Principal Product Manager, Commerce

Job Description

Principal Product Manager, Commerce

Bring a brand-new utility, commerce and lifestyle brand to market, iterating toward MVP, product/market fit, and revenue growth.

As the product leader for the complete customer experience of our new lifestyle and utility brand, you will collaborate in a highly visible and influential role with internal and external teams to define key aspects of the product through experimentation.

What Will You Do?

• Lead the product strategy and define the roadmap, working closely with content strategy leads and product development partners to drive prioritization decisions in alignment with the product vision
• Plan, prioritize and advocate effective iterations that are based on clear hypotheses and measurable results to quickly move toward product/market fit and revenue positivity
• Communicate a clear vision to the teams, peers, stakeholders and senior executives in a way that simplifies complexity and generates excitement.
• Translate technical challenges to non-technical colleagues, and vice-versa, encouraging critical thinking all around with transparency and understanding.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape, and industry & technology around content management, affiliate commerce, and utility driven

What Will it Take to Successful?

• You must be analytical, articulate, and business-minded, capable of maneuvering roadblocks, executing tactically, and communicating effectively to stakeholders throughout the course of a product life cycle.
• 4-8 years of professional experience in product management
• Significant prior experience with commerce
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and feature concepts.
• You must have experience managing engineering and vendor relationships as well as building out requirements.
• Entrepreneurial approach to problem solving and demonstrated ability to juggle multiple priorities and make things happen in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• A bias toward action and can break down complex problems into steps that drive product development.
• An understanding of how to navigate the trade-offs necessary to ship quality products on predictable timelines
• Excellent communication and influencing skills; specifically, the ability to tell the story of the product vision, strategy and roadmap.

The annual base pay range for this role is between $160,000 to $200,000.

Vaccination Requirement: As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, Hearst Newspapers requires that all employees who receive a written offer of employment are fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Hearst Newspapers will consider requests for reasonable accommodations on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

About Hearst Product Development

The HNP Product Development Organization, a division of Hearst Newspapers, creates exceptional product experiences that balance editorial and business needs while serving our local community of readers. The team consists of Engineers, Dev Ops, QA, Product Management, UX Research, Designers, and Product Operations functions that serve end-users, internal users, and revenue goals.

With 2,500 employees across the nation, HNP represents a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union, several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites, marketing services businesses, and entertainment businesses such as King Features Syndicate.

At HNP, we are investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories - growing newsrooms, diversifying tools, evolving platforms - to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.

Be a part of something bigger - Your Headline Awaits!

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