Senior Technical Product Owner

How you can
make a difference

Are you passionate about driving data enablement and empowering teams with self-service solutions? Do you enjoy working with stakeholders to shape a product vision and deliver impactful internal tools? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

We are looking for a Product Owner to lead the development of one or more internal applications within our data platform. This platform enables teams across Albert Heijn to perform data ingestion, data engineering, reporting, and data governance activities efficiently and securely.

Your new team and office.

Together with your team of (Product Owners & Developers) you will work on inspiring projects to accelerate our transition into a hybrid Food & Tech company. We want to leverage data and technology to future-proof food shopping and give our customers the accessibility to healthy food more easily available for everyone. At Albert Heijn, you team up with inspiring peers in the data, digital and tech domains. A community of diverse individuals who share a common goal; to create digital solutions that make (online) shopping simpler and more inspiring. Are you ready to reinvent the way millions of people buy and enjoy their food? We invest heavily in data, digital and tech. And that includes investing in your career! Our teams work in a hybrid way: both from home as well as in the office. We are located right next to the train station of Zaandam.

We think it’s important to be part of a high-belonging team; a team where you can be yourself and feel safe, accepted, and appreciated. For this job, we are preferably looking for someone who brings diversity to our team, in the widest possible sense. Someone who is a great addition to our team by bringing other ideas to the table. Don’t check all the boxes? Don’t worry, we probably don’t either 😉. Don’t hesitate to apply if you think you are up for the challenge, we’re happy to have a look at your resume!

We are looking for a Product Owner to lead the development of one or more internal applications within our data platform. This platform enables teams across Albert Heijn to perform data ingestion, data engineering, reporting, and data governance activities efficiently and securely.

You will work closely with the Head of Product, your development team, and other product owners to shape and execute a clear application strategy. You’ll collaborate with teams building other parts of the platform to ensure your applications integrate seamlessly and contribute to a smooth, self-service experience for both data producers and data consumers.

What You’ll Do

• Define and drive the roadmap for the applications you manage, ensuring alignment with business goals and the technical foundations of the platform.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to gather requirements and translate them into actionable features.
• Prioritize and manage your backlog, balancing user needs with technical feasibility.
• Work closely with development teams to deliver high-impact solutions such as orchestration APIs, user-friendly front-end tools, and automated onboarding capabilities.
• Ensure seamless integration with other applications on the platform to support end-to-end data flows.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by incorporating stakeholder feedback and usability insights into your application roadmap.
• Enable teams across the organization to work with data in a self-service and compliant manner.
• Use data and usage metrics to validate product decisions, measure impact, and identify opportunities for improvement.

What we offer.
At Albert Heijn we aim to grow, and this is only possible if you grow along with us. As we work together to build our brand and your career, you can count on (based on 40 hours per week):

• An annual salary up to 108k including holiday allowance and a flexible bonus. Depending on your level of seniority and experience;
• A minimum of 20 days paid vacation, optionally 12.5 days extra. Do you want to take that extra time off, or would you rather convert the extra days into discounts or sell them for cash? You’re the end boss!;
• Flexible working hours;
• Access to a challenging training curriculum – AH Tech Academy;
• An excellent pension plan where we as an employer contribute 4.5 more than you as an employee;
• A travel allowance or a NS-business card for traveling to and from Zaandam by train;
• Attractive discounts on various insurance policies;
• 10% staff discount on groceries in all Albert Heijn stores, to a maximum of €300 per year;
• A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership with many benefits;
• A company laptop and telephone.

The recipe for maximum impact

• What We’re Looking For
• Proven experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role in a data-driven or platform environment.
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms and the key principles of self-service data platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to translate business needs into clear technical requirements.
• Experience working in agile development environments and managing application roadmaps.
• A collaborative mindset and passion for building scalable, user-friendly internal tools that unlock value across the organization.

We’re Albert Heijn, food retail reinventors. 🚀
Albert Heijn goes way back. More than 135 years, to be exact. So for millions of people, food shopping is synonymous with the Albert Heijn brand. We didn’t achieve this with a complacent, ‘hey, if it works today, it’ll work tomorrow’ approach, but by continually rethinking our propositions and staying plugged in to customer demands. More than 125,000 colleagues? Check. Over 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders? Check. The leading online food retail platform? Check, we build, run and love it.

Together we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone.

The world around us has changed, and significantly at that. These changes have impact on the lives of our customers, colleagues and partners. And therefore, also on Albert Heijn. We’re moving towards a new world with new opportunities and challenges. Albert Heijn wants more people to eat fresher, healthier and more sustainable food. Eating brings us together, keeps us healthier and contributes positively to the world. Our mission is: Together we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone.

Albert Heijn the Netherlands is B Corp certified. This underscores our purpose, through which we aim to contribute to a healthier, more social, and sustainable society. B Corp certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability and transparency.

Ready to contribute to our mission?

Do you want to play an active role in changing the food retail landscape as we know it? Then hop on board and join us on our expedition.

What
matters to us?

Ahold Delhaize is one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together, we help people eat well, save time and live better – it’s how we make a difference. And we do it because we care: for our customers, our people and the world around us.

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