Senior Product Manager GDSN Modernisation

Position Summary:

• Position Overview: The role is a 2-year consultant contract based remotely or in Ewing, New Jersey, reporting to the Director of Product Management. The Senior Product Manager will oversee the GDSN Modernisation project, ensuring alignment with GS1's strategic goals.  
• Key Responsibilities: Responsibilities include evolving the GDSN product strategy, coordinating agile product development, managing product releases, and supporting presentations to various stakeholders. The role demands collaboration with internal teams and external service providers to enhance product offerings.     
• Experience and Education Requirements: Candidates should have over 7 years of professional experience, with at least 5 years in product management. A bachelor's or master's degree in business or equivalent experience is required, along with a strong track record in agile development and managing product lifecycles.   
• Skills Required: Essential skills include fluency in English, strong organizational and analytical abilities, effective relationship-building, and the capability to manage multiple projects across different time zones. Knowledge of GS1 GDSN and Master Data Management is advantageous.  

The GS1 Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) is the world's largest product data network and a strategic part of GS1’s data services portfolio. With GS1 GDSN, high-quality product content is uploaded, maintained and shared automatically, ensuring trading partners have immediate access to the most current and complete information needed to exchange products on both local and global markets.

GS1 is looking to ensure the best path forward in the people, processes, and technologies associated with the GDSN. As part of the GDSN Strategy 2023-2026, the GDSN Board and GS1 have agreed to initiate the modernisation of the Network, operationalising to address stakeholder’s technical and business needs and to strengthen speed-to-market and flexibility.

GS1 offers a portfolio of services and tools to make the adoption of our GS1 Standards for industry easier and more impactful. The Senior Product Manager will be responsible for delivering the GDSN Modernisation towards the product vision of GS1 Global, GS1 GDSN Inc. and the GDSN Board of Directors. The position will have a global responsibility for all product-related aspects of GDSN.

As a Senior Product Manager, you combine strategic thinking with a strong focus on execution for delivering outstanding product experiences that achieve organisational KPIs, such as network growth and speed to market. You have empathy for the internal and external stakeholders and can translate “the voice of the customer” into business requirements. With your experience in agile product development, you will work closely with the agile teams on continuously delivering value in the shortest possible time. To successfully launch your products to the market, you collaborate with our GDSN team and internal stakeholders, GDSN Data Pools worldwide and external service providers that operate the network infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Evolve the GDSN product strategy and lead the GDSN Modernisation from product design through implementation to market launch.
• Work with GS1 GDSN Inc. (GDSN Team, GDSN Data Pools and external service providers) as well as industry sector and programme leaders on translating business needs into prioritised service requirements.
• Master the GDSN product roadmap and its execution.
• Coordinate agile product development with product owners and IT teams.
• Manage product releases and prepare the go-live with marketing, training, and customer service teams.
• Support product presentations to internal and external audiences at meetings, trainings, and events.
• Own technical and operational GDSN product aspects and manage the service throughout its product lifecycle.
   

Education/Experience:

• 7+ years professional work experience.
• 5+ years relevant product management experience.
• Very strong execution skills able to take seemingly vague questions and translate them into clear, achievable objectives.
• Proven track record of managing all product aspects (4Ps).
• Proven experience and passion for working with agile development teams on building successful software products.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple products and shifting priorities through effective planning, prioritization, delegation and coordination across teams and vendors.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (community engagement, IT, marketing, training and customer service).
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of GS1 GDSN, GS1 Standards and/or Master Data Management (MDM) experience is a plus. 

Skills required:

• Must be fluent in English, oral and written. Fluency in other languages is helpful.
• Strong organisational, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective relationship builder – one-to-one, one-to-many, internally and externally, with small and large organisations.
• Ability to create strong and trusted relationships with a globally distributed team in a multicultural environment.
• Demonstrates passion, energy and drive in their work.
• Operates in a manner that demonstrates honesty; keeps promises and honours commitments; behaves in a consistent manner.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent time management skills and flexibility to cater for commitments across multiple time zones.
• Customer-focused and results-oriented.
   

Additional Information:

Travel: This job may require up to 10% global travel.

GS1 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will never unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, belief, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, or political opinions.

GS1 Overview

GS1 develops and maintains the most widely used supply chain standards that are fundamental to numerous enterprises around the world. The best-known symbol of GS1 standards is the barcode, named by the BBC as one of “the 50 things that made the world economy”. Five decades ago, we started by helping food retailers do business more efficiently and reduce consumer prices. Today, GS1 standards improve the efficiency, safety, and visibility of supply chains across physical and digital channels in 25 sectors, including retail omnichannel and e-commerce, healthcare, transport and logistics, food service, technical industries, and humanitarian logistics. Our scale and reach – local Member Organisations (MO) in 118 countries, 2 million user companies, and 10 billion transactions every day – help ensure that GS1 standards create a common language that supports systems and processes across the globe. 

How to apply:

Send your application with CV to birgit.mahler@gs1.org 

Responses will be treated quickly and with strict confidentiality.