Product Owner

About MealSuite MealSuite builds end‑to‑end foodservice technology for healthcare and senior living organizations. Our mission is to help care teams deliver better dining experiences with less effort. We’re a fast‑growing team working on meaningful problems that directly impact patient and resident care. About the Role We’re looking for a Product Owner to join our Culinary Product Management team. Reporting to the Product Manager, you’ll be translating product strategy into actionable work for engineering teams and ensuring the delivery of high quality, incremental value through well‑defined user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog prioritization. What You’ll Do Own backlog definition, grooming, and prioritization. Translate business requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria. Work daily with engineering teams in agile ceremonies. Align sprint work with product vision and organizational priorities. Ensure product increments meet quality and functionality expectations. What You Bring 2–5 years as a Product Owner or similar role. Prioritizes backlog of tickets in collaboration with Product Manager by considering roadmap priorities, stakeholder impact and squad capacity. Supports release coordination by performing UAT to ensure acceptance criteria are met and maintains customer and stakeholder communication (change management, customer‑facing descriptions, release notes) and presents releases on monthly release reviews. Writes clear and concise user stories and acceptance criteria line with epic requirements. Ensures goals and priorities are clearly communicated to the squad. A strong educational background in Computer Science or Business Administration is valued, but we also recognize that talent comes from many paths. If you have a strong background in product management, we want to hear from you. Experience with agile methodologies. Willingness to travel occasionally; valid passport with no travel restrictions (Canada/USA; Vietnam if required). Compensation $70,000–$90,000 USD per year; $75,000‑$95,000 CAD per year. This role requires working onsite in our Dallas or Cambridge office two days per week. If you’re more than an hour away, apply anyway we’re open to discussing options. Why You’ll Love Working Here Unlimited paid time off – we trust our employees to build their own version of balance so they can feel rejuvenated to bring their best every day. Retirement savings support – we invest in your future with RRSP/401(k) matching at 100% up to 3%, because long‑term security matters just as much as day‑to‑day balance. Health benefits – this includes medical, dental, and vision options, life & disability insurance, and paid maternity and parental leave. Hybrid flexibility – we value the collaboration, mentorship and learning that come from physically working next to one another, as well as the benefits that remote work can offer. Work‑life balance – this is supported by the fact that more than 90% of current employees agree that their leader supports their wellbeing. An inclusive workplace – women account for 53% of our employees and 58% of people leaders. Participation in our equity program – we’d love for you to share in MealSuite's success as we continue to grow! Opportunities for career development and advancement – we support our employees in pursuing and achieving their professional goals. Purposeful work with a positive community impact – more than 90% of our North American employees agree that the company’s purpose aligns with their personal values. Learn more about our values at mealsuite.com/careers. We want to ensure that every qualified individual has an equal opportunity to work with us. If you require accommodation to our application process, please View email address on click.appcast.io. MealSuite uses AI‑assisted tools during parts of the hiring process, including screening and workflow automation. All final hiring decisions are made by people. This is a current vacancy, and we are actively hiring for this position. #J-18808-Ljbffr