Catalog Product Owner

Founded in 1913 in Italy, the Prada Group was built on a tradition of excellence and with a vision of innovation. Our Iconic Brands include PRADA, Miu Miu, Church’s, Car Shoe and Pasticceria Marchesi and we are currently operating in more than 45 Countries, embracing employees of more than 100 nationalities.

Joining our Company means working in a creative and international environment, with teams of people motivated by curiosity and the quest for excellence. The engine of our success is the importance and value that we place on the talent and passion of our people leading to their own professional growth.
 

JOB PURPOSE

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Product Owner in the eCommerce area to join our growing Product team to be part of the Digital Dept. Come, build with us!

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Catalog Product Owner will be responsible for the development, maintenance and continual improvement of the Product Information Management system and all the other systems involved in catalog processes. This professional figure will serve as the administrator for the platforms, including partnering with key stakeholders of the business to lead the catalog roadmap and be responsible for integrations, migrations, best practices, workflows and governance.

In detail, the candidate will:

• drive the development of the different tools involved in catalog process with cross-functional teams (e.g., business users, engineers, marketing, partners);

• manage key relationships; work with software engineers, e-Operations, Scrum Masters, QA team and UX/UI designers across the enterprise to understand their needs and drive results;
• be owner of the catalog roadmap for core features and components of the tools;
• share strategy, roadmap, progress and insights broadly and systematically with different partners and stakeholders;
• be a technical/functional problem solver, identify problems and where they sits in the ecosystem;
• plan and execute unit, regression, integration, and acceptance testing related to Catalog Systems enhancements, changes, and upgrades;

• identify and report opportunities to leverage PIM application to improve business processes, data governance and support efficiency efforts cross-functionally across the business;
• be a center for knowledge, assist with developing training materials, and train new users on how to use systems easily and effectively;
• manage project execution and support the definition of system roll-out strategy including change management.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

3/4+ years’ experience working as Product Owner and/or Product Manager in cross functional teams.

6+ year’ experience in product information management platforms (PIM), visual merchandising platforms and digital asset management platforms (DAM) - (Akeneo, Algolia and/or Fluiid4 are a plus).

Master’s degree (or equivalent) in business management or engineering.

Experience in SCRUM, Agile or Design Sprint methodologies.

Experience in the use of Atlassian tools (e.g. Confluence, Jira).

Excellent English knowledge (written and spoken).