Product Owner - Retail Execution

Mars; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 119,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars Incorporated is seeking a Retail Execution Product Owner to lead the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and commercial success of Retail Execution solutions. The role sits at the intersection of product strategy, customer value, industry expertise, and platform innovation.

You will drive market impact, adoption, and revenue growth by delivering cross-functional leadership, prioritizing epics, and ensuring Salesforce platform capabilities are leveraged to enable real-time insights across CPg

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years in Product Management, Industry Solutions, or Strategy.
• Deep experience in Retail Execution / CPG / Field Sales / Trade Marketing.
• Proven ownership of enterprise SaaS products at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the long-term vision and multi-year roadmap for Retail Execution solutions.
• Own product P&L levers: pricing, packaging, attach rate, adoption, renewals.
• Lead cross-functional squads (Engineering, UX, Data, AI, SMEs) and manage epics, prioritization, and releases.
• Drive integrations with mobile workforce tools, trade promotion management, order management, and data/AI layers.

Skills

Product Management

Retail Execution

Enterprise SaaS

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Job Description:

Role Overview

The Retail Execution Product Owner owns the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and commercial success of Retail Execution solutions This role sits at the intersection of product strategy, customer value, industry expertise, and platform innovation.

You are accountable not just for features-but for market impact, adoption, revenue growth, and customer outcomes.

Core Responsibilities

1. Product Strategy & Vision

• Define and own the long-term vision and multi-year roadmap for Retail Execution solutions (store visit execution, promotions, merchandising, compliance, analytics).
• Align roadmap to CPG, beverage, food, and consumer goods industry trends (perfect store, AI-driven execution, real-time insights).
• Translate customer pain points into scalable, repeatable product capabilities.

2. Business Ownership

• Own product P&L levers: pricing, packaging, attach rate, adoption, renewals.
• Build and track success metrics: pipeline influence, win-rate impact, customer value realization.

3. Product Development & Delivery

• Lead cross-functional squads (Engineering, UX, Data, AI, Industry SMEs).
• Own epics, prioritization, and release planning with agile execution.
• Ensure solutions leverage the Salesforce platform (Mobile, Data Cloud, AI, Flow, Analytics).

4. Ecosystem & Platform Leverage

• Drive integrations with:
  • Mobile workforce tools
  • Trade promotion management
  • Order management
  • Data & AI layers
• Collaborate with ISV and SI partners to extend execution capabilities.

Key Skills & Qualifications

Experience

• 8-12+ years in Product Management, Industry Solutions, or Strategy
• Deep experience in Retail Execution / CPG / Field Sales / Trade Marketing
• Proven ownership of enterprise SaaS products at scale

Functional Strengths

• Product strategy & lifecycle management
• Agile product leadership
• Customer discovery & value engineering
• Executive-level storytelling and influence

Domain Expertise

• Perfect Store / On-shelf availability
• Merchandising & promotions execution
• Retail compliance & audit workflows
• Mobile-first field execution models

Success Metrics

• Revenue growth & attach rate
• Customer adoption and expansion
• Time-to-value for customers
• Competitive win rates
• Platform usage & scalability

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The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits.Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.

The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 119,040.00 - USD 163,680.00