Senior Director Product Management - Technology

We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come… for our customers, our communities, and our planet. 
 
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.  
 
We are positioned at the intersection of sustainability and technology. Our businesses develop technology that helps save our customers energy and reduce their carbon emissions. We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and location-aware applications. 

Job Summary

 

In the role of Senior Director of Technology, supporting Acuity Brand’s Data Excellence domain, you will develop deep technology, business, and domain expertise to define and execute the long-term vision and strategy for the domain. This includes providing thought leadership, innovating on new opportunities, and identifying strategic objectives that align with the overall department and company goals. The successful candidate will also partner with cross-functional teams of product managers, engineers, UX designers, and data scientists to identify opportunities, define requirements, and deliver features that will help Acuity Brands.

 

Success in this role requires a unique combination of skills and character traits which include:

• Ability to holistically view and understand Acuity’s ecosystems and focus on delivering technology that drives impact
• Deep leadership and product strategy experience that will inspire and influence your direct reports, partners and stakeholders so they’re part of the journey with you
• Relevant experience working with financial and accounting systems
• A passion for intuitive, easy to use products designed to reduce cognitive load and improve processes. Empathy for users which results in a willingness to immerse yourself in feedback to distill insights and get to the root of problems
• A desire to drive measurable results in terms of operating efficiency or income. A corresponding data-driven mindset that can clearly identify, articulate, and quantify the levers that will improve your product(s)
• Familiarity with systems-oriented thinking. An aptitude for diving into the interconnectedness of marketing, sales, supply chain, inventory, and financial systems as part of building robust and scalable product(s)
• An unwavering personal integrity and work ethic, you believe in mission driven organizations that serve a broader purpose. You want to work on products that improve peoples’ lives

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

 

• Product Strategy:  Develop and execute a product strategy that aligns with the overall business goals and objectives, focusing on the different master data domains
• Tech Roadmap:   Align with ABL business leadership to create and execute on a technology roadmap
• Collaboration:  Collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs
• Data Excellence:  Overseeing the management and governance of master data within an organization, which includes critical business information such as entity data, product data, and item data
• End-to-End Data Integration:  Work with ABL Tech and business stakeholders to integrate data from various sources and systems, ensuring data consistency and liquidity
• Solutions Driven:  Focused on getting to the root cause of the problem versus approaching problems with pre-conceived solutions, best decisions for the product and the business
• Team Leadership:  Lead a team of product managers and data advisors responsible for managing master data, providing guidance and support to ensure the team's success.