Manager – Product Search and Experimentation

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field.
• 8+ years of product management experience, including experience in product development and systems deployments.

Job Summary

Leads a team of search and experimentation associates in developing customer-centric product experiences measuring outcomes and delivering growth. Manages the execution of product initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives and user needs.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities, and Key Accountabilities

• Leads and develops a team of search and experimentation analysts through structured coaching, mentorship, and operational guidance.
• Owns the end-to-end experimentation calendar by prioritizing testing initiatives against traffic volume, potential business impact, and resource requirements.
• Establishes statistical standards and governance protocols, covering sample sizes, minimum detectable effect, statistical power, false-positive controls, and guardrail metrics.
• Manages the search product roadmap to ensure backlog prioritization directly reflects customer needs, business goals, and technical feasibility.
• Collaborates with business stakeholders, UX designers, and engineering teams to transform inconclusive or winning test results into permanent product enhancements.
• Monitors key performance indicators and analytics dashboards to evaluate product health and pinpoint high-impact opportunities for optimization.
• Facilitates cross-functional alignment and agile delivery practices to eliminate delivery roadblocks and integrate ongoing user feedback.

Nature and Scope

• Solutions require analysis and investigation.
• Achieves planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, business principles, and practical experience.
• Manages a group or team of professional individual contributors and/or indirectly supervises support staff.

Work Environment

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Education and Experience

• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 7+ years of experience in a related field. May require certification. Advanced degree may offset less experience in some disciplines.

Our Goals for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to creating a culture that promotes equity, respect, and advocacy for every HD Supply associate. We value the diversity of our people.

Equal Employment Opportunity

HD Supply is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.