Senior Product Owner

NielsenIQ•Illinois, IL

About The Position

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Product Owner with experience in Agile best practices and client interactions to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for guiding a cross-functional team to deliver high-quality products that meet business objectives and enabling commercial revenue requirements. You will collaborate closely with the team’s Product Manager and stakeholders to ensure that features are well-defined, prioritized, and delivered on schedule. Your work will be integral in aligning team activities with company goals and driving the execution of the team’s roadmap.

Requirements

Solid understanding and hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and/or Kanban.
Demonstrated skill in written English with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
Must be able to effectively communicate in English with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Familiarity with software development processes and ability to translate product and technical requirements into actionable user stories.
Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to design, test, and optimize API integrations
Ability to leverage data insights to measure progress, inform decisions, and optimize team performance.
Demonstrated skill in anticipating and resolving conflicts and challenges to keep projects on track.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner, or similar role is strongly preferred.
Previous experience working with clients either in product, or a commercial discipline.
Experience working with clients on data integrations, responding to incidents or outages, and creating powerful client-facing roadmap narratives is preferred.

Responsibilities

Facilitate and manage team ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and weekly retrospectives.
Author detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria to ensure requirements are fully understood and actionable by the development team.
Define acceptance criteria and sign off on completed tickets to ensure quality and adherence to requirements.
Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, keeping them informed on team progress, addressing concerns, and gathering feedback to inform future work.
Work closely with the Product Manager to align on and execute the team roadmap, ensuring initiatives are on track and meeting business priorities.
Track and report team Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) aligned with company OGSM (Objectives, Goals, Strategies, Measures), providing visibility into the team’s performance and areas for improvement.
Ensure timely incident response and roadmap storytelling across a group of commercial stakeholders to support successful renewals, pocs, and new client acquisitions.
You may be asked to undertake additional duties to those above, either on a temporary or permanent basis, which the Company reasonably believes you are capable of carrying out, or for which you will be trained.
Relevant professional, ethical and health and safety standards apply to this role