Associate Director of Product Management - Applied Machine Learning at Best Buy in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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<div><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">As an Associate Director of Product Management - Applied Machine Learning (AML), you'll leverage your unique balance of business, product and deep technical skills to drive development of state of the art AI and machine learning products in a variety of domains including search, personalization, cybersecurity, digital fraud and more. You will be closely working with product/business partners, ML Scientists, ML Engineers and other stakeholders to be the driving force that prioritizes and brings meaningful ML products to life. </span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><strong>***</strong>This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days on site at a Best Buy location and some days virtually at home or another non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.<br><br>For this role, you must be located within a drivable distance to our office in Richfield, Minnesota.</span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><b>What you'll do </b></span></span></span></span></span><ul><li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Leading the ideation, design and development of state of the art ML products and services</span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Think strategically with an entrepreneurial mindset</span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Obsess about leveraging AI to improve customer experiences and create greater business value</span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Work closely with cross-functional teams to drive product vision, define/track product requirements and milestones, coordinate resources and guide the team through key milestones.</span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><br><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><b>Basic Qualifications</b></span></span></span></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Bachelor's degree in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math, Operations Research or related)</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">4 or more years of product management experience</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">3 or more years of people management or team leadership experience</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">1 or more years of managing people leaders</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">1 or more years experience leading the development of ML/AI or related products</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Strong experience managing/tracking agile development over JIRA boards</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Ability to effectively communicate/translate deep technical information to a wide spectrum of cross-functional technical/non-technical teams</span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><b>Preferred Qualifications</b></span></span></span></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">MBA or Master's degree</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">2 or more years of Product management experience in tech industry</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">8 or more years of related Product management experience</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">4 or more years of technical people management/team leadership experience</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">6 or more years of hands on experience as an ML Engineer, ML Scientist or Software Engineer during early part of their career</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">1 or more years of experience leading ML product design and development over GCP or AWS</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">1 or more years of Open source contributions or GitHub portfolio</span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">What's in it for you</span></span></b></span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">We're committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.</span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Our benefits include:</span></span></b></span></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Competitive pay</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Generous employee discount</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Physical and mental well-being support</span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><br><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">About us</span></span></b></span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">As part of the Best Buy team, you'll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life - in our stores, online and in customers' homes.<br><br>Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We're committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.<strong>™</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><br> </div><div><br><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.<br><br>Application deadline: Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.</span></span></div>PandoLogic. Keywords: Product Management Director, Location: Minneapolis, MN - 55423