Product Manager, Costing - Digital Product Creation

About the role

Levi Strauss & Co. is looking for a Product Manager to join its Digital Product Creation team in Mexico City. The role supports merchandising, design and product development teams as they turn product ideas into physical garments, focusing on how cost and margin are thought about across the product creation lifecycle. The candidate selects and implements a new Costing Platform, owns it end to end and works with other Product Managers in the Digital organization. This is an individual contributor role.

Key responsibilities

• Shape and champion the costing vision, own the roadmap and align it with product creation goals
• Define use cases, document requirements and partner with engineering, program management and business to deliver the new Costing Platform
• Manage the product development process, using prototypes and MVPs to test assumptions
• Collect and synthesize data, run experiments and use them to inform recommendations
• Document current-state processes, identify opportunities to rewire them and drive adoption
• Manage the product backlog, prioritizing new ideas, user requests, competitive analysis and engagement data
• Lead RFI/RFP activities, score vendors and recommend selections, then influence the vendor roadmap
• Support product releases and rollout with business operations teams
• Run competitive analysis, set KPIs and monitor success daily through quarterly
• Mentor colleagues and share better ways of working

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in product management, math, statistics, engineering, computer science or another quantitative field preferred
• 3+ years of product management experience, with preference for third-party vendor platform implementations
• Comfortable owning a product end to end, from discovery through adoption
• Experience in digital costing, sourcing or product creation tools is a plus; retail and apparel background is a plus

Required skills

• Clear documentation of user journeys, epics and requirements
• Strong data and analytical skills with data-informed recommendations
• Proven track record in product discovery and achieving ambitious KPIs
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams across geographical and cultural boundaries