R&D Product Owner
Product Owner
This position is responsible for driving the requirements for software products specializing in tools utilized in engineering and supply chain use cases, amongst others. This includes product and project management activities related to the software development lifecycle. Activities include requirements gathering and analysis, documentation, design input, scoping of releases, project management, user acceptance testing as well as developing processes and workflows that support the product by working with internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Collect, document, prioritize and manage enhancement requests from internal and external sources
- Participate in the release planning and scoping processes that determine the product roadmap
- Author detailed product requirements and develop use case documentation
- Participate in UI design sessions
- Provide feedback to development and QA team on requirements clarification
- Review QA test scripts and interface with QA team to ensure all product features are accurately tested
- Establish and run user focus groups and beta testing programs
- Maintain updated product and system documentation as changes are made along the development cycle
- Complete other tasks, such as services management, partner integration, client relationship management, competitive analysis and team building exercises as necessary
Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience working with software products and/or programs, particularly in requirements definition, documentation and product or project management.
- Excellent documentation skills in authoring product requirements and use cases for software development
- Ability to understand and communicate technical details regarding web application development and deployment
- Background in high-tech or a related field, with an understanding of industry principles
- Solid organizational skills, attention to detail, and consistent follow-through
- Highly professional interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
- Outstanding troubleshooting capability for ferreting out issues and driving resolution
- Proven ability to take the lead in assigned responsibilities with light supervision
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally and negotiating prioritizations
- Comfortable working within a small, dynamic company environment
- Experience working with outside vendors and interfacing with client contacts
- Experience using JIRA & Confluence in an Agile environment
Preferred
- Experience with eCommerce, electronics or supply chain is highly preferred
- eCommerce Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Math, Engineering or equivalent technical experience
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