Director, Platform Product Management

Company: Gap Inc.
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

About the RoleOur past is full of iconic moments - but our future is going to spark many more. We're looking for the people who'll help make our next decade as revolutionary as our first five. If you're one of the super-talented who thrive on change, aren't afraid to take risks, and love to make a difference, you're the right fit. Come grow with us.

Companies that can leverage data to inform decisions and apply advanced analytics will differentiate and have higher returns than those that can't. We are in an exciting stage of evolution as we embark on a journey to modernize our reporting and analytics through the creation of a single platform with one architectural design and strategy utilizing new and improved cloud technologies that delivers on our company's strategies.

The Director of Platform Product Management is a great opportunity for someone looking for a transformational, challenging, and collaborative role. The individual will partner in defining the product roadmap for a best-in-class data platform that will use data to unlock opportunities to provide better service to our customers by understanding who they are, how they shop, and what they want.

This role will also focus on building of enterprise reporting tools, to leverage technology in guiding us on our journey to succeeding as a data-driven company. This involves advanced reporting capabilities to analyze and interpret complex data sets, providing insights that drive strategic decisions, and enhancing business intelligence. The candidate should have a deep understanding of how to integrate data within an organization's infrastructure to optimize accessibility and usage across various departments.What You'll Do

• Collaborate on the data platform 3-year roadmap with a focus on the self-service data access strategy.
• Replace and modernize legacy enterprise reporting applications utilizing the latest technology to deliver self-service reporting and data access solutions
• Be results-oriented with a demonstrated sense of urgency to drive multiple projects to successful completion
• Ensure clear communication of project scope, timing, prioritization, budgets, resource needs, and progress on an ongoing basis and bring key stakeholders including executives on the journey
• Ability to translate business requirements into technology solutions to clearly articulate and drive business value.
• Be a critical thinker who can anticipate roadblocks and proactively solve problems in partnership with global technology teams.
• Work closely with data architects, API developers, our engineering team, and our data scientists to design a system that can scale elastically, and help support build vs. buy discussions
• Partner with stakeholders across the organization including the brands, global technology teams, cross-domain product managers, and change leads to define and prioritize use cases.
• Build, manage, and develop a highly effective team of product managers that will help achieve the data platform vision.Who You Are
  • 12+ years' experience in technology including 5+ years' experience in Data Warehousing, Data Platforms, Enterprise BI, or related field
  • Experience working closely with architects, engineers, and cross-functional business teams to define and drive functional product requirements and roadmap.
  • Technically savvy with direct experience in: Cloud infrastructure (ideally Azure), self-service reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau), and data catalog tools (Alation).
  • A blend of both strategic and tactical thinking-someone who can identify and prioritize opportunities in highly ambiguous contexts, and then organize thematic work areas in deep detail, thus aligning long term vision with iterative execution.
  • Exceptional communication skills-someone who is an engaging storyteller and is at ease presenting to executives with proven ability to develop and maintain effective business partner relationships.
  • Must be willing to roll up sleeves and get work done-a productive contributor to detailed content, with a strong sense of accountability and ownership.
  • Expertise in building centralized enterprise reporting platforms.Join us in a pivotal role where you can make a significant impact on how we leverage data to transform our business insights and strategies.
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