We are currently seeking a Senior Product Manager to join our team. In this role, you will lead the long-term strategy, roadmap and successful execution of the search and product discovery experience across our eProcurement sites, our public B2C LakeshoreLearning.com site and our mobile app. This includes spearheading key initiatives such as internal search engine algorithm and relevancy tuning, guided navigation and faceted search enhancements. You will also own key entry and journey pages—including PDP, PLP and SRP—tailored to different segment users. Additionally, you’ll help make our products more discoverable through AI/ML, recommendations and personalization. Applicants should have experience in digital product management within an e-commerce environment, ideally in B2C retail. The ideal candidate will also have a proven track record of leading large, complex e-commerce projects.A day on the job looks like this:Leading complex search and product discovery initiatives across the digital product portfolio—balancing quick wins with long-term improvements and managing resources effectively to deliver resultsAnalyzing search behavior, patterns and customer journey data to identify optimization and testing opportunities, and building compelling business cases for product improvementsPartnering with developers and engineers to optimize search infrastructure, indexing, query performance and relevancyDriving innovation through insights—leveraging customer feedback, data analysis, emerging technologies and market trendsHelping to govern the introduction of new technologies and products, particularly in search, AI and natural language processingDeveloping and maintaining roadmaps within your Agile teams’ scopeDefining and prioritizing features that enhance relevance, ranking, personalization and the overall search experience, and incorporating them into release planningIdentifying pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies and value associated with features and enhancements, and driving updates to closureCollaborating closely with the PDM/UX and Ecom teams, as well as Sales and Marketing, Customer Service, IT and others to deliver a unified, cohesive, high-performing digital experienceCommunicating direction and product priorities to the Development team, cross-functional teams and third parties, and fostering collaboration to drive value and accountability at a fast paceDeveloping product strategies by understanding key business objectives; diagnosing and mapping requirements; articulating solution risks and barriers; recommending project approaches; preparing time and cost estimates; and planning product release cyclesParticipating in daily standups, iteration planning sessions, product demos and retrospectivesPresenting data-supported product solutions, objectives and KPIs to internal teams and stakeholders, including the Executive team
