Strategic Product Owner - Roadmaps & Delivery

Weis Markets; Milton (Northumberland County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Weis Markets is seeking a Product Owner to lead the product roadmap, collaborate with business users, IT, and management, and drive the full product lifecycle from design to delivery. The role emphasizes prioritizing the backlog, aligning with strategic goals, and delivering value across teams.

The ideal candidate will participate in Scrum events, coordinate with vendors, and help implement policies and procedures while ensuring resources and budgets support excellent customer service.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business users to understand needs and translate into product requirements.
• Collaborate with IT and product management teams to develop cohesive product vision throughout the process.
• Execute a product roadmap aligned with strategic goals.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog, adapting to evolving requirements and business priorities.
• Oversee all phases of the product lifecycle, from design through development and delivery.
• Monitor product progress, ensuring milestones are met and solutions are developed to align to business needs.
• Communicate updates and status reports to product teams and users.
• Participates in Scrum meeting and product sprints.
• Identify project tasks and develop timelines.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of goals, policies, procedures, and priorities for defined application.
• Recommend, develop, and administer policies and procedures.
• Engage with vendors to negotiate software and hardware procurement, ensure contract compliance, and consult on system functionality and maintenance.
• Collaborate with IT management teams and align cross functional teams to ensure cross-team synergies while meeting corporate objectives and requirements.
• Participate in the development of business strategy and planning to ensure appropriate resources, budget, and tools to provide the highest level of customer service.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement using data-driven insights and root cause analysis.
• Ensures adherence to established corporate and department standards, policies, and procedures.
• Collaborate with the IT Management Team in developing and adhering to the annual budget for equipment, software, services, training, and other needs.
• Create capital requests and purchase orders for third party products and services.
• Validate and approve the payment of appropriate invoices related to the Software Product in accordance with approved financial policies and practices.

Skills

Scrum

Product backlog

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Weis Markets is seeking a Product Owner to lead the product roadmap, collaborate with business users, IT, and management, and drive the full product lifecycle from design to delivery. The role emphasizes prioritizing the backlog, aligning with strategic goals, and delivering value across teams.

The ideal candidate will participate in Scrum events, coordinate with vendors, and help implement policies and procedures while ensuring resources and budgets support excellent customer service.