Product Owner

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🕒 August 26

🌾 Iowa – Remote

🌾 Iowa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✅ Product Manager

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Lee Enterprises

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1890

📱 Media

☁️ SaaS

Media • SaaS

Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news and information and a major subscription and advertising platform, with daily and weekly newspapers and rapidly expanding digital products serving 114 markets across 25 states. The company operates newspapers and digital brands, reaches more than 75% of adults in its largest markets weekly, and offers advertising and marketing services including data insights, creative services, content creation, media distribution, reputation management, and an amplified digital agency with AI solutions. It also provides a publishing platform, Blox CMS, and has partnerships and cloud/AI initiatives (AWS preferred cloud, generative AI platforms).

📋 Description

• Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business priorities and development readiness • Translate business needs into user stories, functional requirements, acceptance criteria, and technical considerations • Maintain a two-sprint-ready backlog • Make day-to-day prioritization decisions and provide clarity to the development team • Partner with data engineers, developers, analysts, Finance, and other stakeholders • Understand data sources, integrations, workflows, and dependencies • Support data integrations, APIs, data pipelines, reporting, data quality, and system-to-system workflows • Define acceptance criteria and validate delivered solutions against business requirements • Translate financial and operational requirements into actionable work • Support financial data, reporting, reconciliation, payment workflows, and system integrations • Work with the Scrum Master and development team to plan and deliver sprint commitments • Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives • Identify and communicate risks, blockers, and dependencies • Serve as day-to-day point of contact for product direction, requirements, and priorities • Provide status updates and facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders • Use Jira, Confluence, Excel, and PowerPoint for workflow, requirements, and documentation

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, Technical Business Analyst, or similar role • Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology and the Product Owner's role within a cross-functional team • Experience translating business requirements into clear user stories, functional requirements, and acceptance criteria • Strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver in a fast-paced environment • Proficiency with Jira and Confluence • Preferred: experience working with data, analytics, integration, or technology teams • Preferred: working knowledge of databases, data integrations, APIs, data pipelines, data quality, and reporting • Preferred: familiarity with SQL or other tools used to query, validate, or analyze data • Preferred: ability to understand technical documentation, data flows, and system dependencies • Preferred: experience working with Finance teams or supporting financial systems and business processes • Preferred: familiarity with payment processing, payment workflows, transaction data, reconciliation, or related financial integrations • Preferred: experience supporting data platforms, data warehouses, business intelligence, or system integration initiatives