Senior Associate Product Manager (Database/SQL)

NAPA Auto Parts - Torrance, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Torrance, CA

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

About the position

The Senior Associate Product Manager (Database/SQL) is responsible for assessing business needs and collaborating with cross-functional product teams to deliver business value. This role focuses on driving sales, improving efficiency, and enhancing customer satisfaction through the development of quality products. The Product Owner will work closely with developers, designers, and business partners within their designated enterprise product line, ensuring alignment with product strategy and stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Define common data models bridging legacy systems with cloud-based solutions
• Develop deep knowledge of business processes for the domain
• Document requirements (functional and non-functional) via epics and user stories working closely with stakeholders located in the United States
• Drive prioritization of epics and user stories
• Assist the Product Manager in driving collaboration cross-domain prioritization and sequencing of activities
• Manage stakeholder expectations to ensure scoping, backlog, and delivery align with product strategy
• Track KPIs to measure relevant business goals for the domain
• Represent business throughout the technology development process
• Track releases and communicate delivery roadmap
• Work with agile practitioners and engineering to improve the overall delivery lifecycle
• Plan and conduct user showcases and acceptance testing
• Work with agile practitioners to improve the overall delivery lifecycle

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering fields or equivalent years of experience preferred
• 3+ years' experience in scrum/agile development methodology
• 3+ years' experience participating in product backlog prioritization and grooming/refinement
• 3+ years of product ownership and helping drive road mapping, planning, and delivery in an agile environment
• 3+ years' experience designing processes and solutions for an omnichannel organization preferred
• 3+ years' experience designing solutions for the retail organization's Search, Recommendations, or Personalization domain preferred
• Demonstrated experience with analytical and critical thinking skills
• Experience in enterprise, B2B, and retail software products is a plus
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in writing simple exploratory SQL queries for own use
• Experience in designing REST APIs is a plus

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in enterprise, B2B, and retail software products is a plus
• Experience in designing REST APIs is a plus