Restaurant Innovation Product Owner

About the role

The Restaurant Innovation Product Owner plays a crucial role in defining, delivering, and driving adoption of AI-powered products and data-driven solutions that enhance restaurant operations and customer experience. This role collaborates closely with Restaurant leadership, engineering, and data science teams to build scalable AI capabilities, prioritize high-impact initiatives, and ensure successful execution within a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage the AI product roadmap, prioritizing initiatives such as Customer Order Quality Scoring and other data-driven applications built on data lakes and AI models
• Lead platform initiatives, including the Artemis Program, to drive AI adoption and integration across business units
• Partner with Restaurant division leaders to identify opportunities for AI, expand use cases, and guide development of AI agents and automation workflows
• Translate business needs into clear technical requirements for engineering and data science teams
• Own product execution including backlog management, sprint planning, and delivery milestones
• Drive stakeholder alignment across a shared-services environment, influencing priorities without direct authority
• Evangelize AI capabilities across the organization through demos, training sessions, and ongoing engagement
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise platforms and data strategies to maximize scalability and impact

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required (Business, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field preferred)
• 10+ years of product management experience, including at least 2 years focused on AI/ML products, data platforms, or analytics solutions
• Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, including data lakes, large language models (LLMs), and agentic AI architectures
• Experience working with enterprise platforms such as Palantir, Databricks, Snowflake, or similar technologies
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a matrixed organization and influence without direct authority
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with experience partnering across business, engineering, and data teams
• Excellent communication skills with strong executive presence
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business needs into scalable technical solutions

Qualifications

• The requirement is directly related to the nature of the job and ensures compliance with workplace safety and operational standards.

Skills

• Ability to read, write, and understand English at a level sufficient to perform job-related tasks effectively and safely

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• FSA/HSA
• Company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off begins day one
• 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan after 90 days
• Additional benefits: pet insurance, maternity/paternity leave, employee assistance programs, discount programs, tuition reimbursement program, and more!

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Full-time

Shift

1st - Day