Product Owner

Lee Enterprises is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Product Owner to join our Data Services team and help drive the delivery of high-impact data and technology solutions. This role will serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring the product backlog is well-defined, prioritized, and aligned with business objectives.
The ideal candidate combines strong Product Owner skills with technical curiosity and a working understanding of data concepts. They should be comfortable partnering with developers, data engineers, analysts, Finance, and other business stakeholders to translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements and ensure the team delivers maximum value in each sprint.
Key Responsibilities
Product Ownership & Backlog Management

  • Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring it reflects business priorities and is ready for development
  • Translate business needs into clear user stories, functional requirements, acceptance criteria, and technical considerations
  • Ensure the team maintains a two-sprint-ready backlog aligned with product and business priorities
  • Make day-to-day prioritization decisions and provide clarity to the development team
Data & Technical Collaboration
  • Partner closely with data engineers, developers, analysts, and other technical resources to understand requirements, dependencies, and solution options
  • Translate business requirements into actionable work for technical teams and communicate technical considerations back to business stakeholders
  • Develop a working understanding of data sources, integrations, workflows, and dependencies that impact assigned products and initiatives
  • Support requirements related to data integrations, APIs, data pipelines, reporting, data quality, and system-to-system workflows
  • Partner with technical teams to define acceptance criteria and validate that delivered solutions meet business requirements
Finance & Business Collaboration
  • Partner closely with Finance and other business stakeholders to understand business processes, data requirements, and system needs
  • Translate financial and operational requirements into actionable user stories and technical requirements
  • Support initiatives involving financial data, reporting, reconciliation, payment workflows, and related system integrations
  • Help ensure solutions meet business requirements for data accuracy, completeness, and reliability
Agile Delivery
  • Work closely with the Scrum Master and development team to plan and deliver sprint commitments
  • Participate in and contribute to Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
  • Identify and communicate risks, blockers, and dependencies that may impact delivery
  • Balance changing priorities while keeping the team focused on the highest-value work
Stakeholder Communication
  • Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for stakeholders and technical teams regarding product direction, requirements, and priorities
  • Provide regular status updates and communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and blockers
  • Facilitate conversations between technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure shared understanding and alignment
  • Use tools such as Jira, Confluence, Excel, and PowerPoint to manage workflow, requirements, and documentation
Qualifications
  • 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 the ability to work effectively with both 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 product and project management tools such as Jira and Confluence
Preferred Technical & Business Experience
  • Experience working with data, analytics, integration, or technology teams
  • Working knowledge of data concepts such as databases, data integrations, APIs, data pipelines, data quality, and reporting
  • Familiarity with SQL or other tools used to query, validate, or analyze data
  • Ability to understand technical documentation, data flows, and system dependencies
  • Experience working with Finance teams or supporting financial systems and business processes
  • Familiarity with payment processing, payment workflows, transaction data, reconciliation, or related financial integrations is a plus
  • Experience supporting data platforms, data warehouses, business intelligence, or system integration initiatives is a plus
Preferred Traits
  • Technically curious and comfortable learning how systems and data work without needing to be a developer
  • Analytical mindset with a focus on solving business and user problems
  • Strong ability to translate between business and technical audiences
  • Self-starter who thrives in collaborative and dynamic environments
  • Comfortable asking questions, challenging assumptions, and working through ambiguity
  • Able to adapt to changing priorities while keeping the team focused on the highest-value work
Why Join Us?
Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
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. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.
Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We respect and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
For more information about Lee, check us out at
Back to blog

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...

Other Jobs To Apply

Aetna Careers Remote - Joblagii

Staff Systems Mainframe Engineer (Remote)

Product Manager: Finfra

senior payroll analyst (Remote, US)

Customer Support Representative - Disney Jobs at Home (United Kingdom) - Remote Work Opportunity with a Global Entertainment Leader

Call Center Agent (PT or FT - 100% Work From Home)

Technical Content Designer, Customer Service

Airline Remote Jobs, Delta Airlines Hiring Remote @ Get Dream Job

Airline Customer Service Agent - Los Angeles, CA

General Virtual Assistant - Data Entry

Work From Home Game Tester

Remote Online Chat Agent – Entry‑Level Customer Support Role (No Experience Required)

VP of Go To Market Strategy - United States

Disney Remote Jobs, Disney Work From Home Jobs @ Get Dream Job

Urgently Hiring: Disney Remote Data Entry Analyst – $28/Hour – Join the Disney Streaming Information and Examination Association

Beginner-Friendly Remote Jobs – Start Right Away

EntryLevel Freight Dispatcher Remote Earn to Weekly Annually

Remote Entry-Level Customer Service Representative

Delivery Associate - Amazon Packages

CDL A Truck Driver No Experience / Recent Grad or Experienced - Hiring Multiple Drivers

REMOTE Inbound Customer Service Agent

Dishwasher/Utility

Activities Assistant

National Geographic Photo Editing Intern, Summer 2024

Entry‑Level Remote Chat Support Opportunity

Data Entry Clerk - Remote Job

We’re Recruiting Yelp , Inc. Content Moderator – Work From Home

Online Tutoring Jobs in Las Vegas, NV | Earn with Wiingy

Remote Appointment Setter

Flight Attendant - Part 135 Luxury Resort Operations

Remote Chat Support Entry-Level

Chat Support

Call Center Specialist [Work From Home - Night Shift - Full Time]

Seasonal Evening Chat & Email Customer Service Specialist

Event Warehouse Associate - Corporate

Contact Center Agent - Digital Support (Chat, Email, SMS)

Remote Contributor

Remote Video Game Tester Jobs for U.S. Residents

Remote At-Home Support Advisor (College Program)

Experienced Remote Data Entry Specialist - Home Based Opportunity with UPS (No Experience Required) - Join a Culture of Excellence and Collaboration

Remote Out of Office Position / Data Entry (Hiring Immediately)

Licensed Remote Pharmacy Technician (Texas Only)

Watch Netflix (Tagger): $12-$46

Remote YouTube Content Creator & Channel Manager

Prime Now Shopper

Support Job Remote Office Associate Amazon Work-from-Home Opportunity Job ID- 2712

Permanent Job Online Remote Customer Service Rep at Southwest Airlines Jobs Job ID- 635 Job ID- 2833

Meat Cutter and Wrapper

RN Medical Reviewer II

Remote | Client Service Travel Coordinator | Entry Level