Product Management Lead

ABOUT APPLY DIGITAL

Who we are: We're a global digital transformation partner for change agents, working to modernize their organizations.

Who we help: Our 650+ digital specialists have helped global companies like Kraft Heinz, Moderna, Lululemon, Games Workshop, Atlassian, and The Very Group create business impact.

What we do: We offer clients end-to-end expertise across Business Strategy, Commerce, Platform, Products, Innovation, and beyond.

How we help: We work together as one connected team to drive business impact and ensure every strategy is actionable through to execution in the context of your organization’s broader ecosystem. We collaborate as cross-disciplinary pods and as extensions of client teams - ensuring the right perspectives contribute to creating connected, value-generating outcomes.

APPLY DIGITAL TALENT PIPELINE:

Interested in joining the Apply Digital team, but don’t see an open role you connect with? Submit your resume below and we’ll add you to our Talent Pipeline.

When new opportunities open up at Apply Digital, we'll check our Pipeline. If your profile is a fit, we'll get in touch for an interview.

Please review the requirements below to determine if you would be a good fit and submit your resume.

LOCATION: Apply Digital is hybrid/remote friendly. The preferred candidate should be based in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada, working in hours that align to ET.

THE ROLE:

Are you motivated by visioning big ideas and turning them into solutions that deliver on business and customer value? Do you have analytical superpowers? Does the idea of collaborating with a top-notch multidisciplinary UX, design & technology team to build digital products excite you? Are you an expert in the SaaS Platform space and can craft and own an entire roadmap? Have you been a Principal or Group Product Manager and are looking to do even bigger things? Then the Product Management Lead position at Apply Digital is perfect for your next career move.

We are looking for an experienced Product Management Lead to join our team. This position sits within the Product Management team at Apply Digital and is the backbone of all project executions. You own the product vision, requirements management, and ROI of the products that we build for our clients. Your duties will include generating purposeful ideas, strategy and vision creation, and following through with end-to-end product definition and development. You will also be responsible for ongoing management, operation, and optimization of the product.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build and champion product strategies and vision throughout client engagements, as well as brief and inspire internal team members to deliver on that vision.
• Retrieve and analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders, other teams, and utilize various research methods and workshop facilitation methodologies to shape requirements, features and end products.
• Take ownership over creating product plans and roadmaps with the buy-in of executive stakeholders.
• Prepare and review product requirements documents (PRD) - be meticulous in ensuring requirements of all types (client, business, user experience, design, technical, non-functional) are understood, documented, kept up-to-date, with conflicts resolved, and finally communicated in a timely fashion to team members and client stakeholders.
• Organize product releases and priorities properly, ensuring compliance with business value expectations.
• Prepare recommendations to track product use and impact end users - define measurement plans for the digital products that we design and build. Build your skills using a repertoire of analytics tools.
• Ensure requirements have been delivered to specifications, defects have been managed through to resolution, and assess readiness for launch.
• Continuously prepare recommendations to expand product base and vision - based on data and research-driven insight.
• Add value to the team - you are not just an order-taker. You understand what it means to drive ROI through business and customer value, you understand the constraints from all directions, and you use your consultative skills to make recommendations to move vision forward.

REQUIREMENTS:

• You’ve built platforms that enable digital experiences, with a minimum 10+ years of experience leading product or engineering teams for Digital Experience Platforms.
• Experience with Cloud technologies, web content management, distributed systems, and the latest trends in digital experience management.
• You have years of experience communicating and collaborating with Executive Stakeholders from across an organization.
• You have proven yourself in a consultation role, through Agency, Consultancy, or other Professional Services Firm.
• You are perceptive, a creative leader, and a problem solver.
• You are professional, confident, and able to understand which ideas will and which won’t work.
• It’s easy for you to break down complex problems into logical, digestible steps.
• Ambiguity doesn’t scare you, and you thrive on turning ambiguity and conflicting information into clarity in a fast-changing environment.
• You have a portfolio of digital products that you have shipped, managed and operated, and are proud to share how it delivered value to end users.
• You are an expert in the e-commerce space having built in several platforms and have strategically designed and built roadmaps.
• You’re good at techie speak and non-techie speak. You’ve collaborated in multidisciplinary teams, are able to convey technical concepts to non-technical people as well as turn business, UX, design requirements into technical specifications.

LIFE AT APPLY DIGITAL

• Great projects: Broaden your skills on a range of engaging projects with global brands and important work for causes we care about.
• An inclusive environment: We’re truly committed to building a culture where diversity is celebrated and everyone feels welcome. So come as you are.
• Learning opportunities: We offer generous training budgets, including partner tech certifications, custom learning plans, workshops, mentorship, and peer support.
• Generous vacation policy: Work-life balance is key to our team’s success, so we offer ample time away from work to promote overall well-being.
• Customizable benefits: Tailor your extended health and dental plan to your needs, priorities, and preferences.
• Flexible work arrangements: We work in a variety of ways, from remote, to in-office, to a blend of both.

Apply Digital is committed to building a culture where differences are celebrated and everyone feels welcome. That’s why we value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are recognized and valued.

For more information, visit the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by emailing us at careers@applydigital.com.

At Apply Digital, we value humanity, diversity, and authenticity as much as we do excellence and innovation. We aim to live our SHAPE values (Smart, Humble, Active, Positive, Excellent) every day in the work we do and how we work together.

If this aligns with your values, we encourage you to apply for a role that aligns with your experience.