Product Owner IT, Innovation Excellence

Henkel•Rocky Hill, CT

About The Position

At Henkel, the Product Owner IT, Innovation Excellence contributes to an organization focused on innovation, sustainability, and collaboration. The role manages the product backlog by prioritizing features and defining user stories with clear acceptance criteria. It gathers requirements from users and stakeholders, translates them into technical requirements, and manages expectations. The Product Owner participates in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, to guide the development team and drive timelines and deliverables. The role works with cross-functional teams to establish product goals that align with the overall vision, identifies opportunities for process improvement, and uses software development and collaboration tools to provide project visibility and support clear communication. The listed salary range is $100,000–$115,000. The position may also be eligible for incentive pay or other compensation. Actual compensation depends on factors including skills, experience, education, training, and work location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field.
3–5 years of product ownership experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
In-depth understanding of and experience with Agile software development methodology.
Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple projects, teams, and deliverables.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Azure DevOps.
PMP certification.

Responsibilities

Manage and prioritize the product backlog, maintaining well-defined user stories and clear acceptance criteria.
Gather requirements from users and stakeholders, translate them into technical requirements, and manage expectations.
Participate in daily standups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to guide the development team and drive timelines and deliverables.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish product goals aligned with the overall vision.
Identify inefficiencies and opportunities to improve processes, tools, and templates.
Use software development and collaboration tools to provide visibility into project progress and objectives and to support clear communication.

Benefits

Affordable medical, dental, vision, and wellbeing plans starting on day one.
Paid time off, including sick, vacation, holiday, and volunteer time.
Flexible and hybrid work policies, depending on role.
Vacation buy/sell program.
401(k) matching.
Employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares.
Annual performance bonus.
Service awards.
Student loan reimbursement.
12-week gender-neutral parental leave, with up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth.
Fertility support.
Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
Discounted child and elderly care.
Scholarships.
National and international growth opportunities.
Access to thousands of skills development courses.
Tuition reimbursement.