Senior Manager Product Owner

Eaton Corporation•Raleigh, NC

About The Position

Working closely with business partners and customers to define epics that align with key business objectives for the Scrum or Kanban team. - Communicating strategy and status effectively at the C level. - Tracking and managing product funding while defining work priorities for the product team. - Balancing new features with continuous improvement, system health, and support. The Product Line Owner collaborates with multiple product teams, including analysts, engineers, and other members, to execute the product roadmap, guide the product development lifecycle, define user stories, and represent the voice of the customer across relevant portfolios and business units. - Define and champion the product vision, roadmap, and epics, working with senior leaders to craft strategic business objectives and enterprise-spanning plans to meet customer and business needs - Own the product backlog, managing and prioritizing user stories, decomposing epics into features, and continuous improvement work - Plan, manage, and track product funding. Is fully responsible for product budget and profit plan - Develops and maintains product-specific persona and customer journeys - Work closely with business stakeholders and customers, understanding their priorities and defining business outcomes and KPIs for the product in collaboration with those key stakeholders - Communicate goals for product increments and releases.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
Minimum of ten (10) years of experience as an analyst, BRM, project manager, engineer or program lead on highly complex technology projects and programs.
Minimum of seven (7) years of experience as a Product Owner or equivalent position.
Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship now or in the future.
No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Beachwood, OH: Galesburg MI,, Houston TX, Menomonee Falls WI, Moon Township PA, or Raleigh NC will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158
Expertise with product management and modern product delivery processes
Strong understanding of and experience working with Agile, Scrum, and/or Kanban software delivery teams
Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles
Strong understanding of modern software development principles including code management, test automation, APIs, microservices, and cloud services.
Strong knowledge of and experience working with design thinking methodologies
Expertise with creation and management of product roadmaps
Strong understanding of lean principles with respect to product and portfolio management
Data orientation and ability to make data-driven decisions
Financial and budget management
Comfortable working directly with business leaders, external customers, and engineering teams
Proven ability to drive change across organizational boundaries
Experience working with diverse, global cultures, organizations and teams

Responsibilities

Define epics that align with key business objectives for the Scrum or Kanban team
Communicate strategy and status effectively at the C level
Track and manage product funding while defining work priorities for the product team
Balance new features with continuous improvement, system health, and support
Execute the product roadmap
Guide the product development lifecycle
Define user stories
Represent the voice of the customer across relevant portfolios and business units
Define and champion the product vision, roadmap, and epics
Own the product backlog, managing and prioritizing user stories, decomposing epics into features, and continuous improvement work
Plan, manage, and track product funding
Develop and maintain product-specific persona and customer journeys
Work closely with business stakeholders and customers, understanding their priorities and defining business outcomes and KPIs for the product
Communicate goals for product increments and releases