The Product Operations Manager drives operational excellence for ChannelAdvisor’s product management function by creating and managing supporting processes that can scale for ChannelAdvisor’s growth and customer success. This role will be responsible for executing and improving major cross-functional processes such as release processes to ensure cross-functional readiness for product releases, roadmap iteration processes to ensure on schedule roadmap revisions, and product analytics processes to ensure the team has efficient access to information produced by other departments and systems such as usage analytics, business performance, and competitive intelligence. The role requires effective project and process management, including the creativity and ability to develop processes and tools that address the needs of the function and the business. This role is accountable for the achievement of operational process objectives established on a rolling quarterly basis.

• Continuous collaboration with leaders and stakeholders in product management and other departments on improving customer success through product-related process improvements.
• Drive implementation of plans and processes that improve the organizational efficiency and quality of software releases including cross-departmental release readiness and cross-functional release enablement.
• Conceive and implement processes and systems using off-the-shelf collaboration and project management tools.
• Lead regular meetings for key processes to ensure a healthy and efficient product management function that can scale as needed.
• Drive a regular cycle of roadmap review, update, and communication across the product management team.
• Collaborate with the usage analytics team, business operations team, and marketing team to ensure the Product team has access to timely and relevant data and measures for key areas such as usage analytics, business performance, and competitive analysis.

• Bachelor's Degree in business, operational, or technical discipline.
• Experience working in a software or technology business.
• Experience working with product management teams and/or in e-commerce is strongly preferred.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects.
• Experience with product management software such as Aha is a plus.
• Ability to design, manage and implement cross-functional processes including the ability to work with off-the-shelf tools such as Monday.com and Confluence.
• Ability and initiative to collect and analyze data using surveys and other techniques to identify problems areas and opportunities in existing processes.
• Effective at exercising indirect leadership, collaboration, and influencing skills when working across multiple stakeholders.
• Must be an energetic self-starter with a passion for bringing structure to chaos while being goal driven with an ability to manage projects from start to finish.
• Has an open attitude, is humble, and willing to experiment and try new methods.
• Excellent communicator at all levels of the organization. Communicates process clearly and with attention to detail, communicates executive status and proposals clearly and succinctly.
• Must enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic, and fluid environment.
• Training or certification in project or program management, Agile processes, and/or change management is a plus. 
• Prior roles that may be a good fit for this position: Product Manager, Business Operations Manager, Services or Implementation Manager, Project Manager or Program Manager.

This role will be measured on:

• This role is accountable for the achievement of operational process objectives established on a rolling quarterly basis.

The ChannelAdvisor Experience

Together We Win

We take a whole-person approach to engage and support our ChannelAdvisor team. We believe the diversity of our global team is an advantage.  If you’re curious, innovative, determined, and customer-focused, then you’ll love the challenge and rewards of collaborating as a team to help our customers win. We offer competitive salaries, commission, and short-term incentive programs that recognize your hard work and results.  Because when our customers win, we win.  And when we win, you win.

Work Where It Works

You’ll have the flexibility to have a working arrangement that works best for you, and serves the needs of our customers and our business. With your manager, you’ll decide on a schedule and work location that sets you up for success.  You can choose to work in the office of your assigned location, your home office or both. And if things change, no problem.  Just work it out with your manager.

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The ChannelAdvisor team has a passion for going above and beyond. Taking time away to recharge is important so you can bring your best. We offer programs that provide you flexibility and time away.  We offer competitive health care and wellness programs, generous paid time off and programs for new parents that help you make work fit into your life -- and not the other way around.

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We’re growing. So that means there are opportunities for you to grow too. We work to create an environment where everyone who is committed, works hard, and delivers results can thrive and grow.  You can connect with one of our employee resource groups and support our diversity, equity and inclusion task force, network with like-minded ChannelAdvisor team members, and showcase your leadership skills. Our focus on internal career growth is intentional.  Our professional development stipend and learning and development offerings help you build the skills and connections you need to move forward in your career. Plus, our Leadership Academy offers in-house management development classes to grow our leaders from within.