Lead Product Owner

**Your Job**

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In your role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

**About Us**

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform - so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark; you just need to log on

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

**About You**

In a landscape dominated by the crucial role of data in shaping business outcomes, Kimberly-Clark stands out by leveraging Snowflake, a premier cloud-based data warehousing solution, to revolutionize the digital customer experience. Our commitment to integrating Snowflake with advanced technologies such as cloud services, AI/ML, and data analytics is pivotal to our strategy.

**Main responsibilities**:
**Lead Data and Analytics Initiatives**: Spearhead initiatives within the Snowflake environment and other advanced data platforms, collaborating closely with Product Managers and stakeholders. You will focus on defining and prioritizing the product backlog in alignment with our strategic mission to revolutionize the consumer experience through data-driven insights.
- **Strategic Product Backlog Management**: Manage the Data and Analytics product backlog with precision, ensuring that each item aligns with our long-term vision and immediate business needs. Balance new developments, operational tasks, and bug resolutions to deliver continuous value, driving our mission of enhancing transparency and profitability across brands.
- **Release Planning and Execution**: Develop and maintain release plans for data and analytics enhancements, incorporating financial costs and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Work with Product Managers and delivery teams to set realistic release goals, aligning them with our strategic mission to deliver innovative, market-leading solutions.
- **Sprint Management and Execution**: Define clear priorities and sprint goals, focused on crucial data and analytics projects that advance our mission. Offer ongoing support to overcome obstacles and ensure smooth workflow, maintaining alignment with our overarching business goals.
- **Quality Assurance and Stakeholder Engagement**: Evaluate and maintain the integrity of all deliverables within the Snowflake environment, ensuring they meet our standards and mission. Actively participate in agile events, championing stakeholder needs and facilitating effective communication across all levels of the organization.
- **Cross-functional collaboration**: Coordinate resources across various departments for meticulous planning and execution of product backlog items. Engage in successful sprint reviews, user acceptance testing, and deployment of new features, ensuring each step aligns with our mission to provide exceptional customer-centric solutions.
- **Cultural and Team Development**: Promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the Data and Analytics team. Advocate for professional development and knowledge exchange, building a high-performing team that is dedicated to our mission of delivering innovative solutions.

**Key Qualifications and Experiences**:
**Mandatory**:

- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Fluent English
- 7+ years’ experience with database development
- 5+ years’ experience in leading agile teams
- Stakeholder management: experience and demonstratable aptitude towards Product team leadership
- Strategic Problem Solving and Analytical Thinking
- Proactive personality with a drive to deliver results
- Analytics product development experience: 5+ years crafting and delivering analytics reporting and/or AI/ML solutions for a large, multicultural matrixed organization
- Experience with Data Quality process and implementation for products (e.g. Test Planning, quality monitoring, issue resolution)

**Nice to have**
- Development experience in Snowflake DB platform
- Development experience in Power BI
- Experience with AD group security and implementation in platforms like Snowflake and Power BI

**Total Benefits**

Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition re