Director of Product Management

Summary

Join Geomagical Labs, an IKEA R&D division, as Director of Product Management for their market-leading visual shopping product, IKEA Kreativ. You will define the product roadmap, achieve business outcomes, lead cross-functional teams, develop a PM team, and manage details. This senior role requires strong leadership, data analysis, and communication skills. The ideal candidate possesses extensive software product management experience, a technical background, and a proven track record of success in consumer app development. Geomagical Labs offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to work on a globally impactful product.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field
• 6+ years software product management experience
• 2+ years managing other product managers
• Experience developing consumer web and/or mobile apps in an agile SDLC
• Experience driving delivery, revenue, business outcomes, and customer success through determined product execution
• A track record of data-driven decision making and very strong Business Intelligence software skills
• Reliable operator, with "fire-and-forget" follow through
• Able to bring the best out of teams, and collaborate effectively at all levels within the company and partner organizations. Know how to speak strategically to get the right workforce outcomes
• Able to distill key ideas, drive positive consensus, and influence engineers, creatives, senior executives, and customers, through clear & compelling written & verbal communication

Responsibilities

• Define the product roadmap --- Own the product roadmap for key digital experiences used by tens of millions of customers. Use soft and hard data to accurately understand customer pain points and opportunities. Craft features and solutions that bring successful, intuitive, and magical home retail experiences to our customers
• Achieve business outcomes --- As a senior business leader, you will knock down walls to achieve business outcomes, be able to set and steer wise business targets, and deliver products predictably & with high quality. You will be insatiably curious, and aim to verify that your product work delivers the expected results
• Lead wisely, across teams --- Drive high-value product outcomes by steering design, development, AI and platform engineering teams as a wise, facts-driven leader. Lead outcomes by managing through through influence, operational excellence, and motivating teams to a high-level of performance and cohesion
• Develop & nurture a talented PM team --- You will manage a talented product team, coaching & mentoring them to develop as PMs, and ensuring that their product areas drive the expected business outcomes
• Manage details --- Seamlessly manage feature backlogs and prioritization, complex project schedules, solve challenges, and ensure timely delivery while balancing priorities and timelines
• Be in the data --- Be a truth-seeker, leading through facts, not just opinion. To have sufficient ability to answer questions through data, you will need to have hands-on Business Intelligence software skills
• Understand the market --- Conduct market analysis analysis to inform product strategy, stay competitive, and address emerging consumer trends
• Communicate strategically --- You will need to have ability to communicate effectively and persuasively at multiple levels of the organization, including the top executive levels of IKEA

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA
• Functional SQL skills
• Experience in retail e-commerce businesses
• Knowledge or direct experience of the home furnishing market
• Experience in 3D graphics, AR, visual AI, or virtual reality

Benefits

• Excellent full range of benefits, including health and retirement with company match
• Local candidates are preferred for team dynamics, but fully remote work may be available for exceptional candidates
• Compensation will vary based on experience and location, with a base salary range of $190,000 to $275,000 and possibility of substantial annual performance compensation