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Job Summary
This is a unique opportunity to join NXT Digital, a team of digital designers, software engineers, 3D modelers, and business transformation leaders who innovate, build, and apply digital solutions that accelerate and push the boundaries of footwear and apparel innovation.
We are seeking a Program Manager experienced in bringing cross functional teams together across business, engineering, and transition teams in pursuit of novel digital solutions. The Program Manager will assist a Product Directory in projects around user research, translating needs into requirements, developing and writing user stories and feature requirements, and managing digital solutions delivery. You thrive in facilitating and participating with teams in navigating ambiguity and identifying creative and unique solutions.
The Program Manager will be comfortable framing experiments and directing team members and partners in quickly prototyping digital solutions and integrated processes that serve footwear and apparel product creation, engineering, and manufacturing. You understand how to leverage data to guide decisions and inform the digital solutions designs. You have experience with the full digital solution development lifecycle from concepts and innovation to scale.
The Team
This is a unique opportunity to join NXT Digital, a team of digital designers, software engineers, 3D modelers, and business transformation leaders who innovate, build, and apply digital solutions that accelerate and push the boundaries of footwear and apparel innovation.
We are seeking a Program Manager experienced in bringing cross functional teams together across business, engineering, and transition teams in pursuit of novel digital solutions. The Program Manager will assist a Product Directory in projects around user research, translating needs into requirements, developing and writing user stories and feature requirements, and managing digital solutions delivery. You thrive in facilitating and participating with teams in navigating ambiguity and identifying creative and unique solutions.
The Program Manager will be comfortable framing experiments and directing team members and partners in quickly prototyping digital solutions and integrated processes that serve footwear and apparel product creation, engineering, and manufacturing. You understand how to leverage data to guide decisions and inform the digital solutions designs. You have experience with the full digital solution development lifecycle from concepts and innovation to scale.
The Team
- You will
report into NXT Digital Innovation Program Director and partner closely with
Product Directors across NXT Digital on strategic planning and alignment.
- You will
collaborate with digital solutions experts in user experience, software development,
and integrated workflows to conceptualize, prototype, validate, and deliver
high value digital solutions.
- You will
partner with members of the user communities in design, engineering and
manufacturing to ensure the digital solutions scope, design, and timing deliver
the.
- You will
partner with cross functional experts from our footwear innovation teams and digital teams to proactively
manage and drive to resolution of complex problems, issues, and change control
items.
- You will
partner with our project management teams to ensure that alignment is reached
across our matrix organization.
- You will
partner with User experience experts to research and understand user
needs. You will then be responsible to
translate these needs into digital requirements.
Key Responsibilities
As a Product Manager, you'll play a key role in the creation of digital solutions that unlock next generation product design, engineering, and manufacturing practices and serve the client's future innovation strategies. You be part of a team focused on exploring digital solutions that connect insights, design, engineering, and manufacturing for advanced and additive methods of make. The digital solutions will deliver the ability to create with more speed, accuracy and data. Digital solutions range from scripts for file translations, to recommendations for workflow optimizations, and a roadmap to a new software ecosystem.
As a Product Manager, you'll play a key role in the creation of digital solutions that unlock next generation product design, engineering, and manufacturing practices and serve the client's future innovation strategies. You be part of a team focused on exploring digital solutions that connect insights, design, engineering, and manufacturing for advanced and additive methods of make. The digital solutions will deliver the ability to create with more speed, accuracy and data. Digital solutions range from scripts for file translations, to recommendations for workflow optimizations, and a roadmap to a new software ecosystem.
- Uncover
business and user needs and develop effective user stories and business
requirements that inform the digital solutions roadmap and KPIs.
- Participate
in strategic planning activities for digital innovation programs.
- Lead the
execution of our digital roadmaps. Refine the prouct backlog balancing trade-offs between project
dependencies and constraints, time and scope, while meetig user needs and
business results.
- Work in a
discovery driven, agile way focusing on learning quickly through building and
testing proofs of concept and prototypes.
- Conduct
features validation, user testing, and piloting of digital solutions before
rolling out more broadly.
- Drive
clarity of critical path tasks, and ensure proper accountability within our
digital teams.
- Influence
at all levels within the organization through excellent verbal, written, and
visual communication and an ability to explain complex technical concepts in
simple terms.
- Foster
collaborative relationships across departments and teams and manage ongoing
strategic and tactical alignment.
- Develop
keynote presentations, process flowcharts, user journeys user stories, and
other communications assets as required.
- Manage
team status report, present weekly to maintain alignment with stakeholders and
partners.
Qualifications
- 5 years
in software product management, project management, or equivalent experience
with a proven track record of on-time and quality delivery of software
products.
- Expert
level understanding and implementation of software development lifecycle and agile
software development methods.
- Demonstrable
history of identifying and resolving cross-project and dependencies.
- Experience
with advanced manufacturing preferred.
- Proactive
and self-directed with a very high comfort level with ambiguous business
situations.
- Ability to
work successfully in a highly matrix, fast-paced organization and forge
partnerships with peers, customers, and suppliers.
- Excellent
communication skills (verbal and written), strong Keynotes and Excel skills.
- Bachelor’s
degree in a business related or engineering field required, MBA a plus.
- Passion
for the the client's brand and for an innovative, Just Do It work environment.
- Must be
available to come very regularly to the the client's headquarters in Beaverton.
- Travel 5%.