Sr Product Owner

Ulta Beauty, Inc. • Bolingbrook, IL

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About The Position

Live the experience. From professional empowerment to continual learning opportunities. From ongoing investment in new and emerging technologies to a career of self-determination. At Ulta Beauty, our tech team is critical to our scalability—and is recognized that way. We’ve been defined as a “mature start-up.” A place where interdepartmental exposure, open doors, and genuine collaboration is ubiquitous. Where challenges come fast and furious, requiring agility, mental dexterity, and creativity. Where our passion for better solutions drives us and is core to who we are.
We’re engineering for the future of retail, and it’s no-holds-barred. But for those motivated by continual change and ambiguity, by superior leadership, by whip smart colleagues who will press you daily for your very best, you’ll find that virtually nothing’s impossible at Ulta Beauty.
THE IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE:
The Senior Product Owner (Sr. PO) for Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) is responsible for translating retail supply chain and planning strategy into executable product delivery. This role sits at the intersection of merchandising, supply chain, finance, and technology, ensuring that S&OP capabilities enable accurate forecasting, balanced demand and supply, and aligned financial outcomes.
The Sr. Product Owner owns the day-to-day product backlog for S&OP platforms and capabilities, working closely with Product Managers, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, data-driven planning solutions that support enterprise-level decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in product ownership, business analysis, or product management within a retail or supply chain technology environment.
• Strong hands-on experience supporting S&OP, demand planning, supply planning, or inventory planning processes.
• Proven ability to write clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria for complex planning workflows.
• Experience working in agile delivery models (Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe).
• Experience with retail planning platforms (e.g., o9, Blue Yonder, or similar).
• Strong understanding of retail financial planning, forecasting, and inventory performance metrics.
• Experience working with data engineering, analytics, or AI/ML-driven forecasting solutions.

Nice To Haves

• CSPO, SAFe POPM, or similar product ownership certification a plus

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the S&OP product backlog, ensuring alignment to product strategy, business outcomes, and roadmap priorities.
• Translate business needs into well-defined epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, and prioritization activities to maximize value delivery.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the agile & business teams on S&OP-related requirements and decisions.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Merchandising, Inventory Planning, and Finance teams to enable end-to-end S&OP processes, including demand planning, supply planning, capacity planning, store replenishment, and financial reconciliation.
• Ensure solutions support key S&OP cycles such as monthly planning, executive reviews, and exception management.
• Drive adoption of best-in-class retail planning practices, including scenario modeling, what-if analysis, and cross-functional alignment.
• Act as a trusted partner to business stakeholders, balancing competing priorities across demand, supply, and financial objectives.
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions to gather requirements, validate assumptions, and align on outcomes.
• Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to product leadership and business partners.
• Ensure S&OP capabilities leverage high-quality data, integrated systems, and analytics to support accurate and timely decision-making.
• Collaborate with data, analytics, and platform teams to define requirements for forecasts, KPIs, dashboards, and alerts.
• Support integration across upstream and downstream systems (e.g., merchandising, inventory, logistics, finance).
• Measure success through clearly defined outcomes and KPIs such as forecast accuracy, service levels, inventory health, and planning cycle efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve system usability.
• Champion agile best practices and continuous improvement within the product delivery team.

Benefits

• Full-time positions are eligible for paid time off, health, dental, vision, life and disability benefits.
• Part-time positions are eligible for dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees