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Altar'd State · 23 hours ago

Product Owner Retail

Knoxville, TN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Altar'd State is a rapidly growing women’s fashion company committed to giving back and making a difference. The Retail Product Owner will be responsible for overseeing the technology landscape within all store concepts, focusing on executing the roadmap, driving innovation, and enhancing the overall user experience.

E-CommerceFashion

Responsibilities

Responsible for defining and owning Retail capabilities in alignment with business partners and IT strategies

Responsible for mapping end-to-end business processes to solution capabilities across COEs and coordinating with peer Product Owners

Owns and maintains a capability catalog for the Retail Technology Capability Group

Executes against the IT and Retail Roadmap aligned to business objectives and IT strategies

Proactively communicates the capability roadmap and IT strategies to all key stakeholders, and other IT CoE’s

Accountable to facilitate solution design & drive delivery (cost, schedule, scope), including mitigation of risks and issues, to be aligned with business objectives

Manages solutions, continuous improvement, and capability development alignment with overall IT strategies for the Retail Technology Capability Group

Validates that the solution design meets the business objectives

Delivers with a focus on enhancing the customer experience

Maximizes the value of tools and applications available to deliver business value continually looking for opportunities for improvements

Owns day to day Retail Technology vendor relationships and builds strong partnerships. Is able to manage multiple vendor relationships to ensure the best performance and financial return

Stays current with vendor product roadmaps, industry best practices, and impact to Altar’d State’s technology landscape

Manage supportability of solutions including integrity of upgrade path

Collaborates across CoE’s to support alignment, prioritization, planning, dependencies, resource allocation and prioritization

Operates with an All For One approach to achieving priorities

Maintains current knowledge of industry best practices, emerging and new innovation within the Retail Technology Space. Has the ability to apply these in the service of the company’s key business goals

Develop and leverage strong vendor partnerships, with approved vendors, in alignment with IT objectives

Qualification

Product OwnershipRetail TechnologyVendor ManagementSolution DesignStakeholder CommunicationBudgetingSchedulingInterpersonal SkillsOrganizational SkillsTeam Collaboration

Required

3 or more years of Product Ownership experience in Retail Technology solution delivery, leading technical teams/vendors and achieving timely and effective results through others, both internal and external to the organization

Able to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, communicate the IT vision and strategy, and build consensus around key initiatives and projects

Able to communicate and work collaboratively with diverse leaders, across all levels of the organization, and build consensus around key initiatives and projects

Possesses interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written; able to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences

Comfortable with ambiguity; can handle the unexpected with flexibility

A team player who favors collaborative approaches when working with internal and external partners

Proven ability to build trust with others through a commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards

Knowledge of Retail Technology solutions; able to select and integrate the most appropriate technologies to support the business

Demonstrated ability to design and implement comprehensive solutions

Outstanding organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Display professionalism and good judgment

The delivery role includes the required skills - budgeting, scheduling, and vendor management

Bachelor's degree required