Digital Execution Specialist, MakerPlace

Support Center - Irving

The Digital Execution Specialist, MakerPlace is responsible for supporting and driving the business team’s prioritized feature release stack ranking for sellers & customers, driving business intake requirements to pass off to the product team, and executing last-touch business team UAT.

Under the guidance of the Sr Director, Digital Execution & Operations, you will serve as a liaison between the business and product functions. You will engage with functional owners across each MakerPlace team to translate business objectives and requirements into a stack-ranked priority list, using seller feedback, customer feedback, and competitor/market research.

Major Activities

Business Prioritized Stack Ranking, Intake Requirements, and Last-Touch UAT

• Under the guidance of the Sr Director, Digital Execution & Operations, partner with functional peers in Content & Merchandising, Growth, Marketing, and Finance to define and maintain a business prioritized stack ranking of feature releases
• Develop stack ranking using white-space visioning, seller feedback, customer feedback, and competitor/market research
• Execute business intake requirements to pass off to the product team
• Support the product team, upon request, through the review and validation of PRDs, user stories, and design reviews
• Support last-touch UAT, upon request by product, by the business team to ensure effective release of new features
• Manage the go-to-market process across the business, marketing, and finance team for relevant features to drive adoption

Other duties as assigned, including leading ad hoc projects as requested by leadership

Preferred Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in marketing, business, math, finance or economics or related field, or equivalent experience

Minimum Type of Experience Required

• 2-4 years of experience in ecommerce, technology, retail or related consumer facing industry
• Proficient with eCommerce, eCommerce marketplaces, and eCommerce services and software
• Thorough understanding of desktop, mweb, and app technologies
• Detailed understanding of eCommerce & content management systems and infrastructure
• Significant experience building ground up, nascent business models/functions/products/services from concept development to launch
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively with business and technology executives in a fast-paced, startup environment

Other

• Must be an expert at Microsoft suite, including executive level presentations and project management software
• Experience in using web analytics tools

Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job.

At The Michaels Companies Inc, our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity. As the leading creative destination in North America, we operate over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada and online at

and . The Michaels Companies, Inc. also owns Artistree, a manufacturer of custom and specialty framing merchandise, and , a dedicated handmade goods marketplace. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Michaels is the best place for all things creative. For more information, please visit 

At Michaels, we prioritize the wellbeing of our teams by providing robust benefits for both full-time and part-time Team Members. Our benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), paid time off, tuition assistance, generous employee discounts, and much more. For more information, visit

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Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all Makers to create, innovate and be better together.

Michaels is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with this commitment, Michaels will assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if a reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the job, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Customer Care at

(1800-MICHAEL).

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