Sr. Director / Director Product Management
The NPD Group

Job Info

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Learn and work on meaningful initiatives with some of the best and brightest in the market research industry. The NPD Group provides the world's most successful brands with leading market research, combining consumer and retail point-of-sale data with analytic solutions to interpret today's market trends while anticipating tomorrow's. In addition, we offer a career filled with innovation and growth to the forward-thinking problem solvers who join our team.

Position Overview

Position Overview:

The Director / Sr. Director, Product Management is responsible for overseeing and developing information products for the assigned industry/sector. This person partners closely with clients, the industry, and internal teams to deliver quality products that enable our clients to make data-driven decisions and drive their growth. Implementing efficiencies across the Sector that correlate directly to cost/time reduction will be paramount within this role. This individual will stay aligned with industry trends and clients' changing needs in order to actively identify/pursue new category opportunities. This individual will build outstanding cross-functional relationships and maintain rapport across organization to ensure business alignment and achieve shared business objectives.

This position can be in the following locations:

New York, Port Washington, NY, Chicago, IL, San Diego, CA, Houston, TX, Dallas, TX, Atlanta, GA, Bentonville, AR or Virtual.

What you will work on:

Industry Immersion:

• Interface directly with clients, prospects, and the Client Development teams to identify key market needs, industry trends, and competitive landscape to support product strategy recommendations
• Evaluate information on client needs and satisfaction; Evangelize the voice of the client internally and provide recommendations

Product Strategy and Revenue Growth:

• Develop, execute, and evangelize the product vision and supporting strategies internally and externally
• Drive product portfolio pipeline planning throughout the product lifecycle(s)
• Set and achieve established revenue goals and deliver YoY growth

Product Discovery and Roadmap Management:

• Develop product framework across sector(s) and ensure execution of fundamental concepts including product/market fit, product tests, client discovery process, and long-term product health
• Oversee product requirements and enhancements
• Engage with clients and conduct discovery sessions related to product road mapping, new products, enhancements, upsells, and data change.

Product Development:

• Identify new product opportunities which enable revenue growth
• Create and prioritize product requirements, translating the needs across clients into specs for product capability
• Work with implementation team to bring specs alive into a product, negotiating between scope

Product Marketing:

• Lead the sector(s) sales and go-to-market strategies in partnership with cross-functional team
• Determine product pricing strategies and rate cards for sector(s) in partnership with Commercial and FP&A team

Creating Engaging and Driving a High-Performing Team:

• Collaborate with Product leadership and cross-functional leadership to ensure team goals and responsibilities are clearly defined
• Build team culture by engagement and development to strengthen performance and drive goals.

What we are looking for:

• 7-10 years of product management experience in market research/information, B2B or SaaS products, developing new products, business plans and product requirements
• Bachelor of Arts/Science or above; Master's Degree desired
• Deep experience working within or background in the Apparel industry
• Strong product management experience working with data/information preferably in syndicated and/or custom research; Experience in building digital/software products; Experience working with POS/consumer data a plus
• Experience leading and developing high performing teams in a customer-centric, profit driven environment
• Prior experience working in Tableau, Alteryx, or the equivalent
• Expert in all MS Office products (Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Able to adapt communication style to suit different audiences; Ability to represent the product in client-facing situations, whether in a pre-sales support capacity, a problem-solving setting due to client dissatisfaction, or conducting a feedback session
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a full product portfolio, including current products and create a vision for new products
• Adept in use of strategic product life cycle practices such as market/client assessment, competitive

The NPD Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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