DateCodeGenie Product Development Manager

For 120 years, National Checking Company (NCCO) has developed USA-made products that drive success in the food service and hospitality industries. Through consistent innovation, NCCO offers a comprehensive range of solutions and technologies designed to streamline operations and enhance food safety and efficiency, including traditional POS essentials, food safety labels, automated labeling systems, digital food safety software, and brand fulfillment solutions tailored to unique brand requirements.

Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, NCCO operates integrated business divisions supported by production and warehousing facilities in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Fort Worth, Texas. With core values focused on respect for every individual, integrity, collaboration, innovation, and passion for excellence, NCCO fosters an environment that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion.

DCG Program Director

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40 hours per week, Mon–Fri, as arranged with Manager

$115,000 – $130,000 per year [depending on experience]

Specific compensation is determined based on experience, qualifications, location, and internal equity considerations.

5% target of earned base salary, based on individual / team / company performance

Health Insurance (medical, dental, vision), Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off

The focus of this position is to enhance aspects of the Date Code Genie ® [DCG] product line. Specifically, this role will be responsible for Agile framework and scrum leadership integrating software and hardware for the Date Code Genie  product. A successful candidate will have UI/UX experience and be responsible for maximizing the product's value by managing and prioritizing the product backlog, bridging the gap between stakeholders, engineers and software developers.

This position is being opened at a time of rapid growth and change in the company, so the successful candidate will be eager to meet not only the essential duties and responsibilities listed below but also to proactively use his or her unique skills to respond to the challenges and opportunities that face the DCG line.

• Integration of multi-year roadmap, aligning stakeholders of prioritization, and release planning.
• Key Account support – work closely with customers and Sales to ensure product needs are met.
• Translate customer insights, industry trends, and internal feedback into actionable requirements, epics, and user stories for cross-functional scrum teams.
• Product development R&D of Date Code Genie  Products and services.
• Product life cycles (component selection, prototyping, vendor coordination, field testing) and software feature delivery (API integrations, subscription tools, printing workflows, device management, UI/UX enhancements).
• Champion product quality and reliability, ensuring product releases meet performance, safety, and regulatory requirements for commercial kitchen use.
• Create prototypes, wireframes and functional specifications.
• Development of knowledge base materials and product leadership of training content.
• Support Date Code Genie  innovation cycle through collaboration with enterprise Product Owners.
• Agile/Scrum leadership of Date Code Genie  product team.
• Validation and acceptance of products meet the definition “complete and acceptable for deployment”.
• Tactical Integration DCG enhancements.
• NCCO Relationship with external development team for Date Code Genie .
• Lead end-to-end product development for Date Code Genie ’s digital labeling ecosystem, spanning IoT hardware, cloud software, mobile apps, and restaurant operations tools used across thousands of…