Platform Product Manager

Platform Product Manager
Who we are a yoga-inspired technical apparel company up to big things. The practice and philosophy
of yoga informs our overall purpose to elevate the world through the power of practice. We are proud
to be a growing global company with locations all around the world, from Vancouver to Shanghai, and
places in between. We owe our success to our innovative product, our emphasis on our stores, our
commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we get to make in every community we are
in.
About this team
The Platform team works closely with business stakeholders and technology teams to create both
experience and technical requirements for rich features and functionality for enterprise Platforms to
support our guest experience. The team works very closely with application teams and product
managers in the Cloud & Infrastructure space to ensure roadmaps are created and managed
according to the requirements needed to solve the high priority problems within each roadmap. The
team is organized, values research, great at facilitation, problem solving and bringing the right skill sets
together to ensure we have aligned requirements to enhance our guest experience across our digital
properties. Translating business strategy into feature/project requirements is a specialty of this team.
A day in the life:
Works closely with other Platform Product Managers, Business Owners and Technology teams to
ensure requirements are in place and understood. Responsible for ensuring acceptance criteria is
aligned. Works closely with Architects to ensure system implications/dependencies are understood.
Facilitates requirement conversations with Technology Teams.
? Experience and functional requirements gathering
? Owning the Product Roadmap, Initiatives and Sprint Backlogs
? Including dependency management and architectural decisions in requirements gathering
? Aligning overall scope and sequencing recommendations with Stakeholders
? Utilizes artifacts such as JIRA, Confluence and Business Process Documentation to facilitate
requirement alignment sessions
Qualifications:
? 5+ years of Product Manager experience within Technology industry
? Experience providing requirements for medium to large initiatives
? Experience working with both agile and waterfall delivery methodologies
? Demonstrated experience translating strategy into feature development roadmaps
? Demonstrated experience making tradeoffs between business needs and technology
constraints while keep the guests need at top of mind
Must haves:
? Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for
their life.
? Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.
? Communicates with honesty and kindness, and creates the space for others to do the same.
? Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.

Phase One Before Engaging with Candidate
Job Description

One Candidate Experience Talent Acquisition 2017
? Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
? Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn't take themselves too

seriously.