Product Owner

Winsupply; Moraine (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Winsupply in Moraine, Ohio, seeks a Product Owner to act as a liaison between business units and tech teams. The role requires strong software development, project management, and communication skills.

A successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field, with over 5 years in IT and 3 years as a Product Owner, managing complex software projects. Emphasis on collaboration and relationship building is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IT and/or software development industry.
• 3+ years as a Product Owner or Business Analyst for complex software projects.
• Experience working on enterprise-level software development projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison between business units and technology teams.
• Manage product backlog and facilitate grooming sessions.
• Create and maintain product roadmaps and release plans.

Skills

Software development

Data analytics

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Business

Job description

Winsupply is in the business of creating and enabling entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams through wholesale distribution. Winsupply is a group of over 670 locally-owned companies that operate across a variety of industries, including HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical and more. The purpose of the support services campus is to eliminate obstacles and provide support to help our entrepreneurs succeed. Support service employees assist entrepreneurs in achieving their dreams through finance, accounting, IT, and other back‑office operations.

Job Description

Position Summary: The Product Owner will be responsible for understanding the business priority and for speaking on behalf of the business customer while working closely to perform multiple functions within the team. In this role, you will act as the liaison between the business units, technology teams, and support teams. Requires knowledge in software development and current information technologies/data analytics to enable business units.

Competencies for Success

• Fully participate in software development process. Gather Requirements, define business process workflows, and create development user stories
• Closely partner with the Product Management, Development, Software Quality Assurance and other functions to deliver high quality software releases
• Facilitate backlog grooming sessions, business requirement workshops, and story writing sessions
• Ability to break large project feature request into epics and stories for software development
• Backlog management and release planning; develop realistic and achievable release plans and product roadmaps
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
• Motivated to work with the business, translate business requirements into formal requirements and work with business team to complete requirements acceptance. Ability to manage priorities from multiple stakeholders and balance those with product priorities
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Experience drafting release notes and communication plans is a plus
• Strong desire to learn new business processes, design and create new business workflows
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong positive relationships with business and application partners and team members. Ability to consume diverse and conflicting feedback from multiple customers and determine the approach for application development
• Ability to provide facilitation of large group workshops and present products with customers
• Create release and test plan with quality assurance teams to ensure software development gates are passed. Actively support production issues and ability to prioritize resolution
• Highly motivated professional: self-starter and results oriented

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Business or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of degree
• 5+ years in IT and/or software development industry
• 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst in managing large, highly complex software development projects
• 3+ years of experience working with multiple teams on enterprise-level software development projects

Additional Information

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations:

• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, power tools, and other computer components
• Lifting and transporting of moderately heavy objects, such as computers and peripherals
• Occasional travel to interact with local companies, regional offices and/or support implementation of solutions

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