Lead Product Owner - Pricing amp Comp Intel Insights

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Lead Product Owner

About us:

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers.

The Pricing & Promotions Center of Excellence

PPCoE

is a key p

illar

with t

he Merchandisi

ng

organization

at Target that comes to work every day

on a mission to ensure o

ur guests feel confident they paid

a great

price

every time they shop at Target

A Product owner role with the Pricing & Promotion Center of Excellence (COE) means you’re on a mission with merchants to develop the enterprise-­wide pricing and promotion strategies. Your work will impact millions of dollars in the form of everyday retail prices, promotional strategy and effectiveness, clearance management and competitive pricing. Here, you’ll be a key business consultant to merchants and develop relationships with buyers, senior buyers and leaders. Your strong partnership with Marketing, Digital and Stores teams will bring offers to life for guests, and you’ll also work closely with Store Operations, Finance and other key support areas.

The Pricing

Product team

develops

enterprise products that

serve as the

command center for

Target team members

to easily make

the best decisions t

hat

bring Target’s p

ricing

strategy to life for our guests.

Our team

connects the business strategies of merchandising

and

the

intelligence of competitive insights

with the

power of

technology and

data science to build

products that will drive pr

ice

decision making, operational excellence and a seamless guest experience.

About the Job:

The Pr

icing & Comp Intel

Insights Product is responsible for developing and integrating our

pricing and comp intel

data across the enterprise

to deliver competitive insights, price decision enhancements, product health assessments and

to enable decision support, pr

icing

effectiveness, and operational efficiency. This data informs both stra

tegic and tactical decisions that

are foundational to enabling the team to more efficiently

decide the best pricing

for Target and our guests.

This role requires a deep understanding of our

pricing

strategies and

operations

as well as

how to use comp intel data to measure pricing positions.

This requires the ability to clearly articulate complex information across a broad spectrum of stakeholders to effectively d

rive decisions, evangelize the P

roduct and leverage pr

icing results that

influence our strategy,

P

roduct

decisions, guest experience and financial outcomes.

The primary

partners for this P

roduct are cross-functional

PPCoE

Product Owners,

Pricing Operations, Comp Intel Operations, Everyday Pricing Insights,

PPCoE

Strategy, Data Analytics and Data Science, and Sr. Leadership across the

PPCoE

Product Teams at Target are accountable for the delivery of business outcomes enabled through technology and analytic products that are easy to use, easily maintained and highly reliable. Product teams have one shared backlog that is inclusive of all product, technology, discovery and design work. 

As a Lead Product Owner, you will work in the product model and will partner to develop a comprehensive product strategy, related roadmap, and set key business objectives (OKRs) for your respective product.  You will need to leverage the knowledge of your product, as well as, customer feedback and establish other relevant data points to assess value, develop business cases, and prioritize the direction and desired outcomes for your product. You will lead a product and work in unison with engineers, UX designers, data scientists and business partners to deliver a product.

You will be the “voice of the product” to key stakeholders to ensure that their needs are met and that the product team is getting the direction and support that it needs to be successful. You will develop and actively understand the market, maintain a product roadmap and backlog outlining the customer themes, epics, and stories while prioritizing the backlog to focus on the highest impact work for your team and stakeholders. 

You will encourage the open exchange of information and viewpoints, as well as, inspire others to achieve challenging goals and high standards of performance while committing to the organization's direction. You will foster sense of urgency to achieve goals and leverage resources to overcome unexpected obstacles, and partner with product teams across the organization to help them achieve their goals while pursuing and completing yours. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs. 

About you: 

4-year college degree (or equivalent experience)

6 years of retail experience or equivalent domain experience

(pricing/promotions experience is a plus)

Strong communication skills to

facilitate com

munication between business, data science and

technology teams

Proven a

bility

to lead & influence cross-

discipline,

global teams

and cross-functional partners

Experience with complex analytics, data science, data visualization, technology 

Experience

building big

data driven products & working knowledge of

models in Machine Learning

Experience working in an agile environment (e.g. user stories, iterative development, scrum teams, sprints, personas)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Target will provide reasonable accommodations (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with the application process upon your request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please visit your nearest Target store or Distribution Center or reach out to Guest Services at 1-800-440-0680 for additional information.

Company info

Target Brands, Inc.
Website : http://www.target.com/