UX Designer

Why choose us? Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand! At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving. About this Role We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead strategy and delivery for Workforce Management (WFM) and Associate Technology across our store and distribution network. This role is critical to enhancing the day-to-day experience of frontline associates while optimizing labor planning, scheduling, and productivity in a complex retail environment. You will own the product vision and roadmap for solutions that enable large-scale operations, support compliance, and empower store leaders and associates with intuitive tools. Main responsibilities: * Define and drive product strategy for Workforce Management and Associate Technology platforms (e.g., scheduling, timekeeping, task management, mobile tools). * Partner with Operations, HR, Finance, and Technology teams to align product priorities with business goals and labor strategies. * Translate business needs into product requirements, user stories, and prioritized backlogs. * Lead the full product lifecycle from discovery through delivery and continuous improvement. * Analyze labor, productivity, and user engagement data to identify opportunities.

• Champion associate experience through intuitive and scalable solutions.
• Manage integration with HRIS, payroll, and store systems.
• Communicate roadmap progress, risks, and outcomes to leadership.
• Champion the needs of customers, merchants, vendors, business teams, and

stakeholders throughout the development process, ensuring that what is delivered meets the original goals and objectives of the project. Ability to operate in areas of uncertainty and ambiguity and provide solid recommendations. * Identify unmet user needs and develops possible feature/functionality concepts that meet those needs. * Develop supporting business case, including financial impact and benefits statements, to support new functionality concepts and new features, and sell the concepts to internal audiences through persuasive oral and written presentations * Gather input from a variety of internal and external sources to define product concepts; responds to the needs of users throughout the development process; analyzes competitors and market trends; evaluates technologies; develops detailed requirements, feature definitions, implementation plans, and internal communications * Participate & lead as needed in cross-functional teams during the entire lifecycle of product development, including deployment and post-deployment activities. * Effectively influences and collaborates with others, presenting and securing approval from senior management and other key stakeholders, as necessary * Responsible for communicating product solutions and benefits to customers and stakeholders; including knowledge transfer and training for on-going management of features * Build intelligent capability and feature roadmaps using research, data, business context and learnings as input * Be recognized as an expert - someone who has excellent judgment and whose projects have contributed significantly to the success of the organization * Outstanding UX collaborator who can work in partnership with UX to define and co-create customer experience that solve customer needs and bring desirable outcomes for business. * Write user stories as a part of the product development lifecycle that: Directly support primary objectives of the project Are appropriate in size for iterative development Include clear and specific acceptance criteria Consider dependencies on other stories and/or projects & initiatives * Partner with merchants and CPG teams to evaluate allowances, costs, promotions, and display/space plans, ensuring strategies are grounded in real trade practices. * Use Circana, Nielsen, Symphony, and retailer monetization platforms to curate market trends, develop hypotheses, and test strategies for price, promo, and display planning. * Monitor performance against goals such as trade ROI, sales lift, basket mix, and profitability, sharing insights back to stakeholders. * Responsible for communicating product solutions and benefits to customers and stakeholders; including knowledge transfer and training for on-going management of features. * Flexible Career Path: Be prepared to adapt and expand into other areas of the retail domain over time, utilizing your core trade promotion expertise as a foundation for future growth within the company. We are looking for candidates who possess the following:

• 6–10 plus years of product management experience.
• Experience with WFM systems such as UKG/Kronos, Reflexis, or Workday.
• Strong understanding of hourly workforce environments and labor scheduling.
• Proven ability to deliver complex, cross-functional products.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience in Agile development environments.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience in grocery, retail, or supply chain.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign degree equivalent in Operations Research,

Computer Science, Management Science, Business Administration. * MBA or master's in operations research/computer science/management science strongly preferred * 7 plus Years experience in Product Management with proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and managing the software development process to build core supply chain systems and applications used by internal / external users. * Demonstrates strategic thinking capabilities to align their team's product strategies with corporate vision to drive strategy planning, prioritization, and execution to deliver best-in-class customer experience and unlock business impact. We also provide a variety of benefits including: * Competitive wages paid weekly · Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream

• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical,

Dental, 401k and more!) * Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit Benefits

• Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
• An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the

communities we serve Our Values – Click below to view video: Values A copy of the full job description can be made available to you. Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. Committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging, our team is united with a unique purpose: to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being. We want talented individuals to be part of this journey! Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S. We operate over 2,200 stores, 1,732 pharmacies, 405 fuel centers, 22 distribution facilities, and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw’s, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson’s Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico’s Community Markets, King’s, Balducci’s, and Albertson’s Market Street. Our vision is to be a retail leader admired for national strength with deep local roots, offering an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how customers choose to shop with us. We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, and strive to create a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and can fully contribute to their and our company’s success. Bring your flavor Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table. Disclaimer The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job and are not the official job description for the position. All employees must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel may vary within store and/or from store to store and the official job description will be provided during the application process. Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We endeavor to make this site accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at View phone number on click.appcast.io(option #4). Pay Transparency: Starting rates will be no less than the local minimum wage and may vary based on criteria such as location, experience, and qualifications. Candidates with unique qualifications may be considered for compensation above this range. Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay, PTO/Vacation Pay or Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401k eligibility). [If applicable:] Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus.