About the company

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. With a fixation on innovation and building culture, our team is rallying our company around a unique vision: forging a retail winner that is admired for national strength, deep roots in the communities we serve, and a team that has passion for food and delivering great service.

Albertsons is one of the largest retail employers, providing approximately 300,000 jobs across 2,200 stores, 22 distribution centers, 20 food and beverage plants and various support offices. We operate in 34 states and the District of Columbia under the Albertsons banner, as well as Safeway, Tom Thumb, Jewel Osco, Shaw’s and many more recognizable names.

Albertsons Companies recently rolled out our Presence with a Purpose work model. Placing a premium on adaptability, safety and family well-being, Presence with a Purpose will help us build a hybrid work environment between remote work and office time. A one-size-fits-all approach does not apply to everyone, and teams are allowed to make decisions that are best for them.

What you will be doing
Albertson’s Companies is looking for people who are interested in re-imagining the grocery and pharmacy experience by harnessing the power of digital technologies. We are committed to Customer wellness and offer comprehensive health and food solutions. We pride in offering high quality, convenient, single click wellness solutions ranging from fresh produce, high quality Private brands, Pharmacy and other health offers through our local stores and partners. Our loyalty program empowers Customers to earn deeper rewards by making heathier choices.

Reporting to the Sr. Director, Product Management, Health and Wellness, the Product Manager will support initiatives for the Albertsons Sincerely Health team, focused on providing end-to-end services and solutions for Customers. The role is part of the Sincerely Health Rewards and Nutrition platform, building innovative retail and health tech and personalization features.

The product manager will be responsible for driving the vision, strategy, roadmap, scoping and building technology products that deliver best-in-class customer experience on defined initiatives in the Sincerely Health space. They will also help drive the vision, strategy and roadmap of the products. The product manager will be responsible for continuous improvement in the product by listening to customers, pharmacists and other stakeholder feedback, synthesizing this feedback into new features and implementing them with speed.

Main responsibilities

• Champion the needs of customers, business teams, and stakeholders throughout the development process, ensuring that what is delivered meets the original goals and objectives of the project. Ability to operate in areas of uncertainty and ambiguity and provide solid recommendations.
• Identify unmet customer needs and develop possible feature/functionality concepts that meet those needs.
• Gather input from a variety of internal and external sources to define product concepts; responds to the needs of customers throughout the development process; analyzes competitors and market trends; evaluates technologies; develops detailed requirements, feature definitions, implementation plans, and internal communications
• Participate in cross-functional teams during the entire lifecycle of product development, including deployment and post-deployment activities. Proactively identifies problems that arise in the project, outlines options, recommends solutions, and escalates as needed
• Identify areas that require customer research and proposes research activities to direct supervisor and user experience team. Partners with user experience team to user-test designs through mock-ups, functional prototypes, etc. to ensure they are meeting intended goals
• Anticipate upstream and downstream impacts of the project and works with internal business groups to adjust business tools and practices to support new features and functionality
• Develop supporting business case, including financial impact and benefits statements, to support feature/functionality concepts and sell the concepts to internal audiences through persuasive oral and written presentations
• Build product vision, strategy and roadmaps using research, data, business context and learnings as input
• Be recognized as an expert across the division – someone who has excellent judgment and whose projects have contributed significantly to the success of the organization
• Champion new initiatives to leadership team
• Write user stories as a part of the product development lifecycle that:
  • directly support primary objectives of the project
  • are appropriate in size for iterative development
  • include clear and specific acceptance criteria
  • consider dependencies on other stories and/or projects & initiatives

The salary range is $118,100.00 to $165,380.00 annually. Starting salary will vary based on criteria such as location, experience, and qualifications. There may be flexibility for exceptional candidates.

Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay (accrued based on hours worked), PTO/Vacation Pay (accrued based on hours worked) or Flexible Time Off, paid holidays (8-9 days annually), bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (such as 401(k) eligibility). Associates in this position are also eligible for a quarterly bonus.

What we are searching for

• Bachelor Degree required
• 6-9 years’ experience in one or more of the following areas: product marketing, product/program management, business development, management consulting desired, but not required
• Internet and retail experience strongly preferred
• Experience managing teams
• Strong analytical, prioritization and negotiating skills
• Usability and customer-focused design experience a plus
• Experience with A/B testing a plus
• Passionate about building great products and solving customer and business problems
• Strong quant and analytical abilities – you use data to make decisions but do not suffer from analysis paralysis.

What it is like at Albertsons?

Albertsons Culture Principles

Compassion : We always treat each other with kindness and respect

Team : We always support and recognize each other

Inclusive : We always value everyone’s perspective

Learning : We always strive to grow and develop ourselves and others

Competitive : We always act with integrity to win over the customer

Ownership : We always take actions to drive our success

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