Director Digital Product, Native Apps

Live the experience. From professional empowerment to continual learning opportunities. From ongoing investment in new and emerging technologies to a career of self-determination. At Ulta Beauty, our tech team is critical to our scalability—and is recognized that way. We’ve been defined as a “mature start-up.” A place where interdepartmental exposure, open doors, and genuine collaboration is ubiquitous. Where challenges come fast and furious, requiring agility, mental dexterity, and creativity. Where our passion for better solutions drives us and is core to who we are.

We’re engineering for the future of retail, and it’s no-holds-barred. But for those motivated by continual change and ambiguity, by superior leadership, by whip smart colleagues who will press you daily for your very best, you’ll find that virtually nothing’s impossible at Ulta Beauty.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The role of Director, Digital Product is a critical position within the Product team which serves as a bridge to our partners in Marketing, as well as to our external partner ecosystem. They are the strategic product leader for multiple product teams and are responsible for a particular portfolio of products or platforms.  This individual is an evangelist for digital experiences within Ulta and the role calls for a high degree of dexterity in working with a wide range of stakeholders.

This individual is a highly proficient business and technical resource who collaborates with cross-functional teams to drive enhancements to, and the creation of new, digital products and capabilities. This incumbent will have a passion to discover & evaluate innovative digital solutions, drive the process to experiment with new digital solutions in order to gain key insights, and be able to analyze the output of those experiments to determine potential viability for a larger scale implementation with the organization. They will also directly manage & mentor other resources within Product team.

The ideal candidate is an innovative thinker, able to envision how technology can be leveraged to solve business problems with digital solutions, as well as being a solution provider which will leverage digital solutions to introduce new business capabilities to the organization. This role works closely with business stakeholders, technology team members, & external partners in order to understand requirements and participate in digital technology discussions in a highly collaborative, dynamic, and fast paced environment.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the overall product vision and metrics (e.g., objectives & key results (OKRs) fulfillment of the applications being delivered

• Serve as a main digital business liaison with existing (and potential) strategic vendor partners to understand (and influence) roadmaps to aid our digital experiences
• Manage a team of multiple Product Managers, Product Owners & Product Analysts jointly focused on the product roadmap and delivery for the digital guest journey within our native apps
• Collaborate with senior leaders to build a shared digital vision across the enterprise by building a product roadmap which will align with both the go-to-market strategy for the company & with business program leadership
• Partner with Technology & Product leadership to align on goals, metrics, and success criteria for new and existing experiences
• Advise on significant digital innovations which could improve existing business capabilities & experiences or accelerate the creation of new capabilities & experiences

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the Digital Product lead for the cross-functional Digital Vision Team which combines resources from Design, Product, & Technology to analyze, evaluate, & plan future high-impact, high-complexity product deliverables
• Stay informed of consumer, technology, and digital commerce trends in order to identify new markets and inform future strategy and prioritization in order to drive incremental sales & increase guest satisfaction
• Serve as an advocate and thought leader for technology and product within the company, while championing a culture of continuous improvement

• Build, grow and support Product Managers, Product Owners and Product Analysts through hiring, coaching (Knowledge Transfer), mentoring, and giving feedback
• Drive products to achieve success metrics on an ongoing basis throughout the product lifecycle by analyzing and solving the problems of your targeted end users

REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 10 years of digital technology or digital product leadership experience
• Demonstrated passion for, and the ability to drive, innovation & emerging digital tech
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly in order to understand our rapidly evolving product, business, intellectual property, and guest needs

• Experience successfully creating and executing against product visions, strategies, and roadmaps that achieve goals and outcomes

• Experience evaluating technology solutions for fit and viability against use cases, as well as evaluating the companies for viability

• Exceptional at working with and analyzing user metrics and turning them into actionable insights, including the use of A/B testing and analytics platforms.

• Ability to think both strategically and tactically while being equally comfortable with long term planning and day-to-day progress tracking and execution
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating and communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders across all levels.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to influence peer leaders & align the organization on complex decisions

• Strong leadership skills and the proven ability to drive organizational change
• Active coach and mentor whose goals are to grow and maximize the teams potential

• Ability to influence people over whom you do not have direct authority

At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty’s own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring—hair, skin, brow, and make-up services.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.