IT Product Owner, Warehouse Excellence (Remote)

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 • Up to 20% travel 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 • Bachelor’s 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. To review available benefits, please click here: Apply tot his job