Woolworths - Product Owner

Product Owner

- Driving product success by aligning strategy, stakeholders, and execution.

- Opportunity to be one of our first team members in Woolworths Group India in Bangalore.

Woolworths Group India is partnering exclusively with Zinnov Group to recruit for this position.

About the role :

Translate the overarching product vision and strategy into actionable development tasks. The Product Owner acts as the primary link between the Product Manager and the engineering team, ensuring that every sprint delivers maximum customer value and moves the needle on key business outcomes like revenue growth and NPS. As the scope of the role expands into AI-driven features, the Product Owner will act as a deep domain specialist expressing functional requirements/specs with a high level of precision needed for agentic engineering, while taking ownership of ongoing model monitoring, feedback loops, and retraining.

What you will do :

Backlog Management & Tactical Execution :

- Prioritise and manage the detailed product backlog, ensuring user stories align with the strategic goals set by the Product Manager.

- Translate high-level roadmap items into detailed functional requirements, user stories, and clear acceptance criteria.

- Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to ensure successful, iterative product delivery.

- Negotiate priorities if new requirements are introduced mid-delivery.

Customer Experience & Usability :

- Advocate for customer-centric development by prioritizing usability and accessibility in every feature build.

- Deeply understand the specific pain points of customers to ensure the technical solution solves real-world problems.

- Collaborate with design and engineering to create a best-in-class customer experience that improves NPS.

Delivery & Cross-Functional Collaboration :

- Partner closely with engineering and design to navigate technical constraints and ensure high-quality releases.

- Communicate technical progress and roadblocks to all relevant stakeholders.

- Support the end-to-end product development lifecycle, focusing on the successful "build" and "launch" phases.

Performance & Data-Driven Improvement :

- Monitor and analyse platform data to identify areas for immediate feature optimization.

- Track key sprint metrics and contribute to the achievement of broader KPIs.

- Experiment with new functionalities to enhance the platform's value proposition and performance.

AI Lifecycle & Precision Requirement Engineering :

- Operate deeper "in the detail" than a traditional PO by translating business logic into highly precise, unambiguous prompt requirements and constraints to ensure consistent model behavior.

- Partner with engineering teams to systematically validate model outputs against real-world customer scenarios.

What you will bring :

- 5+ years experience working as a IT Product Owner and/or delivery lead.

- Sound knowledge in Business Analysis.

- Strong relationship building skills.

- Influence and negotiation skills.

- Understanding of business strategy.

- Understanding of IT trends particularly AI related.

- Experience in Retail Business.

- Experience in Business Process & IT Systems.

- Experience managing budgets and commercial agreements.

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

- Risk management and compliance skills.

- Solid experience in the Product or Service Delivery Lifecycle.

- Experience with Agile methodology to drive product development and delivery.

- Solid technical acumen.

- Proven experience in an e-commerce environment, specifically focusing on execution and delivery.

- Strong skills in using data to inform backlog prioritization and measure feature success.

- Comfortable discussing technical aspects of development with engineers while representing the "voice of the customer".

- Experience managing expectations across cross-functional teams.

- Ability to move beyond high-level user stories to articulate requirements with granular precision. Possesses the analytical rigor required to prompt, train, and guide AI models toward repeatable, reliable outcomes.

What you will experience :

- Be a part of Australia's largest retailer.

- Constant mentoring and training provided.

- Generous performance based bonus.

- 20 days annual leave.

- A flexible approach to work.

- Premium insurance coverage for you and your dependants.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group :

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our teams diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.

Your Personal Data :

By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to Zinnov Management Consulting Private Limited and its subsidiaries (Zinnov) and/or Woolworths Group Limited and its subsidiaries (Woolworths Group) collecting, processing and disclosing your personal information, including any sensitive personal information provided by you, for the purposes of managing the recruitment process, assessing your suitability for employment, communicating with you regarding your application, and, where appropriate, considering you for future employment opportunities, to the extent relevant. If your application is successful, Zinnov and/ or Woolworths Group will also use your personal information, including sensitive personal information, for managing your ongoing working relationship.

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