Software Product Owner

EBSCO Industries Inc•Hoover, AL

About The Position

Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Moultrie (www.moultrie.com) is the leader in game feeders and cellular camera innovation, building products used by hunters, property owners, and others for real-time remote monitoring. We take pride in developing deep user understanding, obsessing about the details, and going the extra mile to show our users we love them. Moultrie is customer-driven – hardware, software, marketing, and customer success teams collaborate to deliver a quality user experience. We are guided by the following principles: Customer Obsession.; Excellence is the Standard.; Bias for Action.; Act Boldly.; Deliver Results.; Hire and Develop the Best.; Be Curious and Learn.; Win as a TeamJob SummaryMoultrie is looking to add a Device Software Product Owner to its team. As a Device Software Product Owner, you will work with an agile software team to build and deliver device features and enhancements to the Moultrie Mobile app. As a connection point between Device Product Management & Software Engineering, you will utilize a unique blend of business and technical savvy to make the company vision a reality. The Product Owner is accountable for understanding and translating the long-term product and platform plans into actionable work items for the software team. As a “high confidence, low ego” team player, the Product Owner will work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering (mobile, web, and IOT hardware), Customer Success, Marketing, Operations, and Sales Teams to ensure the completion of visions and timelines set by the business. He or she will deliver features that drive business value by understanding the marketplace and competition, by developing products that address consumer needs, and staying abreast of the latest software trends.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business administration or related field (in lieu of degree we will consider candidates with equitable years of professional work experience)
A minimum of three (3) year’s total related experience with a preference towards-
2+ years in product management (preferably as a product owner) or working as a business analyst
2+ years of experience working within an agile-lean software product development method, such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe
2+ years of defining and documenting product requirements into small, well-articulated, and valuable deliverables
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
Highly organized and detail oriented
Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
Creative thinker with a vision
Comfortable working in a highly collaborative environment across multiple functional teams
Demonstrated record of successfully contributing to projects from conception to completion
A proven track record of managing and supporting development of world-class consumer facing software
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Experience with Azure Dev Ops and Figma
Experience with Internet of Things development
Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework and/or Agile Release Trains
Experience with cross-platform mobile app development
A background in connected hardware products
A background in, and product knowledge of the hunting, fishing, or outdoor sporting goods market

Responsibilities

Own the backlog and sprint planning process for device-related features (devices: cameras, feeders, accessories, etc.) within the Moultrie app, working closely with Product Management to prioritize according to business value or ROI.
Assist Product Manager(s) with the definition of product features and functionality
Partner with User Experience and Product Management to iterate on designs and suggest research questions to inform product decisions
Communicate product priorities and context to the agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project
Collaborate with product management and software team to analyze and break down complex features into simple, well-written stories with acceptance criteria for development
Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
Provide backlog management, sprint planning, and user acceptance testing
Lead release planning and set expectations for delivery of new features
Manage feedback from alpha and beta test groups
Play an active role in mitigating risks and impediments to the sprint and the release plan
Measure adoption and success metrics after releases and prioritize future improvements to improve metrics
Ensure high quality and user-friendly software releases to our customers
Proactively communicate progress, decisions, impediments, and risks to management and stakeholders
Effectively manage expectations related to estimates and delivery timeframes
Be the primary product representative for features and defects, responsible for ensuring that development activities are coordinated throughout the development cycle
Drive value and continuously improve the quality of the team’s deliverables
Nurture ideas and solutions to existing customer problems
Know your product and contribute a genuine passion and enthusiasm for the product and mission
Represent the “Voice of the Customer” in meetings; advocate on behalf of the end user
Participate in candidate interviews as part of the hiring process
Report bugs in the bug tracking system for items that don’t meet spec; serve as the primary customer representative in daily stand-ups
Understand the marketplace, the competition, and competitive products; reference and use competitive information in making product choices and decisions
Understand and effectively use phased rollouts for feature launches
Assist in preparing launch support materials for Customer Success and Marketing