Product Owner

S&S Activewear LLC•Bolingbrook, IL

9h•Hybrid

About The Position

S&S Activewear is seeking a motivated Product Owner to join their Product organization within the Software Engineering department. This individual contributor role focuses on tactical execution to implement technical solutions that provide a competitive advantage and drive the company's year-over-year growth. As a Product Owner, you will serve as the primary connection between business stakeholders and agile development, focusing on delivery execution. This includes defining, analyzing, understanding, and prioritizing strategic goals and supporting technology needs. You will function as a Product Owner on an agile scrum team, collaborating with business partners and engineering to ensure product outcomes create measurable value for both customers and the business. Your work will concentrate on eCommerce platforms covering business-to-business and business-to-consumer market segments. This is a hybrid role located in Bolingbrook, Illinois, and reports to the Director of Product.

Requirements

2+ years of experience working as product owner or similar role in product management.
2+ years of experience working with software development teams in agile environment.
Strong understanding of agile methodologies, particularly scrum.
Strong critical thinking skills, with ability to approach problems analytically, and evidence based when balancing customer needs with technical feasibility.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, including written and verbal communication skills, comfortable working with senior leadership.
Ability to balance multiple competing priorities and requests.
Solid aptitude in problem framing, defining assumptions, and defining impact based on data and insights.
Understanding of SDLC best practices.

Nice To Haves

eCommerce and end to end supply chain background with knowledge of software development is a plus.
Experience with product discovery process, including continuous discovery and delivery methods.

Responsibilities

Serve as the voice of customer and the business within your agile development team, keeping development team informed of customer and business goals.
Support product leaders and stakeholders in creation of product road maps while keeping development team informed of customer and business goals.
Manage and prioritize the product backlog to ensure alignment with business priorities.
Develop user stories and acceptance criteria for development teams and assist in resolution of requirements questions during development process.
Participate and lead in agile ceremonies including grooming, planning, reviews and daily standups.
Conduct user acceptance testing and facilitate stakeholder acceptance and feedback.
Coordinate with other Product Owners and Software Engineering Managers to synchronize cross-functional dependencies.
Support releases with development team through demos and stakeholder communications.
Work with product leaders and stakeholders in the creation and maintenance of product road maps.
Provide strategic clarity, while maintaining quality in execution throughout the build and delivery processes.