FLEX Director, Product Management Coach
Marriott International · Bethesda, MD · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteMarketingFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Coach product teams on core skills related to product strategy, discovery, and outcome-based delivery
- Lead practical learning through workshops, shadowing, and 1:1 coaching in partnership with the Global Technology Agile Center of Excellence (ACOE)
- Provide leaders with insights on product management competency gaps and maturity improvements
- Support the shift from project to product delivery across value streams
- Promote experimentation, iterative delivery, and validated learning
- Create onboarding paths with templates, playbooks, and best practice resources
Transformation Leadership
- Partner with transformation leaders to define roles, governance, and operating mechanisms
- Strengthen product management storytelling and communication of strategy, customer insights, and business outcomes
- Surface and help resolve organizational impediments to improve communication and decision making
- Provide transparent visibility on progress, risks, and adoption
Knowledge Management, Tools & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain centralized repositories of product frameworks, artifacts, training, and templates
- Conduct audits of product practices and tools, recommending improvements
- Facilitate communities of practice for product managers and agile teams
Required Experience and Skills
- 7–10+ years of product management experience, preferably in digital, technology, or platform product environments
- Strong knowledge of product discovery, product strategy, metrics, prioritization, and product delivery
- Experience coaching or mentoring Product Managers at different levels
- Comfortable working with senior leadership and technical stakeholders
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills
- Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Aha!, Azure DevOps, or similar
Suggested Desirable Skills
- Experience supporting a product operating model transformation in a mid-sized to large organization
- Familiarity with frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, OKRs, Lean Product, Dual Track Discovery, or SAFe
- Experience with change management approaches and training facilitation
- Background in executive reporting and data driven decision making