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About the Role

The Senior Product Management Assistant is a key business partner to Senior Product Managers, providing project coordination, product management support, and cross-functional leadership. This role drives execution of product development, manages portfolios, supports go-to-market readiness, and ensures alignment across various departments and external partners. Success requires strong organizational, analytical, and collaboration skills.

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.
• Support Sales, Customer Service, and internal stakeholders by providing timely product information, issue resolution, and ongoing communication regarding product changes.
• Assist in preparing training materials, product presentations, competitive comparisons, and launch documentation.
• Coordinate product information across systems to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings by preparing agendas, documenting decisions, tracking action items, and driving follow-up activities.
• Recommend process improvements that increase efficiency, improve communication, and strengthen execution across the product organization.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, documentation, and best practices within Product Management.

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.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams including Sales, Marketing, Sourcing, Operations, Finance, IT, and external suppliers.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering diverse perspectives, collaborative problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
• 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.
• Experience within consumer products, retail, apparel, jewelry, graduation products, promotional products, or manufacturing environments.

Skills

• Project coordination
• Product management support
• Cross-functional leadership
• Product development
• Portfolio management
• Go-to-market strategy
• Market insights
• Sales analysis
• Financial analysis
• Product lifecycle management
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Organizational skills
• Analytical thinking
• Business acumen
• Attention to detail
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Project management
• Problem-solving
• Process improvement

Location

• Hybrid
• Onsite at Jostens' Minneapolis Headquarters

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior
• 3-5 years

Education Level

• BA/BS in Business/Marketing/Product Development or equivalent combination of education and experience

About the Company

• Jostens is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.
• Jostens is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.

Equal Opportunity

• EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.