Product Manager, Strategic Initiatives
About the role
The Product Manager will drive execution of strategic initiatives, translate strategic objectives into actionable plans, identify risks and dependencies, perform business analysis, develop business cases and executive recommendations, define KPIs, and collaborate across Product, UX, Technology, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Customer Experience teams.
Responsibilities
Writing clear, detailed requirements that downstream agile teams can pick up and execute without needing constant clarification
Ensuring cross-functional alignment across teams that don't report to the same organization — making sure everyone understands what's their responsibility and what isn't
Representing the hiring manager's strategic vision in working sessions and cross-functional meetings
Managing dependencies, risks, and decisions across multiple simultaneous initiatives
Supporting merger integration and strategic partnership initiatives from a product and eCommerce lens
Developing business cases, executive presentations, and analytical frameworks to measure initiative performance
What This Role Is Not
This is not a traditional Agile Product Manager role with a dedicated scrum team. You won't be grooming a backlog or running sprints. Other teams have their own PMs doing that work. Your job is upstream of that — creating the vision and requirements that those teams then execute on.
Must-Haves:
- 5+ years in a product-related role (PM, PO, BA, or strategy)
- E-commerce experience — this is non-negotiable
- Strong written communication skills — the ability to write requirements that are clear enough for teams to act on independently is central to this job
- Experience working across large, matrixed organizations
- Ability to influence without direct authority
- Local to the Stanford area — four days per week in office