About the job 
Nielsen Brandbank is one of the world's most trusted providers of digital product content, delivering an end-to-end solution for brands, retailers, and wholesalers across the globe. At Nielsen Brandbank, we work diligently to provide best-in-class solutions, using an incremental delivery approach to develop new & existing products. 

As a Lead Product Owner, you’ll be at the heart of creating scalable platform tools for Nielsen Brandbank. It will be your role to lead cross-functional Product Owners to ensure that consistent approaches are being adopted in all domain teams. You will also work with senior stakeholders across the organisation to understand the overall business priorities and how they apply to the applications and components in your assigned domain. 
 
Responsibilities 

• To provide coaching and mentoring to cross-functional Product Owners implementing and promoting consistent ways of working across domain teams, where relevant, focussing on outcomes. 

• To monitor cross-functional teams outputs in line with agreed KPI’s and provide coaching and mentoring to ensure optimal delivery. 

• Plan, prioritise and refine the domain backlog in line with overall business priorities, ensuring that the team(s) always have an adequate amount of play-ready tasks to work on 

• Define product vision, road-map and growth opportunities within your assigned domain(s) 

• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritise stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with overall business priorities 

• Lead the domain team(s) in backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories 

• Work closely with other Product Owners, Product Management and the PMO to align on strategy, ensuring seamless products and co-ordinated deliveries 

• Lead the team(s) in planning product releases and set the expectation for delivery of new functionalities or other tasks 

• Take an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals 

• Provide regular and clear reporting to senior leaders and across the organisation 

About you 
You’ve already worked as a Product Owner role where fact finding, requirements gathering & driving change were a part of your daily routine. You are a creative thinker with a vision, experienced in leading, managing and developing others. Agile methodology is not a secret to you. You’re interested in consumer content and on-line retail industry. You have sharp analytical and problem solving skills, being able to grasp the “what” of the vision and translate it into “how”. A fast-paced, collaborative, and flexible environment lures you as well as managing multiple dependencies and stakeholders.  
 

Qualifications 

• A strong working technical knowledge and an understanding of data (preferably consumer content) and its application across business 

• Previous working experience as a Product Owner 

• Experience of leading, managing and developing staff with proven ability to motivate and engage others so that the team continuously strive to deliver high-quality solutions 

• In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles  

• A demonstrable understanding of solution design and architecture and systems integration 

• Proven ability to quickly grasp a clear understanding of a customer’s needs and translate them to a set of requirements and well-planned solution deliverables 

• Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills 

• Excellent organizational and time management skills 

• Past project management experience in an agile environment – nice to have 

• An understanding of consumer content and/or on-line retail industry and related technologies – nice to have 

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About NielsenIQ 

NielsenIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. We provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers/fast-moving consumer goods and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. Our approach marries proprietary NielsenIQ data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge.  We like to be in the middle of the action. That’s why you can find us at work in over 90 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.niq.com.

NielsenIQ is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.