Senior Product Manager, Portfolio Strategy
On-site · Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Senior Product Manager, Portfolio Strategy owns the strategic and consumer-grounded decisions about the portfolio, including what gets prioritized, rationalization, and the annual calendar. Responsible for annual product calendar, LTO ideation and briefing (PRD before development), SKU rationalization with Sales/Ops/Retail, program prioritization and stage-gate progression, creative brief ownership for Creative and Packaging, and providing the consumer/portfolio perspective in pricing and promotions. Collaborates cross-functionally with Program Management, R&D, Compliance, and Sales; reports to the Director of New Product Innovation; focused on a regulated cannabis-related consumer industry. Requires strong experience managing product portfolios, launches, and cross-functional alignment; travel up to 20% and a background check; on-site role in Phoenix, AZ.
Required Qualifications
- 5-8 years of product management or portfolio management experience in CPG, cannabis, or a closely adjacent regulated consumer industry
- Demonstrated experience managing a portfolio of SKUs (refreshes, line extensions, discontinuations)
- Experience owning or co-owning an annual product launch calendar with real deadlines, real SKU counts, and real commercial stakes
- Track record of cross-functional alignment: working with R&D, Ops, Compliance, and Sales as genuine partners
- Experience working within a regulated industry and/or alongside internal compliance teams
- Ability to prioritize across a high-volume program mix based on business impact
- Must be at least 21 years of age and able to pass a comprehensive background check
- Cannabis industry background (preferred)
- Familiarity with retail channel dynamics and consumer insights methods: jobs-to-be-done research, shopper studies, post-launch performance review (preferred)
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