Sr Product Owner

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands: Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s™ Organic Snacks, Golden Island®, BiFi®, Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few, there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

Are you ready to shape the future of analytics at Link Snacks? We're looking for a Sr. Product Owner, Analytics and Automation to lead the vision and delivery of data-driven products for our Supply Chain Operations & Planning (SCOPs), Manufacturing, and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) domains — powering smarter decisions, faster innovation, and stronger business outcomes. At Link Snacks, we are building an analytics capability that transforms how the business operates—enabling insights at scale and driving measurable impact across our supply chain and manufacturing network. 

As a Sr. Product Owner, you will own the strategy, roadmap, and execution for BI and analytics products across the SCOPs, Manufacturing, and IBP domains. This role spans the entire product lifecycle—from discovery and prioritization to delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement. A key focus area is defining and delivering high-value dashboards and self-service analytics that support demand and supply planning, the S&OP / IBP cycle, manufacturing performance, inventory, logistics, and procurement. 

You'll work closely with supply chain, manufacturing, and planning leaders, business relationship managers, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop and execute the vision and roadmap for analytics products. While your primary responsibility is product leadership, you will also roll up your sleeves to direct or perform BI development, including importing and transforming data, enhancing semantic models, building and deploying Power BI visualizations, and implementing security and access controls. 

This role will initially focus on BI development (approximately 75%) and will evolve over time to a balanced mix of product leadership and technical delivery. This role is supported by a strong ecosystem of experts, including business relationship managers, data engineers, data architects, BI developers, data scientists, and platform specialists who enable reporting and analytics product development. You'll lead the vision and orchestrate these resources to deliver solutions that drive business impact. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Product Vision & Roadmap

• Define and maintain a clear vision for BI and analytics products across SCOPs, Manufacturing, and IBP.
• Develop and manage a roadmap that translates supply chain, manufacturing, and planning goals into actionable user stories and priorities.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with supply chain, manufacturing, and IBP / planning leaders, relationship managers, and SMEs to identify, define, and prioritize analytics solutions that deliver measurable business impact.

Agile Delivery

• Convert business needs into requirements and user stories.
• Manage backlog and spring planning.
• Act as a liaison between stakeholders and technical teams to ensure alignment.

Data Management & Governance

• Partner with data engineers and architects to ensure products are scalable, reliable, and secure.
• Enforce data quality standards and oversee documentation and metadata for transparency.

Solution Design & Development

• Translate complex supply chain, manufacturing, and planning data challenges into user-centric solutions.
• Balance short-term priorities with long-term vision.
• Perform hands-on BI development when needed (data import/transform, semantic model enhancement, Power BI dashboards, security and access controls).

Activation & Adoption

• Champion user experience through training and enablement.
• Monitor product health (usage, satisfaction, decision impact) and iterate based on insights.

Lifecycle Ownership

• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle from discovery through delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement.

Oversee Strategic Initiatives

• Own strategic initiatives that advance analytics maturity and business impact across the supply chain and manufacturing network.

Unified Roadmap Leadership

• Develop and manage a consolidated roadmap across several product owners, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities.

Mentorship & Guidance

• Coach and guide other product owners on best practices, backlog management, and delivery standards.

Performance Oversight

• Track and report on overall product portfolio performance, focusing on business impact and measurable outcomes.
• Advanced Technical Oversight
• Ensure consistency and governance across multiple BI and analytics solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology.
• 7+ years of experience in BI/Analytics product ownership and product management, leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Proven track record of managing multiple products or domains, mentoring other product owners, and driving strategic initiatives.
• Strong technical depth (Power BI, data modeling, governance) and ability to strategically influence BI and Analytics product strategy.
• Hands-on experience leading enterprise BI/analytics products with measurable adoption and impact.
• Business-facing experience in supply chain, manufacturing, and/or integrated business planning – or a strong desire and aptitude to learn these domains.
• Designing product briefs, MVPs, and outcome-based roadmaps.
• Proven experience managing product roadmaps, backlogs, and user stories in an agile environment.
• Ability to work closely with supply chain, manufacturing, and planning leaders, relationship managers, and SMEs to translate business needs into actionable requirements.
• Hands-on ability to develop dashboards, including import and transform data, enhance semantic models, build and deploy dashboards, and implement row-level security and access controls.
• Solid understanding of relational and dimensional modeling (star/snowflake schemas) and performance optimization for BI solutions.
• Proficiency in DAX and SQL for building measures, queries, and optimizing data models.
• Knowledge of data quality standards, metadata management, and security best practices.
• Ability to partner effectively with data engineers, architects, BI developers, and platform teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to align diverse stakeholders and drive adoption.
• Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, and other agile tools for backlog management and release tracking.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with Power BI.
• Familiarity with enterprise data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, and SAP Datasphere / S/4HANA.
• Familiarity with Lakehouse platforms and architecture such as Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks and/or GCP.
• Familiarity with supply chain and IBP planning platforms such as SAP IBP, Kinaxis, o9, or Blue Yonder, and with manufacturing systems (MES / ERP).
• Understanding of S&OP / IBP processes and key metrics (forecast accuracy, service level, inventory, OEE).
• Familiarity with predictive modeling and the integration of AI-driven insights into BI products (e.g., demand forecasting, supply and inventory optimization).
• Ability to collaborate with data scientists on preparing and structuring data for advanced analytics use cases.
• Awareness of or experience leveraging AI/ML for process automation, anomaly detection, and decision support.
• Awareness of or experience leveraging generative AI applications in analytics (e.g., natural language query, automated insights) and willingness to explore innovative solutions.

The starting salarie for this role is $140,000.00 - $170,000.00. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, and candidate skill set and experience. Base pay is just one component of Jack Link’s Total Rewards package for Team Members. Other rewards may include annual incentive and program-specific awards. Jack Link’s provides a variety of benefits to eligible Team Members, including medical, dental and vision benefits, life and disability insurance, 401k participation, paid holidays, and paid time off.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the Team Member is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The Team Member is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The Team Member must occasionally lift and/or more up to twenty-five pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant/office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet/slippery floors. However, the vast amount of work is conducted in a climate-controlled office. Travel may be required.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

Link Snacks provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.

E-VERIFY:

Link Snacks is participant in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.  For information about the E-Verify program, please visit:  http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.