What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner position at Subway?
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Region: Shelton, CT
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Why Join Us?
At Subway, “better” is baked into our DNA. We are a brand that believes in continued improvement … in our lives, our businesses, and our planet. From the handshake that started our very first sandwich shop to earning our position as one of the world’s leading restaurant brands, we’ve always embraced change and the path ahead. And today, we're making better living way easier.
Our purpose is about more than the food we serve in our restaurants. It’s centered on fueling healthy businesses and healthier lives. It is one of the most exciting times to join the Subway team and contribute to our transformational journey.
About the Role:
We have an exciting opportunity to support our Technology team as a Product Owner based in Shelton, CT. The Product Owner will work closely with business stakeholders to represent their needs and work with a development team and supporting roles to provide global technology products and services that deliver business value and ROI.
If you feel that this is the role for you, and you are successful with your application, be ready to be Bold, Empowered, Accountable, and ready to have Fun in a fast paced and agile working environment.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Manages projects end-to-end, to deliver best business outcomes.
- Work closely with internal and external customers, and project stakeholders, including any third parties to gather business requirements and define software functionality, throughout the release lifecycle, from inception to general release to ongoing support. May also work with internal and/or external development teams and vendor partners to deliver project objectives.
- Works with product management and systems architects to appropriately capture feature requests, use cases, POC requests, and to organize them into properly prioritized user stories and epic backlogs.
- Ability to think strategically about how actions and overall program will fit within the overall business needs and priorities by working with other project managers to improve the capabilities while managing adherence to business priorities as well as project procedures and standards.
- May manage multiple complex projects/products simultaneously that cross different business units and/or companies.
- Responsible for overall project success, business objectives, and ROI.
- Translates requirements into appropriate documentation and communications that can be shared across the business and with customers throughout the product lifecycle.
- Support SaFe values by adhering to the SaFe agile principles along with the team's specific approaches. Assist scrum masters in assessing the agile maturity of the team and implementing a process that supports the team.
- Work with stakeholders to create and organize the product and epic backlogs.
- Develop project document deliverables such as user stories, epics, features, accreditation, documentation, release notes, etc.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or other technical discipline or equivalent experience. CSPO desired. SaFe Agile experience desired.
- 5 years of experience in multiple functional areas which may include: business strategy & development, project management, or management consulting knowledge and skills (general and technical) or 2 years experience as a product owner (5 PO experience for senior level).
- Strong proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Program Other Skill.
- Experience with Agile Project Management tools, Azure Dev Ops, JIRA, Microsoft Teams, Workflow design tools.
- General basic understanding or better of programming languages, DB, and APIs.
- Experience with Agile Development and a strong sense of Agile Methodologies.
What do we Offer?
- Insurance Plans (Medical/Life)
- 401K
- Competitive Bonus
- Mobility Allowance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Company Holidays
- Volunteering time
- And Many More…..
Actual pay is determined based on a number of job-related factors including skills, education, training, credentials, qualifications, scope and complexity of role responsibilities, geographic location, performance, and working conditions.
The Company is only considering applicants who are currently authorized to work in the country the position is based. AA/EOE/D/V
