Digital Product Manager
About H-E-B H-E-B is one of the largest, independently owned food retailers in the nation operating over 400 stores throughout Texas and Mexico, with annual sales generating over $25 billion.Described by industry experts as a daring innovator and smart competitor, H-E-B has led the way with creative new concepts, outstanding service and a commitment to diversity in our workforce, workplace and marketplace. H-E-B offers a wealth of career opportunities to our 109,000+ Partners (employees), competitive compensation and benefits program and comprehensive training that lead to successful careers.
H-E-B Digital, a brand new food tech startup from iconic Texas retailer H-E-B, is seeking new members (Partners)! We plan on investing heavily in our customers’ digital experience, reinventing how they find inspiration from food, how they make food decisions, and how they ultimately get food into their homes.
H-E-B Digital will be co-located in San Antonio and Austin, which will share space with Favor - recently acquired by H-E-B, and now ranked no. 138 on the Inc. 5000 list (in addition, ranked 5th in Texas and 1st in Austin!). Our top leaders have deep consumer tech experience; Jag Bath (CEO and President of Favor) leads H-E-B Digital, and Mike Georgoff (recent Chief Product Officer at Main Street Hub), leads digital product strategy and development. We're hiring for every other role on this new team: product management, product marketing, design (product / UX / visual), user research, proto-typing, and engineering.
The Product & Design Team is on a mission to design and build the absolute best software and experience in the food / retail space while driving exceptional business results. We mix user centric design with business savvy, focusing on two key user segments:
Consumers: a compelling digital experience that captures everything inspiring about food, while delivering incredible convenience and simplifying the grocery experience to be nothing short of delightful.
H-E-B Partners: we arm H-E-B partners across the company with world class business applications and tools to thrive in their jobs so together we can ensure that the customer experience is top notch online, in-store, or anywhere else.
What is the opportunity?
You’re someone who works seamlessly with engineers and designers alike; you can ask savvy questions in either space to reach powerful product conclusions. As a Product Manager, you will embrace the role of “editor in chief” – finding and evaluating ideas from all sources and using customer empathy to mold those ideas into a seamless, compelling whole that is so much more than the sum of its parts.
Own all aspects of product management in your realm – vision, strategy, roadmap, prototypes, user testing, development, optimization, business outcomes, etc.
Be an exceptional communicator, accountable for telling a memorable, sticky story about the product to key stakeholders
Be an exceptional collaborator – our motto is the team, the team, the team
Be a relentless advocate for the customer in all circumstances
Be granted exceptional freedom and autonomy, always remembering that with great power comes great responsibility
Be a student of design thinking and have an appetite for learning the art of intervention design
Be a gritty, self-starting learning animal
Why is it awesome? You will…
Help build and apply product management standards / processes across the Product & Design team
Have the freedom to define how product management operates at H-E-B Digital
Be part of a small, lean team (to start), which translates to you having a big personal impact
Have huge opportunity for growth. H-E-B Digital is on the way up, creating exceptional career paths for exceptional product & design talent
Be surrounded by top talent; we constantly raise the bar, and all get better along the way
What is your background?
Proven track record (3 – 10 years’ experience) in digital product management
Extra points for experience in consumer software products
Even more points for deep mobile experience, both web and native
Do you have what it takes to succeed?
Enthusiasm for H-E-B values and the H-E-B Digital mission
Familiarity with design, UX, HCI, CS, or related fields
Ability to make decisions based on hard inputs, seasoned with just a bit of gut feel
Personal ambition and the ability to embrace challenge; you’re energized by more and inspired by learning
Great attention to detail—because the details matter
If you apply, include the word “armadillo” somewhere in your resume or cover letter
Embrace and thrive in high paced, lean startup cultures
High comfort level with “lean startup” or Agile development methodologies
Radical customer obsessions
Love that data, just love it
Deep appreciation for great user centered design, paired with healthy respect for the business and hunger to build products with real financial impact on the company
Intellectual agility – we cover a lot of different terrain every week
What are the perks?
A robust Benefits plan with coverage starting Day One
An 80/20 PPO medical plan with a $30 copay for in-network primary care
Dental plans, Vision plan, voluntary insurance plans, and flexible spending accounts (FSA) available
The Partner Care Team, for any time you have healthcare or coverage questions
Partner Guidance allows free counselor visits, up to 5 times per year for each issue
Telehealth offers 24/7 access to board-certified doctors over the phone
Funeral leave, Jury Duty, and Military pay (subject to applicable law)
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage after 90 days
Maternal / Paternal Leave for new parents, adoptions included
Eligibility for 401(k) participation after 6 months
Eligibility for quarterly bonuses based on company performance
10% off H-E-B brand products in-store and online after 90 days
Access to other savings (gyms, phone, hotels, and more) through online discount program after 90 days
Opportunity to become a “Partner-Owner” after 12 months of employment