Product Owner (hp)

Job Summary
• This role is responsible for guiding the development and success of software products or features. The role is essentially the advocate for the customer and serves as the bridge between various teams, such as engineering, design, marketing, and business stakeholders. The role supports the entire product lifecycle from strategic planning to tactical activities, providing oversight of strategy, technical, and marketing aspects.

Responsibilities
• Leads the entire product development cycle, from initial definition to GA, ensuring quality and schedule.
• Understands the overall market, competitors, and open source technologies.
• Translates market and stakeholder needs into product requirements and definitions.
• Elicits detailed business requirements through engaging workshops and clear functional design documents.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to guide feature development and prioritization.
• Translates user requirements into executable and workable feature items with the software engineering team.
• Acts as an advocate for the stakeholders during specification and development stages.
• Leads all business readiness activities, including end user training, product testing, and rollout.
• Drives process changes based on robust analysis of operational data and user behavior.
• Guides the team through execution by attentively monitoring milestones, tasks, and other deliverables, ensuring their completion per the defined plan.

Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in product management, digital or software product development, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.

Preferred Certifications
NA

Knowledge & Skills
• Agile Methodology
• Automation
• Change Management
• Computer Science
• Continuous Improvement Process
• JIRA
• Kanban Principles
• Lean Manufacturing
• Milestones (Project Management)
• New Product Development
• Process Improvement
• Product Management
• Project Engineering
• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Project Schedules
• Risk Management
• Scrum (Software Development)
• Software Development
• Sprint Planning

Cross-Org Skills
• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope
• Impacts multiple teams and may act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process.

Complexity
• Responds to moderately complex issues within established guidelines.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.