About the position
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news. We’re looking for a Product Owner to take ownership of the AI product roadmap, ensure alignment between business goals and user needs, and work with cross-functional teams to deliver intelligent AI solutions that will integrate across a digital portfolio. As the bridge between stakeholders and development teams, you’ll help shape product vision into actionable user stories and features that deliver real value.
Responsibilities
- Lead high functioning lean full-stack product teams (product, design, copy, engineering, QA) to deliver best in class AI/ML products.
- Develop and maintain a robust and transparent product backlog.
- Create epics and user stories that align with Product strategy and vision.
- Partner with Product Leadership to plan and execute roadmap goals by facilitating agile scrum ceremonies, removing obstacles and ultimately delivering quality products on time and on budget.
- Own and improve all processes to drive value, quality and team velocity.
- Document and effectively communicate risks or impediments that hinder team progress.
- Oversee initiative execution by managing sprints and timelines and leading delivery process.
- Own and prioritize the AI product backlog to ensure the team always works on the most valuable features.
- Translate business needs, customer feedback, and market trends into clear, detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Work closely with designers, engineers, and QA during sprint cycles to ensure smooth delivery, clarity of scope, and fast decision-making.
- Act as the primary point of contact between product teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of priorities, expectations, and progress.
- Champion the voice of the customer in all product decisions, ensuring we build intuitive and valuable experiences.
- Contribute to AI strategy and roadmapping in collaboration with Product and Engineering Leadership.
- Analyze product performance, gather user feedback, and iterate on features to continuously improve user experience and business outcomes.
- Lead core team and stakeholder communications regarding dependencies, launches, setbacks, learnings, trade-off decisions, etc.
- Leverage team velocity and capacity planning to continually improve product delivery.
Requirements
- Basic understanding of OpenAI, NotebookLM, Anthropic/Claude, ChatGPT.
- Demonstrated proficiency turning model input/output results and data into actionable insights.
- Practical knowledge of user experience, data, and product strategy in digital publishing contexts.
- Confidence and ability to negotiate and exchange ideas with dev/design/QA.
- Ability to traverse, test and recommend emerging solutions to improve team performance.
- Strong communicator (written & verbal) with active listening skills.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Proactive with the ability to effectively negotiate.
- Ability to maintain a keen attention to detail, multitask and work well under pressure.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Atlassian products, Jira, Confluence, Advanced Roadmaps.
- Familiarity with UX/UI tools, Figma, Miro.
- Proficiency in MS 365 Suite (Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas.
- Access to dental and eye care coverage.
- Fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance.
- Disability and life insurance.
- 401(k) program with a 100% match on contributions up to the first 4% of pay.
- Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc.
- 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit and nine paid holidays per year.
