Manager, Product Owner

Drive the roadmap and execution for Marriott’s Empower Engage capabilities within the CEC Engage Team.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the product backlog, keeping features, epics, and stories aligned to business priorities
• Prioritize work using customer value, operational impact, strategic initiatives, and technical dependencies
• Build and refine backlog items for upcoming sprints, program increments, and future releases
• Ensure stories meet the Definition of Ready and are prepared for development execution
• Collect, analyze, and document business requirements from stakeholders across multiple domains
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and business rules
• Lead functional story refinement and collaborate with technical leads during solution reviews
• Confirm requirements are complete, testable, and understandable for engineering and QA
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, demos, retrospectives, and release activities
• Partner with Scrum Masters, engineers, and quality engineers to remove ambiguity and support delivery
• Track progress against commitments and proactively handle risks, blockers, and dependencies
• Validate completed work against acceptance criteria and business expectations
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams
• Facilitate alignment across dependent domains, including Loyalty, Guest Profile, and other platform services
• Communicate priorities, delivery status, risks, and upcoming initiatives to stakeholders and leadership
• Support executive updates, demos, and product reviews

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)
• 5+ years of experience in product management or software development in an Agile environment
• Experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, epics, and process documentation
• Hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence, plus Agile methodologies and cross-functional product teams
• Strong understanding of CEC processes across multiple areas within the CE
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on delivery execution
• Experience working with Empower Engage

Technologies

• Jira
• Confluence
• Agile methodologies

Benefits

• 401(k) plan
• Stock purchase plan
• Discounts at Marriott properties
• Commuter benefits
• Employee assistance plan
• Childcare discounts
• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Health care flexible spending account
• Dependent care flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Accident insurance
• Adoption expense reimbursements
• Paid parental leave
• Educational assistance
• Employees in Washington Applicants Only accrue paid sick leave
• 0.077 PTO balance for every hour worked (Washington Applicants Only)
• Eligible to receive a minimum of 9 holidays annually (Washington Applicants Only)

Location: Bethesda, MD, United States (Remote)

Pay: USD 87,300 - 145,400 yearly

• Remote pay range: $87,300-$132,200 annually
• Bethesda, MD pay range: $96,000-$145,400 annually

Schedule: Full Time

Position type: Management

Bonus eligible: Y

Job number: 26146082

Job category: Information Technology

Location address: 7750 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda MD 20814, United States

Expiration date: 11/14/2026