Initial Responsibilities:

• Conduct sophisticated quantitative and qualitative, business, customer, and strategic analysis to identify, test/validate, and propose the highest leverage investments as it relates to LTL growth and profitability with a critical eye towards LTL services that will enable us to double our NAST (North American Surface Transport) business (in total) in 3-5 yrs
• Leverage ongoing customer and market research (quantitative and qualitative) being conducted in the NAST Pillar 4 segment to gain a clear picture of which LTL services have the highest probability of driving long term customer growth and profitability in support of doubling NAST volumes in 3-5 yrs
• Synthesize data and insights into clear recommendations/proposals to inform strategic and tactical priorities to a wide range of audiences including executive leadership
• Write logical, data and fact-based documents to gain alignment from cross functional stakeholders to inform technology and process change investments/priorities
• Effectively debate and defend fact-based proposals that may be unpopular or challenge conventional wisdom
• Drive effective teamwork, collaboration and alignment across teams that have very different worldviews and perspectives
• Navigate an ambiguous environment, from a strategic and tactical perspective, where the product management function is still maturing

Ongoing Responsibilities:

• Apply the techniques as noted above AND go deep into one or more opportunity areas identified above which will include the following responsibilities
• Define requirements, metrics analysis and partner with engineering counterparts on development, testing, and launching efforts
• Minimize wasted technology investment by testing/validating hypotheses behind proposed investments; partner with technology teams to iteratively test/validate hypotheses and build complete solutions for ideas/proposals that have been validated
• Work cross-functionally with internal and external teams including software development engineers, commercial managers, finance, leadership, and customers to implement features for global roll-out across customer segments
• Work with designers to optimize product features for enhanced user experience
• Identify and manage program blocking issues, provide escalation management, anticipate, and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical or operational constraints

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of product management (or closely related) experience conducting strategic quantitative and/or qualitative analysis to inform technology/operations investments/changes in a cross-functional enterprise environment in e-commerce, online marketplaces, or tech industry to evolve the customer experience
• Experience managing day-to-day project/program communications to a broad stakeholder group and contributing to senior executive management reports and business presentations
• Experience in at least one of the following areas in addition to product management: strategic management consulting, financial analysis, technology, data science or P&L management
• Experience writing both long- and short- term product planning reports, including strategic market analysis, product proposals, and financial/business reporting
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and high school diploma/GED

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree within Business Administration/Management, Finance, Economics, Marketing, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, or Engineering
• Results driven with an understanding of how to evaluate, deliver, and validate business value
• Executive level written and verbal communication skills with the ability to assess audiences and adjust content, style, and approach to meet their needs
• Ability to weigh competing priorities, manage tradeoffs and evaluate new ideas and opportunities with stakeholders, driving to consensus while maintaining a clear focus on overarching business priorities
• Values a diverse and inclusive work environment
• A learning and growth mindset that is open to giving and receiving feedback and coaching others to do the same

Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer

C.H. Robinson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We believe in equality for all and celebrate the diversity of our employees, customers and communities. We believe this increases creativity and innovation, drives business growth and enables engaged and thriving teams. We’re committed to providing an inclusive environment, free from harassment and discrimination, where all employees feel welcomed, valued and respected.

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Benefits

Your Health, Wealth and Self

Your total wellbeing is the foundation of our business, and our benefits support your financial, family and personal goals. We provide the top-tier benefits that matter to you most, including:

• Two medical plans (including a High Deductible Health Plan)

• Prescription drug coverage

• Enhanced Fertility benefits

• Flexible Spending Accounts

• Health Savings Account (including employer contribution)

• Dental and Vision

• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

• Paid and floating holidays

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Paid parental leave

• Paid time off to volunteer in your community

• Charitable Giving Match Program

• 401(k) with 6% company matching

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Plus a broad range of career development, networking, and team-building opportunities

Dig in to our full list of benefits on OUR CULTURE page.

Why Do You Belong at C.H. Robinson?

Standing out among the world’s largest logistics platforms, C.H. Robinson solves logistics problems for companies across the globe and across industries, from the simple to the most complex. For 100+ years, our global suite of services has innovated trade to seamlessly deliver the products and goods that drive the world’s economy. With 19 million shipments annually for 105,000 customers, our people and technology literally move the world.

As a FORTUNE 200 company, FORTUNE has also named C.H. Robinson one of the World’s Most Admired Companies 2022. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, we are proud to be recognized as one of LinkedIn’s Top Companies in Minneapolis-St. Paul 2021. And we’re not stopping there… Join us as we collaborate, innovate, and work as one global team to make life better and more sustainable for our customers, communities, and world.