
• Ability to lead and build customer engagements and relationships
• Resolve cross‑organizational conflict without escalation.

Other Duties As Assigned

None specified.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Business

Minimum Special Certifications or Technical Skills

• Experience in taking a product from ideation to execution and successful delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to build out and establish an agile digital product practice in collaboration with UX and Engineering
• Fluent in navigating Atlassian products, such as JIRA for ticket workflow and Confluence for documentation and requirements gathering, etc.
• Excellent technical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including an engaging presentation style
• Experience in communication to VP and C+ level: Tech, Business, Finance/Corp

Minimum Type of Experience the Job Requires

• 6‑7 years of product management experience in a related industry (digital / e‑commerce is preferred)

Other

• Exceptional customer service, listening, problem‑solving, and interpersonal skills
• Have a solid understanding of how core technologies are utilized in their product domain and are fluent in the pros and cons of technical alternatives

EEO Statements

Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all customers to create, innovate and be better together.

Michaels is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with this commitment, Michaels will assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if a reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the job, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Customer Care at 1‑800‑642‑4235 (1800‑MICHAEL).

Benefits Overview

Michaels offers a range of benefits to support team members and their families. Depending on position and eligibility, team members may have access to a 401(k) with employer match, an Employee Assistance Program, medical, dental, and vision coverage, telemedicine services, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits, tuition assistance, adoption assistance, and various voluntary insurance options. All team members enjoy everyday perks such as employee discounts and access to partner discount programs. For a summary of benefits, visit the Michaels Benefits at a Glance page. For additional information regarding benefits, visit MIKBenefits.com.

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