Flexible Work Policy: The work for the Product Owner position is completely remote anywhere in the United States except Hawaii or United States Territories. This role may require up to 20% travel.
This role will reside within the Warehouse Excellence Product Team. They must possess supply chain/warehouse domain knowledge:
Order Fulfillment (planning, receiving, putaway, letdowns/rotations, selection, loading, returns, claims) Inventory Management (allocation, tracking/traceability, stock rotation, slotting, cycle counting, recall mgt, inventory adjustments, financial treatment) Labor Management (planning, performance, automated tasking)
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Establish and maintain relationships with business and technology stakeholders to drive Product strategy and prioritization decisions
- Serve as a liaison between the business and development, acting as the voice of the customer and communicating requirements and needs to the Product team
- Deliver on-time, on-budget, on-quality, on-fit service(s) or Product(s)
- Own, maintain, and continuously groom the Team Backlog
- Facilitate delivery of features by refining and improving processes that lead to more efficient development cycles
- Work within an Agile framework to develop and execute against a Product roadmap
- Develop user stories with detailed requirements and acceptance criteria that address end-user needs
- Participate in recurring Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Demos, etc.
- Establish and maintain metrics that track value of delivered Features and team output
- Ensure there is value generated back to the enterprise through diligence in prioritization and delivery
- Manage upgrades and ensure Product or Product elements are up to date in order to avoid technical debt
- Maintain an innovating and future-proofing agenda for given Product(s)
- Maintain primary responsibility for Product team operations, including financial management and
- resourcing (varies by team)
- Anticipate, mitigate and chaperone escalations
- Enhance data analytics capability w/in product team, broaden data analytics tools utilization
- Other duties as assigned by manager
SUPERVISION:
- While the Product Owner will not have formal people management / reporting responsibilities, they are responsible for leading Product teams in delivering against sprint goals / project plans.
RELATIONSHIPS
- Internal: Business Stakeholders and End Users, IT Leadership, IT Delivery (Scrum Masters, Developers, Architects, UX Designers, Program Managers, etc.)
- External: Application / Systems Vendors (as applicable)
WORK ENVIRONMENT
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years demonstrated experience in Product Ownership / Product Management, Business Consulting, IT Business Analysis, or another related field
- Proven ability to prioritize features based on business value, technical feasibility, and user impact.
- Experience improving team delivery processes, including velocity tracking, retrospectives, and continuous improvement
- Proficient in SQL, Excel, and BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) for data extraction, analysis, and visualization.
- Familiarity with cloud platform concepts (compute, storage, databases, serverless, scalability, cost optimization, data pipelines)
- Familiarity with modern integration strategies (e.g. : Event driven architecture, data streaming, API-first Integration, Change Data Capture, Microservices Architecture, Data Mesh, ELT/ETL) and technologies (e.g. Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, Asure event hub, mulesoft, postman)
- Awareness of AI fundamentals and real-world application (e.g. GenerativeAI/Prompt Engineering, AgenticAI, Computer Vision/OCR, Speech Recognition, NLP, Hallucinations)
Education
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Systems, or equivalent
work experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Agile or SAFe certification(s) highly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to influence change within large, complex organizations
- Experience using Agile project management tools (e.g. Atlassian) and flowchart tools (e.g. Visio, Lucid Chart) strongly preferred
- Experience with eCommerce, restaurant, and/or wholesale food distribution industries strongly preferred
This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus.
Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance.
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