IT Product Owner II

Genuine Parts Company • Birmingham, AL

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About The Position

IT Product Owner II SUMMARY: Under general supervision, the IT Product Owner II is responsible for defining the overall process vision, and innovation, and helps guide the product development process within Motion IT. This role identifies the customer, stakeholder, and development team's needs and works with each cross-functional team. The Product Owner gathers feature requests, schedules releases, and coordinates sprints. This role manages the development project from start to finish. You must be eligible to work in the US without Visa Sponsorship. JOB DUTIES Manages medium complexity products through the entire lifecycle, and supports decisions regarding enhancements throughout the lifecycle until product End of Life(EOL). Analyzes preferences and requests of customers and defines product features according to customer needs. Reviews and prioritizes backlog for sprint planning, including coordination of dependencies. Reviews user story quality and performance in production environment. Analyzes the impact of proposed solutions across the business, develops use cases to explain business requirements to the IT team, and contributes a business process perspective during design review. Collaborates with business owners, product scrum team, and stakeholders to establish timelines, workflows, and goals. Assists the scrum and product development team to meet the objectives of each sprint. Participates in design sessions to gain insights into end user and customer needs. Works with users to understand customer experience, at both a tactical and transactional level. Facilitates the release plan and is one of key stakeholders for approval. Owns, develops and executes product roadmap. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• You must be eligible to work in the US without Visa Sponsorship.
• Typically requires a bachelor's degree and three (3) to five (5) years of related experience or an equivalent combination.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, and synthesize product use data and use that data to drive decisions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Developing skills to lead, motivate and direct a workgroup.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of the product lifecycle, business processes, system development and process improvements.
• Ability to foster a climate conducive to establishing positive working relationships with stakeholders.
• Accurate and precise attention to detail.
• Financial and analytical experience.

Responsibilities

• Manages medium complexity products through the entire lifecycle, and supports decisions regarding enhancements throughout the lifecycle until product End of Life(EOL).
• Analyzes preferences and requests of customers and defines product features according to customer needs.
• Reviews and prioritizes backlog for sprint planning, including coordination of dependencies.
• Reviews user story quality and performance in production environment.
• Analyzes the impact of proposed solutions across the business, develops use cases to explain business requirements to the IT team, and contributes a business process perspective during design review.
• Collaborates with business owners, product scrum team, and stakeholders to establish timelines, workflows, and goals.
• Assists the scrum and product development team to meet the objectives of each sprint.
• Participates in design sessions to gain insights into end user and customer needs.
• Works with users to understand customer experience, at both a tactical and transactional level.
• Facilitates the release plan and is one of key stakeholders for approval.
• Owns, develops and executes product roadmap.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Motion offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level