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The Sr. Product Owner (PO) will execute the product strategy and roadmap collaborating closing with principal and engineering leads to ensure the backlog is fully defined and ready to be executed. This role is responsible for prioritizing and communicating the work to the business owner, ensuring that the team delivers solutions that drive measurable outcomes. The Sr. Product Owner partners closely with the Product Director and/or Product Manager to align product work to strategic objectives and collaborates with engineering, design, and business stakeholders to ensure effective delivery and adoption. As with all positions at KeHE Distributors, we expect that all actions will be consistent with KeHE's Mission, Vision, and Values.
Job Responsibility
Execute and communicate product strategy and vision, translating business objectives into actionable roadmaps and prioritized backlogs
Translate product vision, strategy, and roadmap into well-defined epics, features, and user stories
Make day-to-day scope and priority decisions to maximize value delivered by the team
Lead multiple delivery teams
Lead structured product discovery, translating insights from user interviews, process mapping, and business analysis into clear user stories and acceptance criteria
Fully own and maintain the product backlog, prioritizing using value, risk, dependencies, and team capacity
Maintain a clear near-term roadmap, balancing new features, technical debt, bugs, and enablers
Develop and demonstrate a deep understanding of business processes, personas, pain points, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and user workflows
Drive sprint clarity, answer team questions quickly, review and accept work, and support predictable delivery
Manage diverse stakeholders, clarify expectations, handle conflicts, and deliver clear status updates
Collaborate closely with Engineering and UX to ensure requirements are feasible, clearly understood, and testable
Accept or reject completed work based on defined acceptance criteria
Track delivery and output metrics (e.g., velocity, story completion, adoption, user feedback) to inform prioritization, measure success and define future KPIs
Ensure delivered capabilities meet quality standards, acceptance criteria and business intent
Demonstrate strong ownership, collaboration, resilience, and a customer-focused product mindset
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in business, technology, or related field
At least 10 years of relevant experience in product management, business analysis, or related roles
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and product management frameworks
Certifications in Product, Project or Agile methodologies preferred
Experience with Data warehousing concepts, SQL, and PowerBI
Experience with and understanding of backend software like AWS (Lambda microservices, SNS/SQS, API Gateway, S3, Redshift)
Strong knowledge of Product Centric Delivery model and Agile practices
Expert in understanding user needs, and KPIs
Proven ability to translate strategic objectives into actionable plans and priorities
Exceptional communication, stakeholder management skills and relationship-building skills
Proficient in product discovery, backlog management, and agile delivery
Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging data to drive decisions
Comfortable and effective working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with competing priorities
Collaborative, resilient, and proactive approach to problem-solving
Experience and understanding of data warehousing concepts and modeling with basic SQL skills
What we offer
Health/Rx
Dental
Vision
Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
Supplemental life insurance
401(k)
Paid time off
Paid sick time
Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)