New Product Introduction (NPI) Product Owner (US Remote)

Motorola Solutions; Illinois; Remote; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

10 Paid Holidays

Generous Paid Time Off Packages

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Parental & Family Leave

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking a seasoned Product Owner for the Global IT team to guide New Product Introduction (NPI) initiatives and partner with Product and IT teams. You will translate business needs into IT requirements and maintain a clear product vision while collaborating with developers to deliver integrated customer experiences.

You’ll drive backlog prioritization, support cross-functional alignment, and enable cross-sell opportunities amid recent mergers, ensuring on-time delivery and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of professional IT experience and 5+ years of Product Owner experience.
• Excellent communication with diverse audiences.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leads and IT peers to understand demand and streamline offers within guard rails.
• Translate requirements into IT specifications for development teams.
• Own a clear product vision and maintain a prioritized backlog.
• Drive integrated customer experiences across ecosystems and cross-functional teams.
• Monitor adoption and maximize product value while meeting time and budget constraints.

Skills

Executive Communication

Decisive Leadership

Collaborative Mindset

Agile Proficiency

Analytical Rigor

Professional Integrity

Passionate Advocacy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Our IT organization isn’t just here to support our business. We’re here to reinvent it - by changing the way our customers, partners, and employees interact with our company. To do that, we’re looking for people who bring great ideas and who make our partners’ ideas better. Intellectually curious advisors (not order takers) who focus on outcomes to creatively solve business problems. People who not only embrace change but also who accelerate it.

Job Description

The desired candidate will be a vital part of the Global IT team with a proven track record of designing, troubleshooting, and problem- solving to address challenges and opportunities within the New Product Introduction (NPI) domain. The candidate will be responsible for working with business and IT leads and working with the development team in the planning, design, and development of new projects. S/he will partner with the Product and the IT teams and drive dialogue on streamlining offers within guard rails. S/he is expected to understand the cross-business requirements that form a product or solution. Will be expected to participate in scrubs of items that form the product and feature pipeline. S/he will be pivotal in driving integrated customer experience solutions whether it's in how customers access or leverage our ecosystems. The role requires the candidate to work closely with the developers and cross-functional track IT subject matter experts. A person who is passionate about improving business processes, and helping our business partners envision the future & how we enable it.

Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations

• Partnering with businesses leads and your IT peers to understanding the demand and offers, and driving dialogue on streamlining offers within guard rails
• Accountable for working with business partners and IT peers to understand their requirements and translating those into IT requirements for the development teams
• Partner with the CX team to build the simplest experiences for NPIs
• Focus on enabling cross-sell offers with the business functional area, especially across the recent mergers and acquisitions
• Accountable for Product roadmap, market analysis, competitive analysis
• Collaborate effectively with both business and IT partners across all functions through prioritization cadences to meet commitments.
• Work through issues and challenges to complete tasks on time and within budget
• Translate rapidly transforming business needs into functional requirements, including proposing alternative solutions or options for implementation.
• Implement engagement review and quality assurance procedures as measured by goals and business satisfaction.
• Identify, define, and enable managed delivery metrics and reporting
• Own a clear and compelling vision of your product
• Ensure alignment with business objectives and finding exponential breakthroughs
• Responsible for maximizing the value of the product & monitor adoption
• Responsible for continuous maintenance of the product backlog
• Accountable for prioritization of features with your business product partner

Behavioral Characteristics & Skills

• Executive Communication: Ability to articulate technical and business concepts to diverse audiences, from developers to executive leadership.
• Decisive Leadership: Identifies opportunities or obstacles quickly and acts decisively to resolve them.
• Collaborative Mindset: A strong team player capable of fostering a positive, high-energy environment for geographically dispersed or cross-functional teams.
• Agile Proficiency: Extensive experience with Agile methodologies for project delivery and sprint management.
• Analytical Rigor: Strong aptitude for perceiving complex problems and developing sound, data-driven alternatives.
• Professional Integrity: High degree of professionalism with the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
• Passionate Advocacy: A proactive enthusiast for problem identification and business process improvement.

Target Base Salary Range: $160,000 USD - $170,000 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Note: This position is remote, but candidates capable of a Chicago hybrid schedule (1-2 days per week) are preferred.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelors degree with 8+ years of professional IT experience AND 5+ years of Product Owner experience
• Travel Requirements None
• Relocation Provided None
• Position Type Experienced
• Referral Payment Plan Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include: Incentive Bonus Plans Medical, Dental, Vision benefits 401K with Company Match 10 Paid Holidays Generous Paid Time Off Packages Employee Stock Purchase Plan Paid Parental & Family Leave and more!

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS OVERVIEW

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Learn more at www.motorolasolutions.com.