Product Manager (CPG & Retail)
Job Title: Product Manager (CPG & Retail)
Location: Bedminster, NJ (Hybrid)
Job Type: Full-Time
About SDG Group
SDG Group is a global consulting firm specialized in Data & Analytics. We are committed to unlocking organizations’ potential by offering in-depth analytics expertise that empowers our clients to become successful data-driven enterprises. Innovation is in our DNA; we constantly innovate our value proposition with cutting-edge laboratories and transformational models to provide the ultimate analytics practices and solutions.
Position Overview
As a Product Manager in our Business Strategy team, you will be embedded with a global CPG client’s regional analytics division. You will be the critical bridge between their business and technical teams, responsible for understanding business needs, identifying impactful use cases, and translating requests into technical requirements. This role requires a unique blend of strategic thinking, deep domain knowledge, and exceptional stakeholder management to guide our client's analytics product strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Initial Focus:
- Strategy & Use Case Proposal: Partner with regional business leads to understand analytics goals and translate their needs into actionable data & analytics use case proposals.
- Feasibility & Impact Assessment: Coordinate across business and technical teams to assess the business impact, technical feasibility, and level of effort for proposed initiatives.
- Roadmap Development: Create a short-term roadmap that balances quick-win, business-driven use cases with the foundational engineering needed to future-proof development.
Ongoing Responsibilities:
- Business & Technical Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact and communication bridge between business stakeholders and the development team.
- Product Strategy: Guide decision-making for the region's analytics product strategy via workshops, interviews, and a deep understanding of their business processes.
- Voice of the Customer: Represent the business stakeholders' priorities, needs, and expectations to the development team.
- Voice of the Developers: Represent the development team's recommendations, feasibility, and capacity back to the business stakeholders.
- Feature Definition: Define feature-level requirements to deliver value in increments, partnering with development teams to break them into tangible work items.
- Process Improvement: Coordinate with global teams to identify and implement "ways of working" improvements, including intake management, communication channels, training, and feedback loops.
Qualifications
- Experience: 5+ years of proven experience in business consulting, data strategy, or technical product management.
- Industry Expertise: Strong knowledge of CPG & Retail industry challenges, key business processes, and data-driven use cases.
- Product Management: Demonstrable experience creating and managing product roadmaps, defining features, and managing a backlog for a technical/data team.
- Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and consensus between senior business leaders and technical teams.
- Bilingual Translator: A strategic thinker with the ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements (and vice-versa).
- Analytical Mindset: A strong analytical mindset with the ability to see both the unique market needs and the opportunities for global scalability.
What We Offer
- Stability and Growth: Full-time employment in a growing high-tech industry with a meritocratic culture that provides opportunities for professional growth.
- Competitive Compensation: A competitive salary and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Robust healthcare and benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability coverage .
- Work-Life Balance: 3+ weeks of paid vacation , a flexible holiday schedule, and hybrid working arrangements that balance on-site and remote work.
- Supportive Community: A welcoming, collaborative, and inclusive culture where you can learn from exceptional professionals and make a significant impact.
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