Product Owner, Analytics

The world leader in cosmetics, L’Oréal is present in 150 countries on five continents. Our 37 international brands have allowed us to devote ourselves solely to one business: beauty, with a mission to provide the best in cosmetics innovation to all women and men globally. Our ambition is to win over another one billion consumers around the world by inventing the cosmetic products that meet the infinite diversity of their needs and desires through continued digital innovation. L’Oréal supports diversity and sustainable, ethical sourcing for all our products, and we have reduced our emissions by approx. 78% since 2005.
The DNA of L’Oréal is Innovation and we are driven by a real passion for the future. Our Research and Innovation Centres in India are the sixth innovation hub for L’Oréal worldwide to fuel local market innovations. The distance between beauty and tech is closing rapidly, and we are determined to be pioneers in this new beauty tech world. New digital technologies and services are making the world of beauty move faster than ever before. Data and artificial intelligence are opening new horizons for personalization and customization. By incorporating digital into everything that we do, we are creating a better relationship with our consumers. With several billion units produced, the Operations Department is at the heart of the group's performance and is one of its major levers. Working in Operations at L'Oréal means working in a dynamic and diverse environment, with opportunities for functional mobility and an international career. A wide range of training courses, motivating responsibilities and highly varied assignments will enable you to learn and develop. In our journey, we are looking for talented individuals who can lead us on this mission. Would you like to be a part of the adventure? We have a suitable opening in the Operations Data Analytics department for the role of Product Owner Analytics , based in Pune. Scope:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our dynamic team, focusing on the delivery of impactful analytics products. In this role, you will be accountable and responsible for ensuring that our analytics solutions consistently deliver significant value to the business. You will work closely within a collaborative Product Team, comprising Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Business Owners, and UX Designers, to define, develop, and deploy cutting-edge analytical tools. A key aspect of this position involves actively prioritizing the roadmap and managing the backlog in an Agile delivery mode, ensuring efficient and iterative product development. If you are passionate about leveraging data to drive business success and thrive in a cross-functional, agile environment, we encourage you to apply. As we say in L’Oréal, we need to seize what is starting and transform it to create the beauty that moves the world finding the best partners by our side along the way. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES DEFINE AND COMMUNICATE PRODUCT VISION Business representative who works with Business Leads to define Product vision and Value Management plan Communicate Product vision and priorities Ensure Product Team, Business Leads and BRM understand evolution of vision through product lifecycle. COMPILE AND REFINE PRODUCT BACKLOG Translate Product vision into list of appropriate documentation (Features, User Stories, specs) to compile backlog and set of features for Product Team delivery WORK DAILY WITHIN PRODUCT TEAM Enable Product Team with inputs into Release and Sprint planning Review accumulated results and value at the end of each Sprint against Release Plan and makes final decision to determine if Sprint met objectives and when Release is complete Manage Product backlog grooming and refinement, adding and deleting product features throughout lifecycle Provide daily support to Product Team. Includes answering questions, sharing knowledge of the vision, helping the team understand customer needs, provide all needed input to ensure team works on the right priorities to deliver maximum value SET PRIORITIES AMONG CUSTOMERS BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS Demo Sprint outputs / working software to stakeholders on a regular basis for inputs to build feedback loop into backlog Work with customers, stakeholders, and SMEs to identify features needed to ensure Product ROI Set priorities to ensure Product Team is working on highest value features REPORT KPI METRICS AND RESULTS Report Cohesive Efficiency, Quality, Business Value Product KPI’s Collect and report Business Value KPI’s Consult with Scrum Master to collect Efficiency and Quality KPI’ PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES: Minimum 7-10 years of relevant working experience. Facilitates knowledge management & expertise transmission Organizes at their level the relevant transmission of the technical and/or project management skills and “know how” " Decode and influence • Clarifies and simplifies technical concepts / solutions to facilitate action and decision-making Listens actively to his partners/clients, to decode needs, qualify them properly and transform them in relevant solutions Takes change management and communication initiatives to facilitate the implementation of solutions and users’ satisfaction. Acts with strong transversal management skills Ability to coach, challenge and develop teams in a cross functional environment and/or matrixed organization Manages efficient interactions with both internal and external contributors to win support Manages methodology, timing, budget and resource allocation on projects (independently of the role within the organization)"
L’ORÉAL COMPETENCIES: Innovator Strategist People developer Integrator Entrepreneur
KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Direct Reportees - 3+ external consultants Internal Stakeholders – IT BTDT team, Global business owners, operations D&A team across the globe External Stakeholders – None
TRAVEL REQUIRED: Travel based on project requirements.
L’Oréal is committed to building a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. L’Oréal closely prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of the individual’s race, color , religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.