Job Description

Job Description

Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers with 2,300+ stores. The Albertsons Companies family of brands includes some of the most prominent brands in food retailing, with a growing base of loyal shoppers. Thanks to the professionalism, diversity, spirit and friendliness of our people, we have locations across the U.S.

Position Purpose

Albertson's Companies is re-imagining the grocery experience through a digital and customer experience transformation. The Director of Product Management for Discovery & Planning will be responsible for defining and executing on all aspects of the product management for discovery and planning areas from strategy and inception to delivery to drive digital solutions. This person will build and lead the product management organization for top-funnel customer shopping journey, including homepage, search, browse, planning (lists, voice shopping), my items (Favorites, Buy again), merchandising platform (CMS), store touchpoints (weekly ads) and site performance/SEO. S/he will be responsible for collecting and interpreting user research and data, conceiving innovative products, creating a robust product roadmap, and managing the product lifecycle. The right candidate will be a strategic and ambitious visionary with the proven ability to deliver products that create impact and deliver exceptional value to the end customer. This leader should be highly motivated to succeed, and empower his/her team to do so, in an approachable manner, that engenders trust and confidence at all levels across the organization.

This position is located in Pleasanton, California

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Create a bold vision for our e-commerce experience, identifying opportunities that will allow our customers' experiences with us to be delightful and frictionless
* Be responsible for delivering experiences that drive conversion and customer engagement for customer-facing products, while driving efficiencies for internal teams
* Partner with the Data team to define measurable metrics of success
* Establish a culture of testing and learning within your team in continuously developing hypotheses, never taking the status quo as the way things need to be done
* Work with our Engineering and UX to establish agile processes, frameworks, and tools to improve velocity, quality, and ensure transparency
* Clearly articulate and communicate the vision, roadmap, key decisions, and relevant learnings up and out to all levels and departments of the company, offering company-wide insight into what is being worked on
* Build and develop an innovative and customer-obsessed digital product team by recruiting top talent and designing the team's organizational structure to foster a strong product culture

Qualifications:

* Experience building and launching complex platforms at scale and providing product direction to meet customer needs
* Think the big picture but not afraid to also roll up sleeves to solve what's right in front of them
* Embody the Agile philosophy, always iterating and improving on the process and not just adhering to the ceremony
* Highly analytical skills with the ability to translate between strategic business decisions and their quantitative implication
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, engineering, business, or related. MBA preferred
* 8-12 years' experience in product management, management consulting or technology
* 4-5 years' experience managing direct reports in high- tech company
* Internet and retail experience strongly preferred
* Strong analytical, prioritization and negotiating skills
* Usability and customer-focused design experience a plus
* Passionate about building great products and solving customer and business problems

How to Apply: Interested candidates are encouraged to submit a resume by visiting https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/careers/en/home.html

Diversity is fundamental at Albertsons Companies. We foster an inclusive working environment where the different strengths and perspectives of each employee is both recognized and valued. We believe that building successful relationships with our customers and our communities is only possible through the diversity of our people. A diverse workforce leads to better teamwork and creative thinking, as well as mutual understanding and respect.

The Albertsons Companies policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion and other conditions of employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, medical condition, marital status or any other legally protected status.

We support a drug-free workplace -- all applicants offered a position are required to pass a pre-employment drug test before they are hired.

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