Senior Director Product Management

Role : Sr Director Product Management

Location : Dallas TX or Remote

The Sr Director of ABP of Forecasting will provide the strategy, direction, health and success of the Demand planning portfolio spanning multiple services, global customers and a shifting technology landscape in the increasingly competitive software market.

Primary Responsibilities:

Strategy/Vision/ Plan:

• Responsible for the health, growth, and customer satisfaction of the global ABP Demand business segment spanning software, maintenance, and services
• Manage all aspects of the product lifecycle from ideation, development, product launch, maturation and end of life
• Identify and drive new opportunities for growth including new products, new functionality, new markets, new partnerships
• Analyze and recommend build vs. buy vs. partner strategies to grow the business
• Effectively prioritize the potential investments in the product portfolio through market research, customer engagement, and business case development
• Drive and define a roadmap that strengthens and grows Blue Yonder's market share of planning market
• Provide leadership to ensure success in executing against vision, strategy and plans

Execute/Deliver:

• Transform the solutions and overall business from traditional software to SaaS
• Integrate key technology from multiple product acquisitions into one cohesive product and direction; effectively communicate positioning guidance for sales and customer success
• Engage actively with global customers to establish partnerships, address issues, support implementations, communicate vision and direction, and engage in joint roadmap planning
• Identify, drive, manage and engage with potential partnerships spanning technology, data, sales and consulting companies

Inspire/Evangelize:

• Charter and support required field education to enable effective positioning, selling, implementation and supporting of the ABP Demand solutions
• Communicate direction, investment requirements, business cases, business segment health, challenges and opportunities to senior executives, the Board, and internal stakeholders
• Support key, strategic customer engagements and adoption of new innovations
• Foster a customer-first culture where customer success is at the center of all strategies and decisions
• Be the ABP Planning spokesperson/evangelist for the company's customers and prospects, as well as for industry analysts and the press
• Responsible for leading, managing, developing, coaching and mentoring a global team of product managers
• Promote professional growth and learning for team members by facilitating access to training and conferences.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Visionary, outside the box forward thinker & proactive leader with an ability to identify brand new opportunities to advance the portfolio
• Deep experience in Forecasting, automation, micro fulfillment, ecommerce segments
• Extensive experience in implementing, developing or managing Demand Forecasting products
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science, Business or equivalent; Master's Degree preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of global leadership experience in Forecasting with proven track record of success
• Strong communication skills including verbal, written and interpersonal
• Strong collaboration skills, driving many different people and departments to align to common goals and vision; ability to build consensus across disparate teams
• Results driven; resourceful and able to manage shifting priorities
• Effective balance of strategic thinking and detail oriented
• Ability to motivate a large, global organization
• Able to navigate seamlessly between setting a strategy and executing/implementing
• Possess a well-rounded business background with experience in collaborating with many different departments including sales, presales, marketing, finance, legal and development
• Identifies with Blue Yonder's core values of relentless, results and teamwork

Ability to travel (10%-25%) both domestically and internationally

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