Head of Product Management and

This role combines advanced demand planning and product-level business forecasting with strategic program management to drive revenue-maximizing decisions across retail channels. You will own the end-to-end forecasting process, advise channel leaders on promotional strategies, and lead cross-functional reviews that shape business performance in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.

Create comprehensive promotional forecasts, including scenario models that help channel owners evaluate and compare different promotional strategies and make informed strategic decisions.

Oversee and conduct deep-dive analyses on product performance, including year-over-year comparisons, attainment tracking, and mix shifts, to identify opportunities and risks.

Provide day-to-day and week-to-week forecasting and sales reporting support to retail sales channel owners, ensuring they have timely, accurate data to guide decisions.

Develop and execute net-short analyses and manage inventory allocation during end-of-sale planning to limit overhang risk and support healthy product lifecycle management.

Manage and update all forecasting systems to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability across channels and marketplaces.

Meet regularly with channel owners to review baselines, gather feedback, incorporate changes, and document assumptions for bridging and assumption-tracking purposes.

Lead recurring forecast inspection meetings with channel owners to review performance against forecast, discuss variances, and align on required corrective or optimizing actions.

Act as both a strategic advisor and a hands-on modeling expert, helping channel leaders design and evaluate different promotional approaches and their impact on units and revenue.

Use historical data to build future forecasts at daily, product-level specificity, ensuring granular visibility and robust business context for channel and product decisions.

5–7 years of relevant experience working with complex product portfolios, with a minimum of 5 years in roles focused on demand planning, forecasting, and program management.

• Proven expertise in demand planning and forecasting promotional impacts, including calculating lifts and understanding price elasticities.
• Strong background in B2C, finance, or traditional retail industries, with the ability to connect forecasting and planning directly to commercial and strategic outcomes.
• Advanced Excel skills, including comfort with complex models, scenario analysis, and detailed data manipulation to support forecasting and performance analysis.
• Ability to build and interpret unit and revenue-maximizing forecasts, partnering closely with sales channel leads to grow the business strategically through a focused set of products.
• Demonstrated experience in business-focused forecasting roles that prioritize revenue growth and promotional strategy rather than solely inventory optimization or allocation.
• Strong analytical and data analysis skills, with the ability to work at daily, product-level specificity and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• High level of motivation and self-direction, with a track record of driving initiatives forward without close supervision.
• Relevant forecasting and demand planning experience in environments that require close collaboration with sales and channel owners.

Experience with Anaplan or similar planning tools is a plus.

This is an onsite role based in either Seattle, WA or San Francisco, CA, working Monday through Friday from approximately 8:00 a.m. You will operate in a fast-paced, cross-collaborative environment that emphasizes data-driven decision-making, global teamwork, and close partnership with retail sales channel owners. You will use tools such as Excel and potentially Anaplan, and collaborate frequently with stakeholders across marketplaces and business units. The environment supports motivated, self-directed professionals who thrive on ownership, accountability, and building forecasting processes that directly impact business growth, with potential opportunities for long-term conversion depending on performance and fit.

This is a Contract position based out of San Francisco, CA.

If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

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