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

This position is for a Product Manager on the ABL Tech Digital Transformation team. You will develop technology, business and domain expertise in order to build a strategic the long-term vision for our customer journeys. You will partner with cross-functional teams of product managers, engineers, UX designers, sales, marketing, supply chain and operations to identify opportunities, define requirements, and deliver features that will help Acuity Brands drive sales, acquisition, and retention

You will be a part of the team driving the re-invention of our technology systems for a more impactful workflow and modern experience.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

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

• The ability to holistically view and understand Acuity’s ecosystems and focus on delivering marketing and business technology that drives new impactful experiences.
• 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.
• Work on integrated multichannel strategies and utilize the latest tools in tech, to reach, engage, and convert target audiences.
• 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 people’s lives
• Nice to have experience or ability to learn on areas such as customer, product, and item data systems

To be successful at this role, you’ll need to:

• Gather, analyze, and organize complex information, conduct comparative analyses, make recommendations supported by identified facts, and present clear recommendations to internal stakeholders.
• Be a Self-starter with a demonstrated capability to manage multiple streams of data, prioritize a variety of tasks, and think on your feet to meet ever-changing needs and deadlines
• Drive strategic vision for solutions for our sales channel partners and end customers in order to bring impactful changes to their experience
• Implement KPIs that continue to drive accuracy within the process
• Be laser focused on getting to the root cause of the problem versus approaching problems with pre-conceived solutions. You should ask questions and request information in order to make the best decisions for the product and the business
• Have a bias towards action with an eye towards detail. You are able to understand cross-functional needs and ruthlessly prioritize. Your product roadmap supports the ABL Tech product vision and the Acuity Brands strategy, business, and operating model
• Tackle challenges with an entrepreneurial mindset. You’ll research, understand, and balance all aspects of various problems and approaches, while also crafting scenarios and getting buy-in for the best solution
• Be passionate, intellectually curious, and analytically inclined about sales, sales industry metrics, seasonal trends, and economic indicators. You’ll need to establish frameworks that enable your team to focus on the most meaningful problems, ask the right questions, draw connections, and measure results
• Be comfortable operating and executing in a matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders. You have the empathy and communication skills to understand differing perspectives so you can articulate and deliver solutions that address the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Enjoy the journey of problem discovery, testing, pivoting, and occasional failure. You view failure as an opportunity to introspect and glean learnings

In This Role You Will

• Consults with shareholders to grow an understanding of customer journey, channels that serve them, and the needs of objectives to create thoughtful marketing solutions.
• Seek out research and evaluate areas of opportunity to drive productivity and optimization our technology systems starting with our sales channels and expanding to additional areas across the enterprise over time.
• Articulate the problem(s) and socialize the proposed solution(s) to relevant stakeholders and colleagues and help to determine solutions.
• Apply structured thinking to your problems in the form of journey mapping, value stream mapping, domain-driven design, root cause analysis, and dependency mapping
• Own the entire product lifecycle including discovery, analysis, test and learn goals, MVPs, user stories, sprint execution, launch, and iteration. Develop systemic feedback loops to drive clarity on product iteration
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders such as sales, marketing, distribution, other product managers, engineers, and operations across multiple offices and time zones
• Communicate product plans, updates, and results to technology and business leaders

Skills And Minimum Experience Required

• 1 to 3 years of experience in product management, industrial engineering, systems engineering, operations consulting, or structured problem solving in the context of technology
• Demonstrated track record of using data and analysis to support prioritization, and day to day product execution
• Strong user experience, and analytics experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to work well with highly cross-functional teams
• Intellectually curious with a data driven mindset. Experience shipping and iterating based on data
• Strong communication skills in both written and verbal forms
• Preferred Experience: MBA / Masters in Computer Science / MSIS - with e-commerce or digital product management orientation

Preferred Education

Master of Science in Computer Science or Digital Electronics

Travel Requirements

• 1-20%

We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities: As an equal opportunity employer, Acuity Brands is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have difficulty using our online system due to a disability and need an accommodation, you may contact us at (770) 922-9000. Please clearly indicate what type of accommodation you are requesting and for what requisition.

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The range for this position is $86,400 to $161,700. Placement within this range may vary, depending on the applicant’s experience and geographic location.

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