Royal Canin North America's Data & Analytics Associate Product Manager will manage Data and Analytics roadmap delivery for the Value Chain Operations (Manufacturing, Fulfillment, and Procurement) solution portfolio and the Finance solution portfolio in the North America region, starting with key business problems and/or future capability needs, to build and deploy analytics products that create business value and advance the Royal Canin digital agenda.
Requirements
- Familiarity with product analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude), and backlog management software (e.g. Azure DevOps, JIRA, Asana)
- Analytics foundation – knowledgeable in both operations research and the data science domain
- Experience in delivery management of analytical products, or awareness of the drivers of complexity within delivery
- Understanding of product management principles; i.e. Agile and Lean methodologies, product lifecycles, backlog management.
- Strength in business-to-science translation, with experience growing partnerships between business and technology teams
- Technical curiosity to identify and apply art-of-the-possible with data, analytics and AI for VCO and Finance.
Responsibilities
- Convert problems into a Product Vision; understand the current process, pain points, user personas, and existing tooling to synthesize Product(s) that address the business need.
- Work with the Senior Product Manager(s) to manage the roadmap of highest-impact analytical product areas.
- Help quality control all D&A use cases within VCO and Finance to ensure they create tangible value whilst aligning to the Royal Canin global, regional, and local strategies.
- Manage a backlog of Epics that iteratively addresses the problem using the Agile framework, prioritizing them into Releases (either individually or as part of a team).
- Partner with the Delivery & Data functions within D&A to scope and advocate for the resources, technologies, and data assets required to deliver each release. Ensure this is aligned to stakeholder and regional priorities.
- Coordinate the activities of a squad of technical resources (associate & 3rd party) who will build and deploy Product releases.
- Continually evaluate solution’s ability to solve the problem through adoption and other value creation indicators
Other
- 3-5 years of experience in Manufacturing, Fulfillment, Procurement, or Finance operations or product management
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field
- Proven record of facilitating teams to identify problems to solve, ideate solutions, and bringing possibilities to life
- Highly Preferred: Practical experience in a factory environment, in logistics and inventory management, or in financial planning & analysis
- Preferred: Professional certification in product management (e.g., Pragmatic Institute, AIPMM, or similar)
