Product Manager AI Foundation to H&M Business Tech

Are you up for a challenge? Are you a tech obsessed leader who always challenge the status quo? Do you think we can deliver value to our customers more effectively? If the answer is "Oh Yes!” this opportunity might be something for you. We are now looking for a tech obsessed senior leader to take on the new role as Product Manager AI Foundation to bring in new competence to our new organization Business Tech.
The H&M group is on an exciting journey to meet and exceed our customers' expectations today, tomorrow and in the future. Rapid technological development and new customer behaviours are transforming the fashion retail industry. To cater the individual needs and desires of our millions of customers, Business Tech will deliver technological solutions for the entire value chain for all our brands.
In Business Tech, we will continuously surprise and delight our customers and accelerate our business - by releasing the power of people, data and technology. We explore new ways of working, have a customer focused mindset, embrace our strong values and release the power of our people to innovate and develop products that make a meaningful impact to customers all over the world. 


What you will do as Product Manager
Advanced analytics and artificial intelligence are important focus areas for H&M Group. We have one of the industry’s biggest data sets and we are combining it with advanced analytics to unlock value across the full fashion value chain.
As our new Product Manager, you will be leading one of the Product Areas within AI, Analytics and Data. The area build and scale world class analytics capabilities that enables teams to create business value.
You will lead a cross functional product development organization that delivers business and customer value, always with salesmanship at heart. You will be responsible for the overall vision, strategy and KPI fulfilment of the Product Area as being part of the Domain leadership team. A key part of the role is to build strong relationships with relevant business partners to align the Product Area roadmap with the overall strategy and make sure it delivers solutions to meet our overall business goals.
We are on a journey together which means there is no clear path. You will play an important role in setting the foundation and creating our future organization.
Furthermore, you will:
Define high-level KPIs and targets for the entire Product Area and align them with the respective Product Owners
Ensure interfaces and dependencies within the Product Area and to other Product Areas are considered
Stay in sync with the Product Owners on priorities and day-to-day decision making
Create and maintain a roadmap for the Product Area
Be accountable for financial impact incurred by leveraged resources and solutions in the product teams of the Product Area
Exercise strong decision-making mandate across the team as a proxy to the Product Owners
Prepare and support the teams on product demos
Be responsible for the overall work environment for your team



Your mindset & skills
We believe you have a passion for tech and extensive experience from software engineering and from working with developing, running and scaling cutting-edge technology solutions and platforms. You are constantly challenging the status quo and drive ideas outside the box to find new solutions and you thrive in a matrixed organization with both complex and evolving technology and products.
Our journey will lead to something new and exciting - we will test, fail and learn. You are an important player in this transformation; therefore, we believe you are flexible, stress-resistant and able to work in an environment that is not yet formalized.
You have great leadership skills and believe in a culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust. You empower others to fail, learn, and grow and celebrate success as much as failure. You are a visionary that coaches and empower your colleagues with the most relevant competencies so they can lead, collaborate, and deliver exceptional customer and business results. We believe that you are a curious leader focused on value creation, growth and serving customers with full ownership and accountability. You have a holistic mindset and are typically skilled in breaking down silos, enable collaboration and empower teams. We call this servant leadership.
Furthermore, we believe you:
Have the ability to lead an organisation unit with 100+ employees
Have understanding and experience of Agile product development, preferably in large organisations
Know how to formulate solid business cases for technology initiatives
Have an experimental and curious mindset to drive innovation
Are a strong advocate for modern software development and engineering practices
Are a great communicator with experience of bringing together multiple business partners, both internal and external, to execute on a common mission
Understand what it takes to build healthy, maintainable and scalable technology
Understand relevant technology trends, the opportunities they bring and when and how to use them



Do you think we are a match? We hope so!
This is a full time position with placement in Stockholm. Please apply through the link with CV and Cover Letter (English) as soon as possible but no later than May 10th. If you have questions about the position please contact Maria Moberg at maria.moberg@hm.com.