With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of
something bigger.
Position Purpose:
Are you ready to lead product strategy and product management excellence at
enterprise scale?
The Home Depot is seeking a seasoned product leader to join our leadership team
as a Senior Director, Product Management, leading our Interconnected Experience
Product Management organization. This role drives alignment on product strategy,
builds value-driven roadmaps, and partners across business and technology to
improve customer experiences and associate enablement.
What you’ll do
* Own and drive the product management strategy and operating model to promote
product management excellence across teams.
* Be a trusted partner and collaborator, known for building durable, cross
functional relationships that align teams around strategy, execution, and
measurable impact.
* Lead the Experience Product Management portfolio for homedepot.com and apps:
define vision, translate customer needs into strategy, and ensure roadmaps
are prioritized, sequenced, and outcome focused.
* Partner with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to align
priorities, remove blockers, and deliver measurable business value.
* Ensure product decisions are grounded in customer insight and data, with
clear hypotheses, tradeoffs, and learning loops.
* Build and develop a high-performing team: coach product leaders, strengthen
talent pipelines, and attract/retain top product talent.
* Ensure our Pro customers have the tools they need to grow their businesses.
* Support enterprise roadmaps through strong business partnership, strategic
planning, and market/industry awareness.
Key Responsibilities:
* 40% Strategy & Planning:
* Applies business domain and product management expertise to drive the overall
product strategy for a particular business domain, create growth for the
business, and deliver value for our customers
* Drives the prioritization, sequencing and execution of product roadmap to
ensure that capital is effectively deployed
* Partners with functional and technical leaders to identify and plan for the
capabilities necessary to deliver on the product roadmap for the associated
business domain
* Provides input into Enterprise Product Roadmap planning to ensure alignment
across the enterprise
* Stays abreast of research and market analysis, meets with third party
vendors, and maintains knowledge of business domain, industry innovations,
technology platforms, and product management best practices
* Understands financial and business impacts product strategy decisions and
prioritizes updates to support the enterprise roadmap
* Establishes and nurtures strategic vendor relationships; owns strategic
vendor relationships as needed to align to domain, portfolio, and enterprise
strategic objectives
* 20% Operations:
* Drives product development quality by reviewing performance and directing
work efforts to ensure product management practices are adhered to and
delivered in alignment with company, stakeholder and end-user priorities
* Understands enterprise goals and KPIs to ensure value is delivered against
them
* Consistently monitors product-related metrics and pivots as necessary to
realize intended value
* Drives operational excellence to create internal customer satisfaction and
meet operational metrics
* Enables consistent measurement and transparent visibility of results,
dependencies, and connection points across multiple stakeholders at all
levels in the organization
* 20% Enablement:
* Establishes and refines a highly effective and tactfully executed product
management discipline for the associated business domain
* Supports successful delivery of product management practices by advocating
for the position of product management as it relates to customer backed
design and prioritizing work based on value
* Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by empathizing with and
understanding user needs and becoming the domain expert
* Champions business domain and associated product management vision and
strategy
* Creates a healthy team culture of happy and productive associates who
understand the vision and strategy and are empowered to make the decisions
necessary to execute and meet clearly defined and communicated metrics
* Drives innovation with her/his team and empowers them to make decisions
* 20% People Development:
* Shapes and supports product management leaders (direct reports) who can
strengthen The Home Depot's product management bench strength, improve upon
existing capabilities, and develop others who understand and advocate for
product management excellence across the enterprise
* Attracts, retains, develops and motivates product management talent
* Manages and coordinates strategic direction for staff
* Provides leadership, mentoring and coaching to direct reports
* Conducts annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans
and providing performance feedback
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
* Reports to Chief Product and Experience Officer.
* This role has 6 direct reports.
Travel Requirements:
* Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
Physical Requirements:
* Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is
frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to
move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:
* Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be
infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
* Must be eighteen years of age or older.
* Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Proven leadership experience in eCommerce or Consumer/Pro experience
development, with exposure to mobile (iOS/Android).
* Demonstrated success building, leading, and scaling high‑performing product
organizations within fast‑paced, multi‑division, national enterprises.
* Expert in defining, articulating, and executing compelling value
propositions, including ownership of product vision, success metrics, KPIs,
and measurable outcomes.
* Deep domain and market expertise, enabling data‑driven decision‑making and
informed prioritization across complex product portfolios.
* Strong track record of shaping and aligning strategic product direction and
guiding execution for a business domain or significant portfolio segment.
* Leverages market, customer, and industry insights to drive strategic
initiatives, competitive differentiation, and long‑term business growth.
* Highly effective executive communicator with the ability to advocate for
product strategy, influence stakeholders, and clearly demonstrate the value
of product management across the organization.
* Skilled in building trust, influence, and alignment with cross‑functional and
technical leaders at all levels, including Engineering, Design, Marketing,
Sales, and Executive Leadership.
* Experience selecting, managing, and leading strategic vendor and partner
relationships, serving as primary point of contact for key external
partnerships.
* Proven people leader with expertise in coaching, developing, and managing
managers and senior product leaders, fostering talent growth and
organizational maturity.
Minimum Education:
* The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion
of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study
related to the job.
Preferred Education:
* No additional education
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
* 8
Preferred Years of Work Experience:
* No additional years of experience
Minimum Leadership Experience:
* None
Preferred Leadership Experience:
* None
Certifications:
* None
Competencies:
* None