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Company Description
Job Description
At Abercrombie & Fitch, the Digital Product Manager 1 leads at the intersection of business, technology, and design to define and deliver customer-first, digitally enabled experiences throughout the ecosystem for our global brands.
This highly visible and collaborative role is focused on identifying and delivering value within their respective digital product area as part of A&F’s User Experience and Digital Product Team. This role operates strategically in developing the vision and direction for their digital product area while tactically inspiring cross-functional teams and leading the daily activities enabling their product area.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Developing compelling digital product visions and strategies grounded in customer needs, business goals, data and insights.
- Translating product vision into outcome focused roadmaps that communicate clear direction and digital product priorities across the organization based on the value that will be delivered.
- Managing multiple stakeholder expectations while delivering on the product vision, ensuring decisions that impact the product are grounded in material business and customer benefits.
- Establishing product goals, metrics, and analytics to measure product value outcomes; managing and grooming a product backlog based on performance while maintaining balance between innovative capabilities and foundational refinements and enablers.
- Analyzing consumer needs, current market trends, and potential partnerships from a build/buy perspective; assessing current competitor offerings, identifying opportunities for differentiation.
- Partnering with finance and other teams as needed to develop business cases and benefits to support investment in product features and functionality.
- Delivering the product’s value through a highly-collaborative, cross-functional team comprised of business, technology, and design disciplines working in an agile framework.
- Engaging relevant stakeholders to create deployment plans and internal communications; ensuring product capabilities are positioned for successful adoption across functions and brands.
- Providing end-to-end subject matter expertise for the digital product internally and as the primary point for any needs related to the product area.
- Participate and lead digital product activities (story mapping, scrums, stand-ups, design reviews, sprint demos, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.)
- Translate and document requirements in the format of product epics, features, user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Provide product level guidance across the UX & Digital Product Team
What Do You Need To Bring?
- 4-year college degree or equivalent experience.
- 3 or more years digital product management experience in consumer-facing mobile and web products with track record of delivering new and innovative customer experiences to market.
- 3 or more years retail industry experience or equivalent domain experience.
- Proficiency at appropriately applying Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean methods to identify and deliver high-value business and customer outcomes through digital products.
- Well versed in modern digital technologies and ability to facilitate communication and activities between business, technology, and design teams.
- Strong communication skills and proven ability to influence both at a strategic leadership level and cross functionally.
- Strategic mindset and bias for action with strong ability for strategic planning, defining OKRs and driving business outcomes through digital products.
- A proven track record of delivering innovative and engaging customer experiences informed by data and insights.
- Ability perform well in high pressure situations, balance competing priorities, and demonstrate the ability to work without direct supervision.
- Natural leader, with ability to bring a group to consensus and inspire enthusiasm towards the goals of the team.
Our Company
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is a global, digitally led omnichannel specialty retailer of apparel and accessories catering to kids through millennials with assortments curated for their specific lifestyle needs.
The company operates a family of brands, including Abercrombie & Fitch, YPB, abercrombie kids, Hollister and Gilly Hicks, each sharing a commitment to offer products of enduring quality and exceptional comfort that support global customers on their journey to being and becoming who they are. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. operates over 750 stores under these brands across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as the e-commerce sites abercrombie.com, abercrombiekids.com, and hollisterco.com.
At Abercrombie & Fitch Co., we lead with purpose and always put our people first. We’re proud to offer equitable compensation and benefits, including flexibility and competitive Paid Time Off, as well as education and engagement events, including various Associate Resource Groups, volunteer opportunities and additional time off to give back to our global communities.
Benefits & Perks
As an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) associate, you’ll be eligible to participate in a variety of benefit programs designed to fit you and your lifestyle. A&F Co. is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive benefits that align with our company’s culture and values, but most importantly – with you! We also provide competitive incentives to reward the commitment our associates have for moving our global business forward:
- Incentive bonus program
- Annual companywide review process
- Flexible spending accounts
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Life and disability insurance
- Associate assistance program
- Paid parental and adoption leave
- Access to fertility and adoption benefits through Carrot
- Access to mental health and wellness app, Headspace
- Paid time off and one paid volunteer day per year, allowing you to give back to your community
- Work from anywhere (Mondays and Fridays are “work from anywhere” days for most roles and six work from anywhere weeks per year)
- Seven associate wellness half days per year
- Merchandise discount on all of our brands
- Opportunities for career advancement, we believe in promoting from within
- Access to multiple Associate Resource Groups
- Global team of people who will celebrate you for being YOU!
Additional Information
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
This role allows for remote work across the U.S.. Therefore, in states and cities that require the hourly or salary compensation or pay range to be included in a job posting, the recruiting pay range for this position is $95,000 - $110,000. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, your years of experience, your work location, comparison to other employees in similar or related roles, or market demands. The range may be modified in the future.
