Who we are

Datassential is a global food and beverage intelligence platform. By embracing billions of data points and AI, we offer a suite of innovative solutions that empower over 90% of the largest global brands in the food & beverage ecosystem to more effectively develop, market, and sell their products.

Datassential, headquartered in Chicago, USA, has gained momentum in global markets through its acquisition of CHD Expert (HQ: France) in 2022. Datassential recently received investment from New Mountain Capital and Endicott Capital, two top tier private equity firms. This significant milestone in our company’s journey enables us to accelerate our product roadmap and enhance our R&D efforts to deliver even more value-added features and solutions for our clients. 

Our global, remote-first team celebrates diverse backgrounds and new perspectives while cultivating expertise in all things food and beverage. Food brings people together, and there's room for everyone at Datassential's table.

What we need

The Product Owner is a key member of the product management team, responsible for understanding and translating stakeholder needs into requirements for product development.  The individual in this role must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy.  The Product Owner will effectively embrace the product vision while possessing the drive and attention to detail to bring solutions to market.

Why you should join

As a Product Owner you’ll work within all aspects of the product lifecycle, connect with stakeholders across the organization, and have the opportunity to significantly impact the evolution of Datassential’s innovative platform. This is a highly visible position working cross functionally with end-to-end ownership of projects. 

What you’ll be doing

• Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including epics, user stories, and acceptance test criteria. 

• Work with cross-functional teams including product, data teams, user experience, engineering, marketing, sales, and support.

• Identify issues and work closely with stakeholders to research alternatives, drive solutions, respond to questions, troubleshoot issues, and mitigate impediments.

• Serve as a primary representative for product management activities related to user acceptance testing and rollout of product features such as release notes.

• Prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders.

• Contribute to the development of product roadmaps. 

• Contribute to training and supporting internal stakeholders on new product features to increase organizational effectiveness.

• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices.

What you bring

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

• 3-5 years of experience in Product Ownership or similar roles

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills for interacting with/influencing cross-functional teams and gaining consensus

• Has basic knowledge of general business environment/operation and cost benefit awareness

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment while handling multiple priorities

Nice to have:

• Real-world AI experience is a plus (ex: demonstrated success in delivering AI-driven features for products, experimentation with AI-powered solutions)

Our Table Welcomes All.  We embrace diversity of both background and thought and foster an inclusive environment that extends an open landscape of opportunities to everyone. We invite each of us to simply be ourselves. We operate with respect and without judgment, celebrating both the power of the individual as well as our shared humanity.

The base salary for the role is 100,000/yr -120,000/yr. Offer will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location.

Datassential is an E-Verify employer.

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact anjali.ambat@datassential.com