Associate Product Manager - Launchpad

The Associate Product Manager assists with the process of defining product and product feature requirements and communicating those requirements to user experience (UX) and technology delivery teams. This includes using customer feedback, business strategy, data/analytics, and input from UX and technology teams to develop features that result in seamless customer experiences. With direction from more senior product management team members, this role owns the vision and success criteria for the specific feature(s) within scope of responsibility.

Launchpad Program 

The tech industry is constantly evolving, creating new opportunities and challenges for businesses globally. If you’re looking to break into Tech, we’ve developed a program where you will have the opportunity to engage with tech leaders, develop your skills, and learn more about our culture while advancing your career. In this program, you will gain hands-on experience in your targeted discipline and lay the groundwork for the future of tech. If you want to make a difference in your work and community, you’ll find a home here at Lowe’s. 

You must be available to start on Monday, January 25th, 2027.

This program offers experience to candidates who want to break into tech by following our program timeline below: 

Orientation • 1 Week 

• Learn Lowe’s policies, benefits, and business strategy 

• Hands-on integration with Lowe’s culture 

• Learn tech processes, systems, and operations 

Bootcamp • 8 Weeks 

• Fast-paced learning in targeted discipline 

• Dedicated coaching with a structured curriculum 

• Skills assessments 

• Individual & Group Projects 

Rotation 1 & 2 • 12 Months 

• Rotations in different areas of Tech 

• Hands-on experience & meaningful work 

• Professional development 

Final Placement 

On completion of Launchpad, you are matched with a Tech team that best suits your interests to continue advancing your career and driving big changes with Lowe’s. 

You’ll gain valuable skills and a place to connect with tech leaders, all while finding full-time job placement in this expanding industry.  

Innovate in Charlotte

This opportunity is based at our on-site Tech Hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lowe's Tech Hub is an ultramodern work environment, complete with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, an on-site barista and Zen Garden, and other perks to enhance your work experience.

What You Will Learn

• Works with peers to understand objectives and key results (OKRs) and operates inside a well-defined scope. Supports experienced product managers to understand vision and build OKRs that are aligned with business partners.

• Works with more senior team members to review and design smaller scope features/stories, engaging in usability testing where appropriate. 

• Writes clear user stories to ensure delivery of high-quality features. Maps features to user value. 

• Participates in agile ceremonies and works with the team to provide clarity of expectations. 

• Influences feature deliverables. Influences the backlog for engineering team priorities to support small feature delivery. Drives incorporation of customer feedback into backlog. 

• Works with leads and senior managers in aligning necessary work from partners to achieve the value of the features. 

• Participates in product marketing and uses it to drive deep understanding of a defined scope of features. Provides data for a defined scope of features and partners with leads and senior managers to help drive alignment. 

• Seeks to provide input while partnering with leads and senior managers to define objectives and data required for analytics needed, and to develop functional and technical OKRs/metrics and create corresponding data/analytics to track the health and business impact. 

• Consistently monitors health of the product for pre-determined key metrics. 

• Partners with engineering to build tracking/monitoring needed to get to the data for a defined scope of features. 

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent 

• Completion of coursework or program focused on software development or related skills (e.g., technology related college coursework, bootcamp, certification program, coding academy) 

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, engineering, communications, or related field 

• Master's degree in a related field 

• 1 year of experience in product management, project management, product design, business analysis, program management, product marketing, experimentation or related area 

• Experience with a Big 4 consulting firm 

• Strong financial acumen

Benefits

• 10% Associate Discount

• For information about our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit: https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.