Principal Technical Product Manager - Commerce Platform: Driving Innovation and Excellence in Sports Retail

Join the Team That's Changing the Game in Sports Retail

Are you a seasoned technical product manager with a passion for commerce and innovation? Do you want to be part of a team that's making a tangible difference in the sports industry? Look no further than DICK'S Sporting Goods, a leading omnichannel retailer with a rich history of inspiring and equipping athletes to achieve their dreams. We're seeking a highly skilled Principal Technical Product Manager – Commerce Platform to join our team and help drive the future of commerce capabilities and omni-channel commerce ecosystem.

About DICK'S Sporting Goods

Founded in 1948, DICK'S Sporting Goods has grown from a small bait-and-tackle shop in Binghamton, NY to a $13B company with over 850 locations across multiple brands, including DICK'S, House of Sport, Golf Galaxy, Public Lands, and more. Our company is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We believe that sports can change lives, and we're dedicated to inspiring, supporting, and equipping athletes and outdoor enthusiasts to achieve their dreams.

Our Vision and Mission

At DICK'S Sporting Goods, we're on a journey to become the best sports company in the world. We're investing in our future by transforming our technology, data, and analytics to build next-gen tools and platforms for our athletes and teammates. Our Product & Design team is at the forefront of this effort, delivering inspiring and impactful sport excellence along every aspect of the customer journey driven through technology.

Job Overview

The Principal Technical Product Manager – Commerce Platform plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of our commerce capabilities and omni-channel commerce ecosystem. You'll partner across the organization to shape a more unified view of our commerce systems, create, merchandise, and transact new product and purchase types, and drive solutioning and thought leadership for new capabilities. This role requires an affinity for technical concepts and an ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with product managers, technology leaders, and designers to deliver highly complex, strategic enterprise programs that drive new capabilities and lead to a more impactful experience for our athletes.
• Lead the product efforts for large bodies of work, providing a macro view of priorities and executive-friendly updates on roadmap progress, customer journey, and value delivery.
• Negotiate and align with technology and business leadership to ensure cross-functional alignment and agility.
• Enable cross-functional teams to deliver against integrated roadmaps and sets of outcomes aligned to an enterprise strategy or program.
• Advocate for human-centered design practices and find creative ways to influence and elevate design thinking across multiple products.
• Facilitate the execution of work through complex journeys, including partnership with product teams, program and portfolio management, stakeholders, technology partners, and third parties.
• Provide decision-making as a service and effectively resolve conflict through superior negotiation methods.

Requirements and Qualifications

Essential Qualifications:

• Superior knowledge and application of lean product management frameworks.
• Superior knowledge and application of product design and human-centered practices.
• Superior level and application of prioritization frameworks.
• Superior understanding of Scrum and Agile.
• Success in leading teams through the product lifecycle and software development lifecycle.
• Superior level of experience in defining short- and long-term strategies, horizons, visions, and launching excellent products, specifically enterprise programs.
• Experience with driving enterprise programs or highly complex bodies of work across multiple product teams or portfolios.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and executive leadership stakeholders without formal authority.
• Effective management, facilitation, and collaboration skills to drive alignment across organizational peers and complex stakeholder groups.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with system design, including an understanding of systems and data contractors, microservices architecture, API design, error and edge-case handling, and process modeling.
• Expert written and verbal communication skills that result in effective relationship building.
• Ability to advocate for research and design thinking practices at all levels.
• Can quickly and effectively resolve conflict through superior negotiation methods.
• Effectively provides decision-making as a service.
• High organizational agility.
• Curious attitude and desire to learn.
• Demonstrated coaching techniques to enable teammates without direct management responsibilities.
• Ability to coach teammates on complex product frameworks, concepts, or methodologies.

What We Offer

As a Principal Technical Product Manager – Commerce Platform at DICK'S Sporting Goods, you'll be part of a team that's making a tangible difference in the sports industry. We offer a competitive salary range of $95,200.00 - $158,800.00, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Incentive and equity opportunities.
• Generous suite of benefits, including paid leave and health insurance.
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
• A dynamic and inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve.

How to Apply

If you're a motivated and experienced technical product manager with a passion for commerce and innovation, we want to hear from you! Please submit your application today to join our team and help drive the future of commerce capabilities and omni-channel commerce ecosystem.

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