Product Owner (HYBRID)

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire a Product Owner immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland. 

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation

• Career growth opportunities

• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

Position Overview

This role is responsible for the delivery and support of products within the product line. They are responsible for ensuring that the road map for their product is broken down into Epics, and Stories that a held in a backlog and that are prioritized for delivery by the product team.

Acting as the voice of the customer to the product team this role ensures that the customers’ expectations are met and managed through planning, execution, and sprint playbacks to the business.

Responsible for discovering innovative product solutions that deliver the necessary value, are usable by the target audience, and can be delivered with the available resources in the required time frame.

Impediments that are found during the development process will be resolved by the Product owner who will escalate or seek business input to ensure the team's development velocity is not slowed while ensuring that the business expectations are still met.

The product owner is the subject matter expert for their products who can advise the business on their suitability for the requirements and advocate for the value they deliver.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, and groom the product backlog so that each sprint is prioritized to offer the best value in the shortest possible delivery time. Acting as the voice of the business to the product team and a key path to resolving impediments raised by the team. Find new innovative product solutions through procurement or development to deliver the necessary business value.    
• Lead and support the product team in sprint playbacks to ensure that business expectations are met, and the delivery is aligned to the business requirements. Support and lead the team in sprint retrospectives so that impediments encountered during the sprint cycle are not repeated, and that the process is continually improved so that the team's velocity is maximized without impacting quality    
• Ensure all items meet the definition of ready before they are entered into a sprint e.g., sized, stories complete, acceptance criteria agreed etc. Ensure all items meet the definition of done before they are included in the sprint demo.          
• Acting as the product SME: - Communicating product value, features and benefits to the business. - Support the Product line strategy owner in defining the Product line roadmap by including the detail of the product roadmap and prioritizing the delivery. - Identifying new opportunities for the product to deliver business value which can be included in the Product/Product line roadmaps. - Responsible for the solution design for their products and their contribution to the product line.
• Act as the voice of the product team to leadership. Identifying challenges and opportunities to improve the agile process and the effectiveness of the product team. Be a vocal advocate for the team and promote its activities an successes 

Secondary Responsibilities

• Maintain continuous personal learning and development to remain technological relevancy in current and emerging technologies.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ Years of IT experience, with a significant amount of time spent in developing and supporting Planning solutions (IBP, OMP, etc.)
• Operating in an Agile software development environment with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps etc.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills needed to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future. 

Base Salary: $103,520 - $181,150 

Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience for this role, and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan. In addition to a competitive compensation package, permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include:
- Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits - Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support - Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans

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