Product Manager

Product Manager
Location: Remote
Duration: Long term

Job Description:

Product managers leading CMS migrations in retail environments must serve as strategic orchestrators who bridge technical implementation with business outcomes. The role extends far beyond traditional product management, requiring end-to-end ownership of a complex organizational transformation rather than a simple technology upgrade.
Product managers leading CMS migrations in retail environments must serve as strategic orchestrators who bridge technical implementation with business outcomes. The role extends far beyond traditional product management, requiring end-to-end ownership of a complex organizational transformation rather than a simple technology upgrade.

Primary responsibilities include:

Technical roadmap development In partnership with the solution architect, creating detailed migration timelines that account for content modeling transformation, API integration rewiring, and platform-specific feature implementation
Cross-functional team coordination - Managing relationships across IT, marketing, sales, operations, and compliance teams while maintaining alignment on migration objectives
Risk management and mitigation - Identifying potential data loss scenarios, SEO ranking impacts, and operational disruptions while developing comprehensive contingency plans
Stakeholder communication - Translating technical constraints into business language while maintaining executive support for hard migration deadlines

Enterprise stakeholder management

Enterprise CMS projects require sophisticated stakeholder management across multiple organizational levels and functions; stakeholder alignment is more critical than technical execution for project success.

Key stakeholder categories include:

Executive sponsors - Must provide unwavering support for hard migration deadlines and resource allocation

IT leadership - Responsible for technical architecture decisions and systems integration

Business units - Marketing, sales, and operations teams who are primary system users

Compliance/legal teams - Ensuring GDPR, SOC2, and industry-specific regulatory adherence

Customer success teams - Managing wholesale partner communications during transition

Stakeholder management best practices include establishing clear communication channels, creating stakeholder-specific messaging, implementing approval workflows, and maintaining engagement through dedicated project portals.

Project timeline and resource management

Standard timeline framework:

Planning and assessment

Implementation execution

Stabilization and optimization

Resource management requirements include cross-functional teams with IT, marketing, sales, and operations representation, external expertise from system integrators, budget contingency for unexpected challenges

Mandatory

5-11 years product management experience with preference for e-commerce/retail technology backgrounds

Educational requirements - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Business;

Professional certifications - PDMA New Product Development Professional (NPDP) or AIPMM Certified Product Manager (CPM) highly valued

Technical competencies - Agile/Scrum methodologies, data analysis capabilities, UX/UI principles, and API architecture understanding

Industry-specific requirements for athletic apparel companies include understanding seasonal product launches, multi-channel publishing requirements, and real-time inventory integration with supply chain system