Role: Senior Technical Product Manager
Team: Product Technology
Scope: Individual Contributor, P4
Years of Experience: 6+
Location: Ventura, CA / Hybrid
Patagonia is in business to Save Our Home Planet! Product lies at the core of Patagonia’s mission. Delivering the best performing, highest quality, most durable, and most responsible products fuels everything that we do. Technology is a key enabler to this mission. To advance our agenda, we are hiring a Senior Technical Product Manager within the Product Technology team, reporting directly to the Senior Director of Product Technology. This role is instrumental in leading cross-team initiatives by shaping strategy, managing product roadmaps, and aligning technical and stakeholder priorities, serving Business Units, Product Creation, Marketing, Footprint, Creative, Innovation, and Strategy and additional company stakeholders. We seek candidates who are passionate about building effective and delightful technology products, and who share a passion for Patagonia’s mission, values, activities, and the communities we serve.
What You’ll Do
- Vision & Roadmaps: Lead the creation, prioritization, and execution of integrated product roadmaps and strategies, aligning cross-functional partners against Patagonia’s strategic, Technology, and Product goals and milestones.
- Delivery and Execution: Drive collaborative development and delivery of complex technology solutions to deliver key business outcomes, resolving dependencies and risks, and enabling creativity and innovation
- Analysis and Measurement: Gather and analyze qualitative and quantitative data to develop business cases, establish KPIs, and continuously monitor and improve product performance and user experience.
- User-Centricity: Champion a user-centric approach by deeply understanding user processes and needs, ensuring strong adoption and continuous improvement through authentic feedback and data-driven enhancements.
- Relationships and Trust: Foster alignment, trust, and transparent communication among stakeholders, building an empathetic and engaged environment across teams and leadership.
- Competitive Landscape: Monitor the competitive landscape to anticipate industry shifts, positioning Patagonia for emerging opportunities and mitigating risks through strategic planning and execution.
- Technical Expertise: Leverage deep technical and industry expertise to champion innovation, quality, and impact, ensuring all product and technology solutions support both business objectives and Patagonia’s environmental mission.
Who You Are
- Strategic: Translates complex information into actionable plans.
- Curious: Proactively seeks insights by asking thoughtful questions and conducting research and analysis.
- Collaborator: Fosters strong relationships and teamwork through a positive attitude, humility, and clear, empathetic communication.
- Driven: Results-oriented, seeks greater good, and leads diverse teams to achieve tangible outcomes
- Technical: Applies strong technical expertise to effectively partner with cross-functional teams on product strategies and execution.
- Self-Reflective: Embraces feedback and data to drive market-fit products and measurable outcomes.
- Agile: Adapts quickly, balances big-picture vision with detail, and delivers results using iterative, innovative approaches.
- Purpose-Driven: Champions environmental and social responsibility by streamlining processes and developing high-quality, impactful products.
Experience You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field
- 6+ years of technical product or program management experience in consumer product, retail, or e-commerce, including at least two years in a senior or lead role.
- Proven success in defining, developing, launching, and maintaining technology products, solutions, or platforms.
- Extensive collaboration with cross-functional teams, managing product roadmaps, stakeholder alignment, and deliveries across multiple products or platforms.
- Familiarity with technical architecture, APIs, and integration with corporate systems such as ERP and CRM.
- Demonstrated analytical skills and a consistent record of data-driven decision-making.
- Expertise in both foundational (PLM, VLP) and emerging (digital product creation, AI, AR/VR) fashion/retail technologies.
- Experience with digital transformation initiatives and user experience (UX) design, including user journey mapping.
Hiring range: $150,000-$180,000 USD Annual
At Patagonia, pay ranges are assigned to a job based on the location specific market median of similar jobs according to 3rd party salary benchmark surveys. Individual pay within that range can vary for several reasons including skills/capabilities, experience, and available budget. Note the full pay range for this role ranges from: $127,000 - $191,000 USD Annual. The Hiring Range reflects where in the range we intend to hire for this role.
Benefits
Patagonia offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, retirement and leave of absence plans. Benefit plans may vary slightly depending on the nature of your employment.
Workplace Location Overview
This position is
Hybrid, with a standard schedule of
Tuesday - Thursday on-site and remote work on other days. Occasional additional office visits may be required for team events or critical meetings.
Employee Conduct
It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.
