Job Description
NOTE: Looking for somone who is based out in Salt Lake City, Utha but can work remotely and travel to office whenever required.
About the Job
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a principal product manager to join our retail client on Digital Product team during a pivotal inflection point. This highly visible, strategic role is ideal for a product leader with deep experience in e-commerce platforms and end-to-end replatforming. You will lead vendor evaluation and selection efforts as we consider a full-code rewrite of our digital commerce experience. In this role, you will weigh our current platform against best-in-class solutions. This is a rare opportunity to help chart the next decade of our digital architecture.
What You’ll Do | Key Accountabilities
- Lead our e-commerce platform evaluation strategy, guiding a comprehensive vendor assessment process—from RFI to final selection—considering technical fit, business requirements, customer experience, and long-term scalability.
- Own and drive the product lifecycle for a major commerce platform rewrite initiative, from strategic framing to execution readiness.
- Apply deep market expertise to guide platform tradeoffs (build vs buy), evaluating our existing solution against emerging and established vendors.
- Act as the primary product partner for technology, architecture, and business stakeholders as we reimagine our digital foundation.
- Model excellence in cross-functional collaboration, especially with engineering, UX, architecture, and enterprise IT to define the right path forward.
- Lead a dedicated discovery effort to gather business needs across domains (merchandising, fulfillment, customer service, site operations, etc.) and translate them into a robust evaluation framework.
- Define and manage requirements for technical and functional capabilities required in a next-generation e-commerce solution.
- Guide a product squad through early-stage replatforming planning, including defining scope, migration approach, MVP, and phased rollouts.
- Provide mentorship to other product managers on platform strategy, eCommerce vendor management, and best practices in long-term product visioning.
What You’ll Bring | Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of experience in product management with a strong emphasis on e-commerce platforms and digital architecture strategy
- Proven experience leading a full-cycle vendor evaluation and replatforming effort, including requirements gathering, vendor scorecarding, stakeholder alignment, and executive recommendation
- Extensive experience with third-party e-commerce platforms, including any or all: Shopify Plus, Commercetools, BigCommerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Magento, or similar
- Familiarity with legacy and enterprise commerce systems like HCL Commerce (WebSphere Commerce) and tradeoffs associated with monolith-to-composable migrations
- Deep understanding of e-commerce architecture patterns, including headless commerce, API-first platforms, PIMs, OMS integrations, and edge services like CDN/personalization layers
- Strategic thinker with the ability to synthesize technical complexity into business value and guide senior leadership through tradeoff discussions
- Experience working closely with senior architects and senior leadership on large-scale transformation projects
- Expertise in product discovery practices and developing frameworks to evaluate technical, operational, and customer impact of multiple platform options
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate product vision, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong leadership presence and ability to navigate ambiguity while building alignment and clarity across teams
- Passion for digital commerce, innovation, and shaping the long-term success of the customer experience
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