Lead Product Manager|| San Francisco, CA (4 days a week Onsite)

Contract
Hybrid
$60-64/hr
San Francisco, CA

Job description

Job Description:  

  • 10+ years of related experience in Product Management, Inventory Management, Merch Financial Planning, Demand Forecasting, Assortment Planning, Allocation, Replenishment, Supply Chain, retail technology, or a related techno-functional discipline.

  • Deep understanding of retail planning and inventory management processes, including financial planning, demand forecasting, assortment planning, allocation, replenishment, inventory optimization, and exception management.

  • Experience delivering enterprise-scale planning, forecasting, allocation, replenishment, ERP, inventory, merchandising, or supply chain technology capabilities.

  • Strong ability to translate complex business processes into clear product strategies, roadmaps, requirements, user stories, and measurable outcomes.

  • Experience partnering with business, analytics, engineering, architecture, and program teams to deliver complex cross-functional initiatives.

  • Strong analytical orientation, with the ability to use data, business metrics, financial impact, and operational performance to shape product decisions and prioritize work.

  • Experience with forecasting, optimization, automation, AI/ML, or advanced analytics capabilities in a retail, planning, supply chain, or inventory management context preferred.

  • Experience reducing manual process complexity and modernizing fragmented planning workflows into scalable, governed, system-enabled capabilities.

  • Ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, evaluate solution tradeoffs, manage dependencies, and influence partners across business and Technology teams.

  • Experience across multiple software delivery models including agile, scrum, waterfall, and lean.

  • Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to lead through influence across a matrixed organization.

  • Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity, bring structure to complex problems, and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.

  • Bachelor’s degree or more in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, or a related field. An equivalent combination of related education, training, and experience will be considered.

 

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Job skills

Product Strategy

Market Research

Agile Methodology

User Experience Design

Data Analysis

Roadmap Development

Company overview

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Akaasa Technologies

IT Services and IT Consulting·51-200 employees

Staff augmentation is at the heart of what we do at AKAASA, and we excel at it. Our core philosophy is to prioritize our customers, consultants, and the communities where we live and work. This commitment is one of the key reasons why AKAASA consistently delivers top-tier IT talent to our clients. We are your one-stop solution, expertly managing every aspect of staff augmentation to save you both time and money. Our team can rapidly identify the right IT talent within your budget. Our team of experienced industry professionals has a strong track record of providing highly skilled software and IT professionals for short- and long-term contract assignments, as well as permanent placements, across the globe.