Staff Software Product Manager
Job Fit Check
Base Career helps you apply smarter for this job.
Key skills for this role
About the Role
Article is looking for a Staff Software Product Manager to drive product development across eCommerce, internal business applications, and data platforms. This role requires a strong systems mindset, 10+ years of software product management experience, and expertise in retail/eCommerce.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Define, communicate, and execute the multi year global product vision and strategic roadmap across eCommerce, internal business applications, and data platform initiatives
- Act as the business and product architect driving the evolution toward advanced headless, composable, and omni channel commerce environments
- Architect product development for internal core business applications such as merchandising, logistics, customer service, finance, and supply chain workflows
- Partner with Data Engineering and Analytics teams to establish the overarching vision for the company's data platform
- Manage product backlogs and prioritize initiatives based on business value, technical feasibility, and team capacity
- Collaborate with Engineering Managers and development teams to establish high velocity delivery frameworks
- Mentor, coach, and elevate the product management community within Article
- Act as a trusted advisor to business teams to gather complex requirements and ensure alignment on product priorities
Requirements
- 10+ years of software product management experience
- Must have worked in retail/eCommerce, ideally also knowing supply chain or logistics
- Experience in organizations undergoing tech debt reduction, legacy system migration, or platform re architecture (highly desirable)
- Proven ability to own and drive roadmap strategy and definition
- Track record of successfully delivering complex, cross functional programs with multiple stakeholders
- Stakeholder management and influence; able to work with strong personalities and secure buy in
- Experience working closely with engineering and operational teams
- Experience using Agile Scrum or Kanban methodologies
- Legally able to work in Canada
- Completion of criminal background check
Full Job Posting
Description
- Hi there, we're Article. Since 2013, we have been redefining the furniture industry one sofa at a time.
- As a Staff Software Product Manager, you'll drive product development across Article's digital platforms, including eCommerce systems, internal business applications, and data platforms.
- This is an on site role requiring you to be in the office at our Vancouver HQ 3 days per week.
Why We Need You
- This role requires a strong systems mindset and the ability to operate across multiple domains, including customer facing eCommerce platforms, internal operational systems, and the data platform.
- Many departments depend on those platforms, including eComm, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Customer Care, B2B Sales, and Physical Retail.
- You'll partner closely with engineering teams, data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to define product strategy, prioritize initiatives, and deliver solutions.
What You'll Do
- Define, communicate, and execute the multi year global product vision and strategic roadmap across all eCommerce, internal business applications, and data platform initiatives.
- Synthesize broad, complex corporate objectives into definitive product realities.
- Anticipate macro market trends and technological shifts.
- Act as the business and product architect driving the holistic evolution toward advanced headless, composable, and omni channel commerce environments.
- Partner with senior engineering leadership and UX principals to pioneer performant, localized, and hyper personalized digital storefronts.
- Govern ecosystem wide integration standards.
- Architect product development for internal core business applications such as merchandising, logistics, customer service, finance, and supply chain workflows.
- Identify operational inefficiencies, spearheading large scale automation frameworks.
- Champion cross functional operational roadmaps.
- Partner with Data Engineering and Analytics teams to establish the overarching vision for the company's data platform.
- Drive the product requirements for scalable data pipelines, advanced analytical data models, and predictive modeling capabilities.
- Ensure business teams have access to reliable, well structured data for reporting and strategic decision making.
Planning & Prioritization
- Manage product backlogs and prioritize initiatives based on business value, technical feasibility, and team capacity.
- Lead roadmap planning alignment and build data backed business cases for new initiatives.
- Manage cross project dependencies and trade offs across multiple parallel engineering workstreams.
Execution & Delivery
- Collaborate with Engineering Managers and development teams to establish high velocity delivery frameworks.
- Track initiative progress and communicate updates to stakeholders.
- Mentor, coach, and elevate the product management community within Article.
- Accountable for the post launch business outcomes of major platform overhauls.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as a trusted advisor to business teams to gather complex requirements and ensure alignment on product priorities.
- Communicate roadmap updates, delivery timelines, and trade offs clearly to both technical and non technical stakeholders.
- Facilitate high impact feedback loops, managing negotiations and cross departmental alignment.
Who You Are
- 10+ years of software product management experience.
- Must have worked in retail/eCommerce, ideally also knowing supply chain, or logistics.
- Experience in organizations undergoing tech debt reduction, legacy system migration, or platform re architecture (highly desirable).
- Proven ability to own and drive roadmap strategy and definition.
- Track record of successfully delivering complex, cross functional programs with multiple stakeholders and high technical ambiguity.
- Stakeholder management and influence; able to work with strong personalities, get alignment, negotiate trade offs, and secure buy in.
- Experience working closely with engineering and operational teams.
- Experience using Agile Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
- Legally able to work in Canada.
- Completion of criminal background check.
Perks & Benefits
- Salary range is $180,000 to $195,000.
- Eligible for cash bonus when Article hits annual financial goals.
- 4% RRSP matched contributions through Wealthsimple.
- 20 days of vacation.
- 1 extra day off (Inclusion and Diversity Day).
- 6 well being (sick) days.
- Hybrid work: 3 days a week in the office.
- Work remotely (anywhere in the world) for up to 3 weeks.
- Excellent extended health, dental, and vision benefits.
- $1000 health/lifestyle spending account.
- TELUS Health App with mental health assistance and virtual medical appointments.
- Onsite fitness equipment with showers and towel service.
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at Article
Staff Software Product Manager
Vancouver, CAN
Article is looking for a Staff Software Product Manager to drive product development across eCommerce, internal business applications, and data platforms. You will define product strategy, manage backlogs, and lead cross
Category Manager (Decor)
Vancouver, CAN
Article is looking for a Category Manager to own the Decor category, driving revenue and profitability through product strategy, pricing, and cross-functional collaboration. You will utilize customer and market research
Category Manager (Decor)
Vancouver, CAN
Article is hiring a Category Manager to lead the Decor category, driving product strategy, revenue growth, and P&L ownership. The role involves analyzing market trends, managing pricing, and collaborating with cross-func
Director, Global Sourcing
Vancouver, CAN
Article seeks a Director of Global Sourcing to scale the sourcing function, build supply base resilience, and mitigate geopolitical risks. You will lead a global team, drive category strategy, and optimize supplier perfo