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Senior Product Owner

Posted 2 Days Ago
Remote or Hybrid
Hiring Remotely in Illinois, USA
84K-103K Annually
Senior level
Remote or Hybrid
Hiring Remotely in Illinois, USA
84K-103K Annually
Senior level
The Senior Product Owner leads cross-functional teams in delivering high-quality products, manages backlogs, facilitates Agile processes, and ensures stakeholder communication and alignment with business objectives.
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Company Description

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We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Product Owner with experience in Agile best practices and client interactions to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for guiding a cross-functional team to deliver high-quality products that meet business objectives and enabling commercial revenue requirements. You will collaborate closely with the team’s Product Manager and stakeholders to ensure that features are well-defined, prioritized, and delivered on schedule. Your work will be integral in aligning team activities with company goals and driving the execution of the team’s roadmap. 

Job Description

  • Agile Ceremony Leadership: Facilitate and manage team ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and weekly retrospectives. 
  • Backlog Management: Author detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria to ensure requirements are fully understood and actionable by the development team. 
  • Ticket Management and Sign-off: Define acceptance criteria and sign off on completed tickets to ensure quality and adherence to requirements. 
  • Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, keeping them informed on team progress, addressing concerns, and gathering feedback to inform future work. 
  • Roadmap Execution: Work closely with the Product Manager to align on and execute the team roadmap, ensuring initiatives are on track and meeting business priorities. 
  • KPI Tracking and Reporting: Track and report team Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) aligned with company OGSM (Objectives, Goals, Strategies, Measures), providing visibility into the team’s performance and areas for improvement. 
  • Revenue Enablement: This position plays a critical role in ensuring timely incident response and roadmap storytelling across a group of commercial stakeholders to support successful renewals, pocs, and new client acquisitions. 

Qualifications

  • Experience with Agile Best Practices: Solid understanding and hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and/or Kanban. 
  • Excellent Written and Verbal English Communication: Demonstrated skill in written English with the ability to convey complex information clearly. Must be able to effectively communicate in English with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
  • Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with software development processes and ability to translate product and technical requirements into actionable user stories. 
  • API Expertise: Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to design, test, and optimize API integrations 
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Ability to leverage data insights to measure progress, inform decisions, and optimize team performance. 
  • Problem-Solving Skills: Demonstrated skill in anticipating and resolving conflicts and challenges to keep projects on track. 
  • Experience in Product Ownership: Previous experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner, or similar role is strongly preferred. 
  • Experience in Client-Facing Solutions: Previous experience working with clients either in product, or a commercial discipline. Experience working with clients on data integrations, responding to incidents or outages, and creating powerful client-facing roadmap narratives is preferred. 

Other:

  • You may be asked to undertake additional duties to those above, either on a temporary or permanent basis, which the Company reasonably believes you are capable of carrying out, or for which you will be trained.  
  • Relevant professional, ethical and health and safety standards apply to this role 
  • Occasionally you may be required to travel nationally and internationally 

Additional Information

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of the following range: 83,700.00 - 103,000.00 USD Annual.  Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus. Other benefits include flexible working environment, comprehensive health insurance, industry-leading parental leave, life insurance, education support and more.

US Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare plan (medical, Rx, dental, and vision).
  • Flexible spending accounts and a Health Savings Account (including company contributions).
  • Life and AD&D insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan including company matching contributions.
  • Disability insurance.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.
  • Discretionary paid time off program and 11 paid holidays.
  • Flexible working environment
  • Volunteer time off
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Our Benefits

  • Flexible working environment
  • Volunteer time off
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. For more information, please visit NIQ’s AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: https://www.nielseniq.com/global/en/ai-safety-policies.

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At NIQ, we are steadfast in our commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace that mirrors the rich diversity of the communities and markets we serve. We believe that embracing a wide range of perspectives drives innovation and excellence.  All employment decisions at NIQ are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We invite individuals who share our dedication to inclusivity and equity to join us in making a meaningful impact. To learn more about our ongoing efforts in diversity and inclusion, please visit the https://nielseniq.com/global/en/news-center/diversity-inclusion

Top Skills

Agile
APIs
Kanban
Scrum

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