Director, Group Product Lifecycle

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Job Title: Director, Group Product Lifecycle

Reports to: Sr. Director, Product Management

Location: Remote

Interested applicants must reside in one of the following approved states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington

The Role

The Director, Group Product Lifecycle will:

• Develop and articulate a clear vision for the Product Lifecycle group in alignment with overarching business strategy. Identify market trends, customer needs, and new opportunities to enhance the product offerings.
• Manage the product management budget and resources to achieve business objectives within scope.
• Oversee the entire lifecycle of Product Lifecycle products, from conception and development to launch and continuous improvement.
• Ensure the value propositions for Product Lifecycle products are clearly defined and communicated.
• Work closely with other product groups and functional departments (such as sales, marketing, and customer service) to ensure product group alignment with company goals and customer expectations. Act as the primary liaison between technical teams and business units.
• Collaborate with senior leaders and technical teams impacted by Product Lifecycle to drive strategic alignment of product delivery with company goals as well as adoption by customers.

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Your Impact
The primary functions of this role, include but are not limited to:

• Prioritize the most impactful problems to solve to realize strategic outcomes, as well as shape the solution options for product and delivery teams to decompose strategy to execution.
• Support and champion the Deckers approach to governance of global teams across multiple brands and geographies.
• Lead and mentor a team of product managers and cross-functional teams. Foster a collaborative environment and encourage innovation and excellence in product development.
• Lead product and delivery teams in how they collaborate and orchestrate with stakeholders, plan and monitor the execution of deliverables, craft adoption plans, and measure success.
• Ensure the …