Senior Product Owner

Foodstuffs North Island; Māngere-Ōtāhuhu; On-site; NZD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A major retailer in New Zealand seeks an experienced Senior Product Owner to lead product strategies and foster high-performing teams. In this role, you will align product vision across squads, ensure data-driven decision-making, and inspire collaboration. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in agile methodologies and product management, specifically within the retail sector. This position offers great benefits and a chance to influence the future of a leading retailer.

Benefits

Free carparking

Southern Cross health insurance

Onsite café with subsidised meals

Flexible working options

Inhouse learning and development programmes

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multiple squads/products in Agile settings.
• Strong experience mentoring Product Owners.
• Ability to deliver successful products in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and align the product vision and roadmap across squads.
• Lead discovery and delivery using data and customer insights.
• Mentor and inspire Product Owners.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Agile methodology

Technical fluency

Education

Tertiary qualification in a related field

5+ years in product management

Tools

SAP retail

Job description

Senior Product Owner

Ko wai mātou – About us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us!

With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.

Our Support Centre is 1,000+ people strong, which includes 300+ IT employees, who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay ‘byte’-sized and ‘bug’-free.”.

Te Tūranga – About the role

As a Senior Product Owner in the Enterprise Systems team, you won’t just deliver products - you’ll shape the future of how one of New Zealand’s largest retailers operates. You’ll lead the charge in transforming ideas into powerful, customer‑driven solutions that make a real difference to our business and our customers. Working in a fast‑paced, agile environment, you’ll bring vision, clarity, and energy to multiple product streams, ensuring every delivery drives value, solves real problems, and supports our ambition to be a truly customer‑driven co‑op.

In this role, you’ll be more than a product leader - you’ll be a connector, mentor, and change‑maker. You’ll partner with business leaders, merchandise teams, technical experts, and fellow Product Owners to shape strategies and roadmaps that deliver meaningful outcomes at scale. You’ll champion agile ways of working, nurture high‑performing teams, and bring a relentless focus on simplification, operational agility, and customer success. Your leadership will be instrumental in creating amazing product experiences that delight customers, empower teams, and move Foodstuffs forward.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Own and align the product vision and roadmap across multiple squads/products, ensuring delivery of commercial outcomes and customer value at scale, with full engagement/alignment and support of the business colleagues you represent – developing a trusted relationship and able to effectively incorporate their needs
• In alignment with our solution architecture ensure solutions are pragmatic, scalable, and built for the long term
• Leading discovery and delivery, by leveraging data and customer insights to guide decisions and evaluate outcomes- thereby advancing our commitment to becoming a data-driven organisation
• Mentoring and inspiring Product Owners, fostering collaboration and continuously evolving ways of working and a learning culture
• Ensuring product backlogs are prioritised, well‑refined, and equipped with clear acceptance criteria to deliver business impact
• Acting as a key escalation point for product challenges, removing blockers, and keeping delivery momentum strong
• Building strong relationships across the business to connect people, ideas, and outcomes
• Ensuring your team is set up for success with the right capacity, focus, and engagement to deliver exceptional result

Ngā painga - What we offer

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits:

• Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including 36 free EV plugs
• Southern cross health insurance
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes)

He kōrero mōu - About you

You’re a strategic thinker and problem‑solver who thrives in fast‑moving, complex environments. You bring a rare combination of strong analytical thinking, commercial insight, and technical fluency, enabling you to make smart decisions quickly and confidently. You’re able to translate ambiguity into clear direction and actionable outcomes, and you take pride in delivering value that meets both customer needs and business goals.

You know how to connect with people, building trust and strong relationships across teams and stakeholders. You are an excellent communicator and facilitator, able to convey complex ideas clearly, adapt your style to the audience, and inspire alignment and action. You bring a collaborative spirit but are confident taking ownership, making tough trade‑off decisions, and driving delivery forward.

You’ll bring:

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to translate ideas into impactful, business‑aligned solutions
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and planning skills, able to inspire alignment and clearly articulate product vision, strategy, and delivery plans
• Deep business acumen with the ability to understand strategy, build relationships, and make value‑focused trade‑off decisions
• Technical fluency, ideally with SAP retail experience, and a solid understanding of business processes, data structures, and modern development practices
• Proven leadership and mentoring skills, with experience guiding multiple squads/products in an Agile environment
• A track record of delivering successful products in fast-paced environments, balancing speed with quality and operational excellence
• Exceptional organisational skills, adaptability, and a preference for face‑to‑face collaboration where possible

Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years in product management, with proven experience leading multiple squads/products in Agile settings, ideally in FMCG or retail
• Experience mentoring/guiding Product Owners and establishing effective Product Owner practices, including developing appropriate frameworks and helping our teams and stakeholders understand the value of a Product Owner
• Strong experience leading teams and managing performance to deliver measurable business outcomes

Experience awesome. Achieve Awesome. Be awesomely you.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please contact [e-mail]. Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.