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Costco Travel IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco's success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Travel IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Product Managers are responsible for setting a product vision and strategy, drawing out the most value from a product and guiding Product Owners to execute on the product vision. The Product Manager also works closely with architects and other technical leads to ensure the solution effectively addresses program priorities while maintaining technical integrity. The Product Manager also attends most relevant product management meetings, planning, and backlog/vision refinement sessions. Product Managers work with Product Owners and customers to understand and communicate their needs, define system features, and participate in validation.

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ROLE

Job Duties/Essential Functions
DEFINING THE PRODUCT ROAD MAP
Takes accountability for the translation of requirements into product vision, roadmap, epics, and features in partnership with the Business Product Manager.

Co-leads the creation of the product vision based on Value Stream epics and derive the set of necessary product features and technical architectural runway to deliver value iteratively.

Represents the voice of the technologist in building a close and effective partnership with Business Product Manager to create and update the product roadmap quarterly to reflect the evolving priorities of the business, resource constraints, compliance and regulatory policies, and market conditions.

Collaborates with Value Stream Owners (both Business and Technology) to redefine and prioritize the technical architectural runway to align with evolving priorities and organizational needs.

Validates the technical feasibility of product features and provides high-level guidance on dependencies, order, level of effort, integration approaches, and technology modernization goals with input from appropriate technical shared services resources.

Participates in planning ceremonies for the Product and helps Delivery Teams interpret the product backlog and make technical design decisions.

Co-leads PO Sync ceremony with Business Product Manager to provide guidance and support to Product Owners in technical decisions and making tradeoffs.

Coordinates with other Product Managers (both Business and Technology) within and across value streams to identify and
proactively plan for dependencies based on resources, skills, capacity, schedule, features, or tools and technologies.

Acts as an escalation channel for Product Owner in partnership with Business Product Manager.

Aligns with Value Stream Owners (both Business and Technology) regularly and escalates issues and roadblocks in a timely manner.

Supports the Portfolio Manager in collecting product health data.

Acts as an evangelist for the product and communicates the product vision and value in technical forums and governance bodies.

Serves the organization as the Product subject matter expert with respect to emerging technologies, data strategy, and integration with other products and services.
REQUIRED
5+ years current experience working within a software development environment as a Product Manager or similar role.

4+ years' experience working on complex development projects.

5+ years' experience with creating documentation for communication with varied audiences.

2+ years current experience successfully completing projects within an Agile environment.

2+ years demonstrable experience driving complex technology projects to successful completion.

Experience in project execution and follow-up.

Proficiency with Agile/Scrum software development methodology.

Possesses excellent interpersonal skills, with proven ability to negotiate and engage with individuals at all levels of the business.

Ability to demonstrate strong communication skills, both verbal and written. Communicates information in ways that can be easily understood.

Possesses strong work ethic, demonstrated attention to detail and excellent time management skills.

Deadline oriented and capable of self-management.

Ability to communicate fluently across business, product, and technology boundaries. Can communicate comfortably with Engineers, Designers, Operations, Business Stakeholders and an Executive level audience.

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with increased complexity.

Demonstrated ability to manage conflict.
Recommended
Proficiency with product management methodologies (including user research and product discovery).

Experience with Services Oriented and Microservice architectures, and other platform level technologies and approaches.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Excellent organizational skills.

Ability to work both independently and within a close team environment.

A passion for being part of a team willing to self-assess to continually innovate processes to achieve success.

Proficient in Google Workspace applications, including Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Gmail.

Required Documents

Cover Letter

Resume

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Pay Ranges:

Level 1 - $80,200 - $108,000

Level 2 - $95,000 - $130,000

Level 3 - $125,000 - $162,000

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.
Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com
If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.