Responsibilities
- Own and drive the product strategy, roadmap, and backlog for retail-facing systems (e.g., Pricing, Promotions, Supplier Portal, Deals/Funding, Merchandising workflows).
- Ensure alignment between product initiatives, business priorities, and technical feasibility.
- Conduct competitive benchmarking and market research to keep products innovative and aligned with industry trends.
- Partner with Commercial, Buying, Finance, and Operations teams to translate business needs into detailed product requirements.
- Develop clear user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, and functional specifications.
- Facilitate alignment across stakeholders and manage expectations throughout the product lifecycle.
- Lead end-to-end product delivery—from discovery and requirement gathering to release and post-launch optimization.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, demos, and retrospectives.
- Collaborate with engineering, QA, UX, and data teams to ensure scalable and high-quality solutions.
- Manage integrations across upstream and downstream systems such as RMS, ERP, pricing and promotion portals, supplier tools, and financial systems.
- Ensure product designs account for APIs, workflows, system dependencies, and data models.
- Analyze product performance using data insights and KPIs.
- Identify improvement opportunities and drive enhancements based on stakeholder feedback and operational metrics.
- Support onsite discovery or rollout activities as needed.
Requirements
- 8 years’ experience as a Product Owner in ecommerce or retail environments (mandatory).
- Strong understanding of retail processes including pricing, promotions, deals/funding workflows, supplier collaboration, merchandising, assortment planning, and financial reconciliation.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into user stories, functional specifications, and wireframes.
- Solid understanding of system integrations, APIs, workflows, and data models.
- Hands-on experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience using dashboards, queries, and data analysis tools.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience working with AI/ML-enabled tools (e.g., generative AI, recommendation engines, automation workflows).
Work Arrangement
Remote (Worldwide)
Additional Information
- Willingness to travel for short-term onsite discovery or rollout support.
