Senior Product Manager - Integrated Merchandising, Location Planning & New Stores (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)

Delivery & Cross-Module CoordinationServe as the integration point for LP across all three modules — ensuring location data, store clustering logic, and new store parameters are consistent across module boundaries.Coordinate release planning, UAT, and go-to-market readiness across impacted modules, ensuring LP changes are tested and adopted cohesively.Partner with peer PdMs to sequence LP work with upstream and downstream dependencies.Frame trade-off decisions with conviction — providing leaders with clear recommendations and driving alignment without requiring escalation.Stakeholder & Vendor PartnershipBuild trusted partnerships with location planners, new store teams, merchants, allocators, and store operations.Manage day-to-day Toolio engagement on LP configuration, defects, and enhancements across all three modules — escalating clearly and advocating for Nordstrom’s priorities.Lead vendor evaluation for New Stores if a net-new tool is the right path — including RFP coordination and build-vs-buy recommendation.Represent LP and New Stores in program-level forums and executive status updates.What We're Looking ForRequired5–8+ years of product management experience in retail planning, merchandising technology, or supply chain.Functional expertise in location planning and/or new store planning — store clustering, store grading, capacity planning, new store seeding, or location-level sales forecasting. Hard requirement.Fluency in retail planning concepts: plan hierarchies, BOP/EOP, sell-through, receipt flow, and how location-level decisions connect to financial and assortment outcomes.Experience owning product capabilities across multiple systems or workflows, with a track record of driving alignment across teams without direct authority.Comfort with ambiguity and greenfield product work — ability to define strategy and roadmap where no clear solution exists yet.Ability to write complete user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications independently.Experience influencing vendor roadmaps and managing third-party software partnerships.PreferredExperience with enterprise merchandise planning platforms (Toolio, Blue Yonder, Oracle Retail MFP, or equivalent).Experience supporting new store openings from a product or planning technology perspective.Exposure to build-vs-buy evaluations or RFP processes in a retail or enterprise context.Familiarity with AI/ML applications in retail planning — demand forecasting, cluster optimization, or automated location recommendations. The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. For Los Angeles or San Francisco applicants: Nordstrom is required to inform you that we conduct background checks after conditional offer and consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with legal requirements per Los Angeles, Cal. Please be mindful that there may be legal notices and requirements related to this job posting that are specific to your state.