Digital Products Director

Come work for us!

We are looking for dedicated employees to join our team to help our customers have the best experience possible every time they enter a JD Finish Line store.

Our employees are key to our success.

About JD Group

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, JD Sports Fashion Plc is a leading international multichannel retailer of sports, fashion, and outdoor brands.

The Group has over 3,400 stores across 32 territories, despite the challenges of last few years, global revenues increased by 30% to £6.2 billion in 2021 and again by 39% to £8.6 billion in 2022.

Over 67,000+ people work within the Group all over the world. We attract the absolute best talent to our teams and acknowledge the continuation of this process as a key factor in the Group's evolution.

The Group is home to premium brands such as JD Sports, Size?, GO Outdoors, Blacks, Millets, Footpatrol, Sprinter, Activinstinct & many more.

Location: Head Office, Bury, UK or Boulder, Colorado

Hours: Full Time

Role Overview

The role may be located in the Indianapolis, Indiana office, Boulder, Colorado office, or the United Kingdom office. We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Director of Digital Products to join our dynamic and innovative omnichannel, global retail ecosystem. This leader will play a critical role in shaping and executing the digital product strategy across our online and in-store channels globally. The Director of Digital Products will lead the strategy, vision, development and enhancement of our digital products, ensuring an exceptional user experience, driving conversion optimization, and influencing strategic build vs. buy decisions to support our business objectives.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead the JD Group Product Management team, responsible for driving & shaping the development & roadmap for web, mobile, app & omni-channel services engaging stakeholders across the business
• Own the end-to-end strategy, design & product lifecycle management
• Consolidate & prioritise requests working with the Tech CoE to understand options, cost & complexity & finalise business cases
• Ensure business requirements are clear & in-tact when translated into technical requirements by the Tech CoE
• Ensure latest UX/UI trends are monitored & deliver wireframes to front-end tech teams
• Standardise JD user experience principles across regions, fascias & platforms
• Oversee engineering resources executing basic front-end changes (UX/UI & A/B tests)
• Work with the Tech CoE to ensure timely, high-quality launches in-line with business needs
• Support agile best practices through the team & across the organisation
• Research best practice across sectors & markets regarding platform optimisation
• Coordinate & advise Regional Implementation teams on omni-channel roll-out
• Manage the overall product strategy & associated tech strategy
• Create a process to define & prioritise roadmap plus ongoing
  feature optimisation
• Own the global guiding principles of UX & JD Group designs

Skills/ Experience/ Knowledge Needed:

• Held Senior Product Management roles overseeing multiple product owners with at least 10+ years experience
• Expertise in digital retail & best practice to inform key strategic decisions
• Experience managing a development roadmap across the end-to-end customer journey
• Demonstrated managerial experience building and managing high-performing teams
• Advanced knowledge of agile best practice, standing-up and supporting agile teams
• Experience working with senior stakeholders across both business & tech. functions

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sit for more than 6 hours per shift
• Use hands to finger, handle and feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Talk and/or hear
• Stand for up to 4 hours at a time regularly
• Walk or move from one location to another
• Periodically may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally
• Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company's policies are required for the position.
• Average work week is 40-45 hours, which can vary depending on business need.
• The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy office setting.

The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of their typical job scope temporarily per company policy.

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Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per company policy.

EEOC Statement:

The Finish Line, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local EEO laws. The Finish Line, Inc. prohibits discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on the individual's race or color, religion or creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, sex, pregnancy status, age, military status, disability, or any other protected characteristic or class protected by law. The Finish Line, Inc. provides reasonable accommodation for disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.

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Applicants who require accessibility assistance to submit an employment application can either call Finish Line at (317) 613-6890 or email us at [email protected]. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will respond as soon as reasonably possible. (This email address and phone number is only for individuals seeking accommodation when applying for a job.)