Product Owner - Digital HealthTech Commerce

Bausch + Lomb (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) is a leading global eye health company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world—from the moment of birth through every phase of life. Our mission is simple, yet powerful: helping you see better, to live better. 

Our comprehensive portfolio of over 400 products is fully integrated and built to serve our customers across the full spectrum of their eye health needs throughout their lives. Our iconic brand is built on the deep trust and loyalty of our customers established over our 170-year history. We have a significant global research, development, manufacturing, and commercial footprint of approximately 13,000 employees and a presence in approximately 100 countries, extending our reach to billions of potential customers across the globe. We have long been associated with many of the most significant advances in eye health, and we believe we are well positioned to continue leading the advancement of eye health in the future. 

Bausch + Lomb's Global Digital organization seeks a passionate and highly motivated Product Owner - Digital HealthTech Commerce. In this role, you will leverage state-of-the-art digital tools, AI, and advanced analytics to deliver HealthTech and Digital Commerce capability that creates a seamless customer experience and drives top & bottom-line growth. This person must be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, "startup" environment. This role reports directly to the Vice President of Digital Strategy.

The primary responsibilities of this role are:

• Set an ambitious and clear product vision and communicate it effectively to the team and all relevant stakeholders.
• Lead a cross-functional Agile Scrum team through the Agile product development lifecycle, playing a leading role in sprint ceremonies like Backlog Refinement and Sprint Planning.
• Accountable for product KPIs once the solution enters production and communicates regular tracking to stakeholders.
• Champion of the MVP concept, distilling the product to what is desirable, viable, and feasible.
• Utilize market /industry knowledge to translate features & user needs into user stories and acceptance criteria for their team and maintain a backlog of 3 to 4 sprints ahead of the development team.
• Perform Design review and UX testing to accept the user story has been completed.
• Advocate for business stakeholders in providing timely, actionable insights & recommendations to grow the business.
• Facilitate release planning with stakeholders and weekly demos (when necessary).
• Build strong internal and external networks of capabilities and capacity to execute the vision with quality & speed.
• Develop Agile best practices and leads the cross-functional Agile team in continuous improvement via ceremonies like Sprint Retrospective.
• Assist with the development of business cases and operating plans.
• Manage and onboard vendors.
• Develop project baselines, monitor, and control project scope, schedule, budget, and quality, and report project deviations. Manage risks, issues, and resolutions.

Qualifications: 

• A bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of relevant work experience, with proven experience in product management, Agile and Scrum. Consulting experience a plus.
• 6+ years of demonstrated functional work experience in the Digital Commerce Product area (B2BB2C, D2C, and B2B), content management & PIM solutions. HealthTech experience a plus.
• Strong collaborator with cross-functional teams from tech, design, and business
• Proven knowledge and understanding of digital and software delivery, technology, and supporting industry principles.
• Experienced in leading Agile Scrum teams (i.e., facilitating agile ceremonies, managing a backlog/release plan, writing user stories), tracking team-level metrics, removing blockers (burndown chart, release burn up, etc.)
• Possess domain-specific technical expertise to support backlog development and resolve blockers for the team.
• Strong communication skills (written & verbal) with comfort in speaking with business stakeholders and collaborating in a global, matrixed environment.
• Proven problem solver who can manage and lead the team to push the solution and progress.
• Experience acting as “voice of the customer” to represent the business.

Note: This role is eligible for our hybrid work location, allowing for up to two days/week in a remote work location and three days/week in our Bridgewater, NJ corporate office.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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