Senior Product Owner

Auckland - New Zealand

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Senior Product Owner

Ko wai mātou About us

Kia ora. Were Foodies. You know New World PAKnSAVE and Four Square right Thats us!

With 300 stores and over 24000 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 1000 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 wont just deliver products - youll shape the future of how one of New Zealands largest retailers operates. Youll lead the charge in transforming ideas into powerful customerdriven solutions that make a real difference to our business and our customers. Working in a fastpaced agile environment youll 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 customerdriven coop.

In this role youll be more than a product leader - youll be a connector mentor and changemaker. Youll partner with business leaders merchandise teams technical experts and fellow Product Owners to shape strategies and roadmaps that deliver meaningful outcomes at scale. Youll champion agile ways of working nurture highperforming 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.

Youll 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

o with full engagement/alignment and support of the business colleagues you represent developing a trusted relationship and able to effectively incorporate their needs

o 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 wellrefined 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

Were committed to providing awesome experiences for our people including offering a range of benefits:

- Free carparking -weve got over 1000 carparks including 36free 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

Youre a strategic thinker and problemsolver who thrives in fastmoving 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. Youre 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 tradeoff decisions and driving delivery forward.

Youll bring:

Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with a proven ability to translate ideas into impactful businessaligned 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 valuefocused tradeoff 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 facetoface 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.

Were 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 reach out to. Accessibility support could include interview location sign language interpreter assistive technology.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Senior Product OwnerKo wai mātou About usKia ora. Were Foodies. You know New World PAKnSAVE and Four Square right Thats us! With 300 stores and over 24000 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 t...