Senior Assistant Product Manager

Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years exp

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own day-to-day coordination and cross-functional alignment across three Senior Product Managers, ensuring on-time launches, data-driven decisions, and clean handoffs to sales, marketing, and sourcing.

  • Product lifecycle and cross-functional execution: coordinate line strategies, lifecycle milestones, and product updates across multiple teams.
  • Decision support and performance reporting: develop executive-ready analyses, pricing insights, and competitive monitoring to shape product choices.
  • Risk management and process rigor: identify timelines risks and escalate issues with actionable fixes to keep programs on track.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Provide day-to-day support for three Senior Product Managers across multiple product categories and strategic initiatives.
  • Coordinate execution of annual product line strategies and assortment updates.
  • Develop reporting, presentations, and business analyses to support product decisions.
  • Analyze sales performance, pricing, competitive activity, and product trends to identify risks and opportunities.
  • Assist in product line reviews, sku rationalization, and product lifecycle management.
  • Monitor project timelines, action items, and deliverables to ensure successful execution
  • Partner with sourcing, suppliers, sales, and product teams to ensure product specifications, timelines, approvals, and deliverables remain on schedule.
  • Track samples, artwork, product specifications, testing, approvals, and development milestones.
  • Identify project risks, escalate issues, and recommend solutions to maintain project timelines.
  • Partner with Marketing to coordinate product information, photography, catalogs, digital assets, sales tools, promotional materials, and product launch communications.

Requirements

  • BA/BS in Business/Marketing/Product Development or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 3–5 years of experience supporting Product Management, Merchandising, Marketing, Product Development, or a related business function.
  • Experience managing multiple complex projects with competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Working knowledge of product lifecycle management, assortment planning, pricing strategy, and new product development processes.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales, financial, and market data to support business decisions.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to develop executive-level presentations, reports, and dashboards.
  • Excellent organizational, planning, and project management skills with exceptional attention to detail.
  • Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships and influence without direct authority across multiple levels of the organization.
  • Proven ability to anticipate business needs, proactively solve problems, and independently drive projects to completion.

Preferred

  • Desktop publishing experience
  • Experience supporting multiple Product Managers or business leaders simultaneously.
  • Experience with product information management (PIM), ERP systems, PLM systems, or other product management tools.
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    Jostens

    Jostens leads the student commemoration market and has been serving local communities for over 125 years. We work with thousands of K-12 schools, colleges and universities each year, and have the honor of partnering with beloved sports teams and esteemed organizations across the country. Our iconic products — like yearbooks, letter jackets, class jewelry and championship rings — keep meaningful traditions alive and inspire millions of people to celebrate their unique stories, milestone moments and biggest accomplishments every year. We have 13 first-class facilities across the globe, from North America to the Caribbean. Watch a short video about us here: https://f.io/HIAsH659

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