Product Owner - Web Experience

TEGNA Inc. • Tysons, VA

9h • $105,000 - $120,000

About The Position

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.
We are seeking a Website Product Owner to lead the development and optimization of our websites as a core digital product. The ideal candidate combines strong product management discipline with hands-on product management experience leading scrum teams.
At the intersection of Tegna users, technology and business needs, you’ll help shape product vision into actionable stories and features that deliver real value.
The Product Owner is the nexus of the digital organization – strategically aligning and driving teams forward to deliver value for TEGNA and for our end users. You are data-obsessed and are constantly looking for ways to turn data insights into high value outcomes. You have a bias for action, and you’re comfortable making decisions with limited information. You’re a natural translator, skilled at turning complexity into clarity—both for users and development teams. You thrive in cross-functional teams and have the collaboration chops to bring people together and align around a shared vision. You understand agile principles and love working iteratively, using data and feedback to guide your decisions. You’re organized, pragmatic, and focused on delivering real outcomes—not just features. Moreover, you are motivated and inspired by TEGNA’s mission to connect and service local communities everywhere.

Requirements

• Hands on practical knowledge of analytics platforms (Amplitude, GA4) to track performance metrics.
• Working knowledge of feature management, A/B testing products/tools such as Launch Darkly
• Demonstrated proficiency turning data into actionable insights leveraging KPIs such as engagement
• Practical knowledge of user research and product strategy within the context of website UI/UX design
• Can speak the language of dev/design/QA with a topical understanding of digital technology stacks and tools.
• Thrives in fast-paced environments
• Works collaboratively across all consumer domains, business partners
• Strong communicator (written & verbal) with active listening skills
• Supports and facilitates healthy team dynamics
• Professional and reflects TEGNA values
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Proactive
• Ability to effectively negotiate
• Ability to prioritize
• Ability to maintain a keen attention to detail, multitask and work well under pressure
• Deep knowledge and proficiency with the following tools:
• Atlassian products, Jira, Confluence
• UX/UI tools, Figma
• MS 365 Suite (Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of industry trends and competitive landscape

Responsibilities

• Lead high functioning lean cross functional product teams (product, design, copy, engineering, QA) to deliver best in class Websites.
• Develop and maintain a robust and transparent product backlog.
• Create epics and user stories that align with Product strategy and vision.
• Partner with Product Leadership to plan and execute roadmap goals by facilitating agile scrum ceremonies, removing obstacles and ultimately delivering quality products on time and on budget.
• Own and improve all processes to drive value, quality, and team velocity.
• Document and effectively communicate risks or impediments that hinder team progress.
• Oversee initiative execution by managing sprints and timelines and leading delivery process.
• Backlog Ownership: Own and prioritize the product backlog to ensure the team always works on the most valuable features.
• Requirement Gathering & Refinement: Translate business needs, customer feedback, and market trends into clear, detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Sprint Planning & Delivery: Work closely with designers, engineers, and QA during sprint cycles to ensure smooth delivery, clarity of scope, and fast decision-making.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as the primary point of contact between product teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of priorities, expectations, and progress.
• Customer Focus: Champion the voice of the customer in all product decisions, ensuring we build intuitive and valuable experiences.
• Strategy & Roadmap Definition: Contribute to web product strategy and road mapping in collaboration with Product and Marketing Leadership.
• Continuous Improvement: Analyze product performance, gather user feedback, and iterate features to continuously improve user experience and business outcomes.
• Communications: Leads core team and stakeholder communications. E.g., dependencies, launches, setbacks, learnings, tradeoff decisions, etc.
• Team output: Leverages team velocity and capacity planning to continually improve product delivery

Benefits

• TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
• Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
• Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
• TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed