Senior Product Manager - Finance & Accounting (Hybrid - Seattle)

$120,500 - $220,500/Yr

Nordstrom - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers

About the position

The Senior Product Manager is a key member of the Nordstrom Product Management team, responsible for establishing and executing a strategic capability roadmap within the Core Finance and Accounting space. Core Finance and Accounting is a critical function that ensures Nordstrom revenue and expenses are accounted for in accordance with industry requirements and standards, and that financial data is structured in a way that unlocks profitable business decisions. This role will primarily be responsible for shepherding the Tax and Treasury product roadmaps, ensuring proper visibility into, and execution on, our cash position and tax liabilities. In parallel, this product manager will develop a strategy for evolving Nordstrom's tax planning, cash strategy, and associated risk-assessment practices. The Product Manager will partner with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to develop a strategic roadmap and execute against it. To accomplish that, the product manager will plan the product roadmap and prioritize the applicable technology backlog, lead product discovery, and measure and communicate results of the feature portfolio in production, all while ensuring stakeholder and strategic alignment. Success in this position requires previous experience developing a strategic roadmap for a highly cross-functional problem-space, and a balance of strategic thinking with tactical execution. A day in the life involves ensuring seamless collaboration with business and technology for responsive support for impactful product deliveries. The Senior Product Manager crafts a multi-year product vision, articulating the value proposition and ensuring alignment to the company strategic vision without support. They evangelize the vision across the organization and the company where appropriate, define the approach to deliver to the broader product vision, and develop a plan to effect success criteria and product value. The role requires breaking down roadmaps into releasable features without support and owning the prioritization and sequencing of those features to best support strategic goals. The Product Manager orchestrates comprehensive product planning sessions within their domain and across dependencies, leads customer research, and synthesizes insights to develop a deep understanding of relevant product opportunities. They demonstrate a deep understanding of market value and trends, write complete user stories and acceptance criteria, drive progress against deliverables, and communicate impacts across the business without support. The role also involves prioritizing the product roadmap to balance short-term deliverables with long-term progress, developing feature timelines, and considering technical and operational constraints to deliver iterative value without support.

Responsibilities

• Establish and execute a strategic capability roadmap within the Core Finance and Accounting space.
• Shepherd the Tax and Treasury product roadmaps, ensuring visibility into cash position and tax liabilities.
• Develop a strategy for evolving Nordstrom's tax planning and cash strategy.
• Partner with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to develop a strategic roadmap.
• Plan the product roadmap and prioritize the technology backlog.
• Lead product discovery and measure results of the feature portfolio in production.
• Ensure stakeholder and strategic alignment throughout the product lifecycle.
• Craft a multi-year product vision and articulate the value proposition.
• Define the approach to deliver the broader product vision and develop a success criteria plan.
• Break down roadmaps into releasable features and own prioritization and sequencing.
• Orchestrate comprehensive product planning sessions within their domain.
• Lead customer research and synthesize insights to identify product opportunities.
• Demonstrate understanding of market value and trends, incorporating them into product roadmaps.
• Write complete user stories and acceptance criteria, influencing across domains.
• Drive progress against deliverables and manage risks and dependencies.
• Determine testing strategy and acceptance criteria requirements.
• Engage cross-functionally to ensure incidents are triaged and addressed appropriately.
• Communicate impacts across the business effectively.
• Prioritize product roadmap to balance short-term and long-term goals.
• Develop feature timeline and sequencing plan considering constraints.

Requirements

• 6+ years in the product management discipline.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to inspire others and manage strong teams.
• Ability to partner effectively to define, measure, and analyze processes for improvement.
• Technical background and understanding of software development principles, including Agile development.
• Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle.
• Proficient in data analysis and performance metrics.
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to explain complex technical material clearly to users with varying levels of proficiency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presenting to various levels within a matrixed organization.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Data and Systems Architecture experience.
• Technical Product Management experience.
• Finance and Accounting educational or practical experience.

Benefits

• Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
• Life Insurance and Disability
• Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
• 401k
• Paid Time Off (PTO) accruals
• Holidays
• Performance-based incentives/bonuses