Digital Product Leader - Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Irving, TX 75014
About the Job
Job Description
Digital Product Leader – Thinx®
You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
Thinx® is seeking a seasoned Digital Product Leader who will be accountable for the profitability and end user experience for Reusable audiences, customers, and internal capabilities for all digital experiences (website, digital tools, etc.). This role will be a champion for the digital consumer experience across all sales channels. Reporting directly to the Director, Marketing, this role owns the development and execution of the digital product strategy for Thinx®. This person will lead the technical, product management, digital operations and product design, and site analytics functions for the business unit. You will lead a team of talented product managers, designers, engineers, and analysts to create and optimize digital experiences that drive consumer engagement, growth, and revenue.
This role is highly cross-functional in nature and will work closely with the leadership team, partnering closely with the marketing, brand and creative, strategy, insights, consumer engagement, finance, merchandising, logistics and distribution, and retail customer teams to understand the problems to solve and bring to life both immediate and long-term tactics that support the organizational strategies for the business unit. The right leader for this role knows what excellence looks like, has operated at scale across multiple sales and distribution channels, and is also excited to roll up their sleeves and build.
In this role, you will:
Champion a consumer-centric approach to digital product development, leveraging data-driven insights, user feedback, and market research to drive product improvements and enhancements through digital and retail experiences (including personalization and experimentation).
Partner with the Director, Marketing to set the overall strategic vision for Thinx® digital products, identifying opportunities to improve and elevate the consumer experience and performance.
Define and prioritize the digital product roadmap, balancing short-term goals with long-term vision. Set goals and KPIs to help make informed decisions about feature development, enhancements, and optimizations.
Lead, mentor, and inspire a cross-functional team of product managers, designers, engineers, and analysts. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
Own and introduce efficiencies to product ideation, innovation, design, development, quality assurance, launch and data insights strategies and processes.
Manage relationships with SaaS partners who integrate with our eCommerce ecosystem. Develop and implement eCommerce personalization, experimentation and SEO practices.
Location: This role can sit remotely anywhere in the USA.
About Us
Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, million of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.
In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years’ professional experience in a DTC or eCommerce-led business.
Experienced building and leading Engineering, Product Management, Product Design, Digital Operations and Data Analytics teams to drive growth and innovations for organizations.
You have a strong understanding of modern software engineering principles and architectures and how they support the needs of the user and the business.
Demonstrated success in developing and executing digital product strategies that accomplishes both nimbleness in immediate updates and strategic unlocks for long term initiatives.
In-depth knowledge of ecommerce and UX best practices, analytics, and industry trends in the direct-to-consumer and consumer packaged goods space. Preferably experience with omni-channel businesses.
You are comfortable creating a tactical plan to deliver on the strategies developed organizationally.
You are passionate about leading team members to own their areas of responsibility and encourage an environment of solutions-oriented thinking.
Preferred Qualifications:
You have proven experience in digital product management, preferably in a DTC business with retail and Amazon expansion experience.
You’re passionate about the future of Commerce, DTC, and CPG ecosystems and stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
Strong prioritization and stakeholder management frameworks that support a growth mindset for the business.
You are proficient in integrating quantitative and qualitative decision making into the prioritization and execution of the product, digital operations, UX and QA teams.
You are an inspiring, engaging and a clear communicator. By knowing your audience, you communicate across departments including Marketing, Creative, Finance, Engineering, Design, Analytics, Logistics and Fulfillment, and Thinx® leadership and address their needs, concerns, and priorities.
You are creative in defining solutions with clear and concise representation of the tradeoffs of each, while providing recommendations on not only how to execute the digital product roadmap, but the “whys” for the business as well.
Total Benefits
For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
Hybrid Work Arrangements: You’re looking to make a difference. When and where it works best for you. And at Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works, flexible work (hybrid) arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.
To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.
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And finally, the fine print….
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.
Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.
Total rewards at Kimberly-Clark includes pay and a full package of benefits that can be tailored to individual needs. The anticipated pay range for this job has a range of $158,000-$194,000in addition to bonus potential. Individual pay levels will be based on multiple factors including, but are not limited to, location, role, skill set, and level of experience.
Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.
Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will be decided at Kimberly-Clark’s sole discretion.
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