DSA Product Owner

Glanbia; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Generous family leave

Competitive salary

Job summary

Glanbia is seeking a DSA Product Owner to bridge Business and IT for the DSA ecosystem in London. You will own the product requirements, manage the backlog with the Scrum Master, and translate business needs into technical use cases.

Based in Vauxhall with hybrid working, the role offers stakeholder collaboration, process improvement, security, testing, release management, and training to drive adoption and ROI across the global DSA platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of digital shelf metrics and retail media strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and backlog tools.
• DSA platforms such as Commerce IQ, Profitero, or Edge by Ascential experience essential.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical specialist supporting business needs and collaborating with the application partner.
• Capture and prioritize detailed requirements and manage the product backlog in partnership with the Scrum Master.
• Document current and future system processes and identify opportunities for efficiency and optimization.
• Design high-level system flows and propose technology-enabled solutions; prepare functional and technical specifications.
• Configure and maintain workflows within the DSA application to support evolving business needs.
• Administer user roles and access controls in alignment with InfoSec policies.
• Advise developers and testers on expected system behaviour and perform functional testing.
• Coordinate release activities in adherence to policies and manage change.
• Develop user guides and training materials; deliver training sessions to drive adoption.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities within product workflows to enhance efficiency.
• Establish and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans for the DSA ecosystem.
• Monitor and report on application usage and ROI to ensure global adoption.
• Support the Product Manager in budget management and governance reporting.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Agile backlog management

DSA platforms knowledge

Requirements gathering

Solution design

Process improvement

Testing & QA basics

Security awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Commerce IQ

Profitero

Edge by Ascential

Job description

The DSA Product Owner is the technical specialist owning the DSA application, acting as the key bridge between the Business and IT by capturing and translating Business needs into detailed requirements and technology-enabled use cases. They develop a deep understanding of the opportunities, risks, and issues facing the Business, and advise on how technology solutions can be used to achieve / resolve them with a key focus on the Product Experience Management ecosystem.

This permanent opportunity reports to the Foundation Tech Product Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical & Business Partnership: Act as the technical specialist supporting business needs, collaborating with the application partner to unlock full value from the DSA ecosystem.
• Requirements & Backlog Management: Work with business teams to capture and prioritize detailed requirements (features, user stories) aligned to the product data strategy. Manage and refine the product backlog in partnership with the Scrum Master.
• Process Documentation & Improvement: Document current and future system processes, identifying opportunities for efficiency and optimization.
• Solution Design & Specifications: Collaborate with Product Manager, Solution Architect, and stakeholders to design high-level system flows and propose technology-enabled solutions. Prepare functional and technical specifications for configuration or development changes.
• Configuration & Workflow Management: Configure and maintain workflows within the DSA application to support evolving business needs. Maintain configuration repositories and manage non-SAP code objects where applicable.
• Access & Security Management: Administer user roles and access controls in alignment with InfoSec policies. Support compliance and security considerations across the DSA ecosystem.
• Delivery Support & Testing: Advise developers and testers on expected system behaviour. Perform functional testing on delivered solutions and upgrades to ensure alignment with business requirements.
• Release & Change Management: Coordinate configuration release activities in adherence to established policies.
• Training & Adoption: Develop user guides and training materials. Deliver training sessions to key users and support teams to drive adoption and effective usage.
• Automation & Efficiency: Identify and implement automation opportunities within product workflows to enhance operational efficiency.
• Risk & Continuity Planning: Establish and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans for the DSA ecosystem.
• Performance & Value Realization: Monitor and report on application usage and effectiveness to ensure ROI and global adoption.
• Budget & Governance: Support the Product Manager in budget management and compliance reporting for the DSA ecosystem

The skills you will bring to the team

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering), or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of digital shelf metrics, product content optimization, and retail media strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and backlog management tools.
• Industry certifications and experience with DSA platforms (e.g., Commerce IQ, Profitero, Edge by Ascential) isessential
• Experience in Food & Beverage or other related industry highly desirable.
• Experience in analysing business challenges using structured frameworks and methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for developing technology-enabled use cases and analysing Business needs.
• Experience in modelling system processes; knowledge of common notational standards is beneficial (e.g., BPMN).
• Able to design and execute functional tests, with experience managing bugs / defects through to remediation.
• Basic knowledge of software engineering, information risk, security standards, and technology solutioning is beneficial.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a cross-functional IS team

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in Vauxhall, London withhybrid working arrangements available which offer you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, & competitive salary.

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.