Senior Product Manager - Finance Tech

Senior Product Manager - Finance Tech Location: Bengaluru Innovate in Bengaluru This position is based at our on-site office in Bengaluru. Lowe's offers an ultramodern work environment, complete with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, an on-site gym and clinic, and other perks to enhance your work experience. About Lowe’s Lowe’s is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com Lowe’s India, the Global Capability Center of Lowe’s Companies Inc., is a hub for driving our technology, business, analytics, and shared services strategy. Based in Bengaluru with over 4,500 associates, it powers innovations across omnichannel retail, AI/ML, enterprise architecture, supply chain, and customer experience. From supporting and launching homegrown solutions to fostering innovation through its Catalyze platform, Lowe’s India plays a pivotal role in transforming home improvement retail while upholding strong commitment to social impact and sustainability. For more information, visit Lowes India About the Team This role will be part of Lowe’s Technology organization powering the Finance Technology Modernization program for Lowe’s Finance & Accounting. The vision of Finance Technology Modernization program is to deliver modern applications and tools that enable Lowe’s Finance & Accounting organization to rapidly operationalize strategic enterprise initiatives, drive productivity through automation/AI, and deploy modernized foundational capabilities for transaction processing, internal control and compliance, and financial reporting. Job Summary: Use the sample functions below to help you fill in the Job Summary box. Use these functions as starting points or create your own. Sample Manager functions to elaborate on: executing direction from leadership, delivering results that align with strategic objectives, communicating critical information to other teams, managing vendor relationships, developing processes that align to organizational goals, specific technical skills required for managing a process. The Sr Product Manager owns the vision and strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for large, cross- functional and/or highly complex products. Responsibilities include defining the roadmap as well as planning and managing products and product features through the product development process. This role manages the product backlogs for a product group while prioritizing work and making product-related decisions based on the needs and expectations of customers and stakeholders. The individual in this role identifies and manages projects with a high level of autonomy. He/she manages multiple product designs at any given time while partnering closely with the business to understand pain points and develop the go-to-market strategy. Roles & Responsibilities: Core Responsibilities: Defines multiple large, cross-functional and/or highly complex products and identifies gaps and customer needs by creating vision, strategy and requirements documents for product(s); utilizing available studies (market research, internal) and competitive analysis to identify customer needs; performing experiments to uncover additional customer value; and partnering with the business to define product roadmaps and to establish the product vision Develops and manages the product roadmap, demonstrating expertise at the product group level, building partnerships with relevant stakeholder teams, and making trade-off decisions for multiple products in a product group Leads the product planning process across a product group by overseeing the development of requirements documents (user stories with acceptance criteria, use cases) for products or product releases; working closely with UX to oversee the design of the user experience across the product group; monitoring release goals, prioritization, implementation, and iteration plans for a product group; and resolving problems that are escalated Leads the development process by reviewing demos with the technology team and validating acceptance criteria for all products in the product group; and reviewing the development work and resolving escalated issues and bugs at a product group level Leads large, highly complex product launches by working with relevant stakeholders to develop launch and go-to-market plans, reviewing and resolving issues and blockers in partnership with team members that may delay the launch or impede the success of product(s) Manages scaled launches, sometimes of multiple complex products, in collaboration with leadership Tracks and reports on product launch metrics, utilizing feedback to drive associated actions and product iteration; contributes to post-launch reviews and drives incorporation of feedback in future product releases Represents team in product group-level discussions with internal and external stakeholders; uses data analysis to address complex and ambiguous problems that often involve multiple stakeholder teams and span across products in a product group Works with relevant internal and external stakeholders to identify and prioritize product group-level customer issues and customer experience gaps; uses findings to determine short and medium-term risk and opportunities for the product group and drive further customer adoption Provides coaching and guidance to more junior level product management team members; Uses analytics to monitor product KPIs and ensure success metrics are being met; identifies opportunities for testing and product/product group enhancements based on results Attends business reviews, providing critical input and expert insight into to inform the development of new products Maintains a prioritized product backlog based on defined business value, aligning with Product Strategy and resource capacity; uses data and analytics to prioritize the product backlog appropriately Reviews and approves large requirements (Epics) based on product strategy Aligns efforts across product teams, prioritizing as necessary, and driving/facilitating execution to maintain focus and appropriate momentum Builds and leverages solid working relationships with business and product stakeholders, other Product Managers, user experience and technology teams to facilitate successful product implementation Provides UX/UI approval for assigned products Provides direction to cross-functional teams, including engineering teams and business functions, communicating the product/product group roadmap and keeping everyone informed of updates Years of Experience: 5 years of experience in two or more of the following: project management, product management, business analysis, program management or product marketing 3 years of experience in product and/or experience management Required Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Communications, or related field (or equivalent work experience in a related field) Preferred Qualifications / Good to have: Master's Degree in Business Administration or similar advanced degree, with specialization in Finance and Accounting Finance / Accounting professional certifications - CFA, FRM, CPA, Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, etc. Experience collaborating closely with senior leadership Experience providing guidance and direction to cross-functional resources Skill Set Required Primary Skills (must have) Core Competencies: Focus on Customers Deliver Results Take Action Show Courage Continue Learning Functional Competencies: Collaborate Instill Trust Plan and Align Solve Complex Problems Think Strategically Technical Competencies: User Experience Design Business Case Development Product Design and Development Program Management Storytelling Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) fluency Secondary Skills (desired) Fintech experience – Sales/ Revenue Accounting, Inventory Cost Accounting, etc. Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under state or local law. Lowe’s wishes to maintain appropriate standards and integrity in meeting the requirements of the Information Technology Act’s privacy provisions. Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.