Senior Product Manager

Whole Foods Market is seeking a dynamic Senior Product Manager to join our Store Support FinTech Product Management Team at Whole Foods Market in Austin, TX. You will design, develop, and manage activities for a specific product or group of products from product definition and planning through production, release and end of life. You will serve as the central resource with design, process, manufacturing, test, quality, and marketing as the product(s) move to production and distribution. Your involvement lasts throughout all stages of a product’s lifecycle including modification, upgrades, and maintenance of the product or product line.

Responsibilities:

• Multiple pre-existing simple applications or a single complex application within a technical domain. May be tasked with solutioning a new simple application.
• Articulates and applies industry-standard Product Management concepts, practices, and methodologies
• Owns the translation of business intent, customer needs, and/or technical direction into clear, concise, well-documented Workday Accounting Center business requirements and product backlog for a multiple simple application or a single complex application in a single technical domain.
• Responsible for Workday Master Data Configuration; test and promote to production.
• Organizes and/or facilitates requirements gathering and refinement sessions for existing or brand-new solutions; documents resulting decisions and follows up on assigned action items.
• Constantly evaluates and updates Workday Accounting Center requirements or product backlog and acceptance criteria for relevance and clarity as things change.
• Partners with project management to ensure effective / ongoing communication and collaboration and sets and manages stakeholder expectations.
• Develops near-term (6-12 months) and long-term (2-3 years) product roadmap ensuring product development plans align with and support stakeholder business and application objectives.
• Coordinates with all stakeholders, users, and technical teams to plan, execute, and communicate scheduled and unscheduled releases.
• Prioritizes development items according to deadlines, business context, and technical need.
• Defines user experience flows and decisions including success, failure, and error conditions, partnering with others as required.
• Partners with development teams to design application architecture, integration points, and other non-functional requirements.
• Acts as a subject matter expert during development to resolve design issues and provide clarity during development.
• Bridges conversations between customers (Accounting and Finance) and development teams (WFM and Amazon) using knowledge of complex user journeys and technical integration.
• Conducts acceptance tests of working software against acceptance criteria and provides sign-off or feedback as required.
• Coordinates with all stakeholders, users, and technical teams to plan, execute, and communicate scheduled and unscheduled releases.

Skills:

• In-depth knowledge of custom and packaged/SaaS software design tools and development methodologies.
• In-depth knowledge of medium-complexity technical and integration architecture patterns.
• In-depth knowledge of Workday application deployment and configuration support processes and tools.
• Working knowledge of requirements or backlog management software JIRA, Smartsheets, Lucidchart, Confluence.
• Communicates structured information in a clear, concise, and organized fashion.
• Collaborates with others to achieve objectives and insure information flow.
• Tailors communication approach to specific situations and audiences.
• Possesses clear understanding of WFM’s and supported region / stores business objectives.
• Understands and articulates complex business processes, user journeys and technical integration in a single business domain.
• Factors business and financial understanding into planning decisions.
• Ability to work with others, direct others and work cooperatively to ensure completion of projects.
• Articulates Workday Accounting Center as product requirements and ensures application across product definition and development.
• Collaborates with and leads cross-functional engineering and technology partners in product design and development.

Education & Experience:

• BA/BS degree and 4-6 years’ relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Workday Accounting center experience
• Workday Master Data config experience (examples: worktags, spend categories, location, projects)

Preferred Experience:

• WD pro certification
• Scrum Product Owner certification
• SAFE Product Manager certification
• Workday Pro Certifications

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