The Value Chain Engineering Cross team is recruiting a Digital Product Manager based in Lille.

The Value Chain Engineering Cross team is at the core of expertise, shaping and ensuring the operation of platforms and digital tools that support the Supply Chain, with a focus on various areas, particularly data exchanges, within our team.

Join the Age of Access Accelerator team:

The Age of Access Accelerator team (located in Croix) builds data exchange solutions for Decathlon's Value Chain. The solutions we build rely on cutting-edge open-source technological standards. They enable massive real-time data exchanges between Decathlon's information system applications.

Our team has built the following products:

- VCStream: A data streaming platform interfacing SAP and Apache Kafka. It accelerates delivery and provides user-friendly observability tools for Value Chain data exchanges.

- Autonomous Topic Management (ATM): A Topic as a Service solution that allows Value Chain developers to harness the power of Apache Kafka for their applications by autonomously creating Kafka topics on a shared cluster.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Product Manager, you own the roadmap of a technical team and act as the product owner. You are also responsible for product development, driving planning, and communication around it.

Product Strategy:

• Define a clear vision and strong strategy for our products - with close support from the manager - aligned with the Value Chain and Decathlon's objectives.
• Identify and understand user needs, considering technological constraints and market opportunities.
• Develop detailed product roadmaps, incorporating user feedback, market trends, and company objectives.

Team Leadership:

• Lead and motivate a multidisciplinary team of developers, CloudOps, UX/UI designers, and other stakeholders.
• Organize and coordinate team activities, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budgets.
• Be inspirational, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team.

Product Development:

• Drive the complete product lifecycle from conception to production, ensuring quality and relevance at each stage.
• Oversee the development of innovative features, following best practices and ensuring an exceptional user experience.
• Work closely with technical teams to ensure the feasibility and scalability of proposed solutions.

Delivery Management:

• Plan, prioritize, and track developments rigorously, using agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Communicate transparently about progress, anticipating risks, and proposing effective solutions.

If you are passionate about innovation and want to contribute to the success of streaming products at Decathlon, this position is for you!

TECHNICAL SCOPE

• Backend: Java (20+)
• Pub/Sub: Kafka + Kafka ecosystem (KConnect, Strimzi, KStream)
• Deployment: Docker, K8S, GCP, Git, Github Actions, flux
• Observability: Datadog, Splunk, Grafana
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• Frontend: React
• Collaborative tools: Confluence, Slack, Jira

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

• You have proven experience in digital product management (at least 2 years), ideally in an open-source and microservices environment.
• Thorough understanding of agile product development methodologies.
• Good understanding of the architecture and technological stack of your product domain.
• Excellent understanding of design principles and user experience.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and diverse stakeholders.
• Proactively communicate and share critical information with stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to make decisions based on various sources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, in French and English.
• You want to join a company with a positive impact.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU:

• 2 days of telecommuting per week;
• Equipment provided in line with your missions and our societal commitments (Mac, Windows, or Chromebooks);
• A local project team within a global network (possibility of international career);
• Skill development and support (diversity of projects, technical certifications from the first year, internal and external training, etc.);
• Remuneration package (employee participation in company shares, monthly/quarterly bonuses)

DECATHLON DIGITAL CONTEXT

What if technology allowed us to push the boundaries and take sports experiences to new levels? That's exactly our goal at Decathlon Digital! We are a team of 5,000+ experts in software engineering, product management, data, cloud, and cybersecurity, distributed across Paris, Lille, and Amsterdam. Together, we are creating the largest digital sports platform, leveraging tech innovation from design to value chain optimization, connected experiences and product second life.

Changing the game for good. We are in this for the love of sports. And like everything we love, we want it to last. That’s why we are embarking on a journey to create a more sustainable tech model, reducing our direct environmental impact while maintaining a safe, diverse, and inclusive space for all our people to learn and thrive together. Team up with us to design the digital future of sports.