At Bath & Body Works, everyone belongs. We are committed to creating a culture of belonging focused on delivering exceptional fragrances and experiences to our customers. We focus on recruiting, retaining, and advancing top talent. In addition, we work to improve our communities and our planet to help the world live more fully.
The Digital Product Owner (PO) is a manager-level role responsible for collaborating with cross-functional partners to deliver a top-tier customer experience aligned with business goals. Acting as a “first among equals,” the PO leads the Product Team by fostering collaboration between Product Management, UX Design, and Development, while managing relationships with internal and external partners. With a passion for excellent customer experiences, the PO empathizes with user challenges and has strong instincts about consumer behavior and business dynamics.
We need a Product Owner who prioritizes customer happiness and is passionate about improving the Fulfillment capabilities within Bath & Body Works’ Fulfillment Platform team. The PO will identify value-creating opportunities and drive innovative product solutions through technology. By adopting a start-up attitude, the ideal candidate will deliver unique, high-impact customer experiences and empower customers to fulfill their orders in ways that best work for them while also creating efficiencies in the pick/pack process to deliver our goods to consumers how and when they want them.
If you have experience in Product Management, especially in Buy Online, Pick Up in Store (BOPIS), same day delivery, subscription services, Buy Online, Return in Store (BORIS) and other fulfillment channels, we are looking for you!
Responsibilities
- Own and drive the digital product vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
- Deeply understand partner workflows to define scalable solutions and optimize cross-channel Fulfillment product performance.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for the product team, addressing questions from partners and team members.
- Ingest business strategy, prioritize the backlog based on value and impact, and manage delivery of products on behalf of customers and partners.
- Engage closely with partners to ensure understanding of business needs and improve existing capabilities.
- Leverage data, analytics, and A/B testing to support continuous product improvement and measure results.
- Communicate business value and outcomes to key team members and executives.
- Collaborate with the Development Team to stay aligned with sprint goals and coordinate with other Product Teams and the Enterprise Exceleration Office to manage dependencies.
- Manage third-party solutions and relationships to enhance product capabilities while balancing feature development with technology modernization.
- Continuously evolve processes to improve speed, quality, agility, and flexibility for the platform and the enterprise.
- Define and scope requirements for end-to-end customer fulfillment channels (Buy Online, Pick Up in Store (BOPIS), same day delivery, subscription services, Buy Online, Return in Store (BORIS), etc.) while balancing incremental value and cost.
- Identify and measure KPIs, adjusting strategies based on performance data, and report results to partners.
- Work closely with tech teams to understand tradeoffs and lead agile execution through participation in ceremonies.
- Stay informed about emerging solutions, industry trends, and customer needs to encourage adaptability.
- Foster a strong agile discipline and inspire continuous improvement through understanding key agile metrics.
- Recruit, train, and manage Product Analysts to uphold platform standards.
- Ensure platform stability and operational integrity through on-call rotations and defect triage, while maintaining SLAs.
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