Product Owner

TalentBridge; Ohio; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Product Owner for a hybrid role in Cleveland, OH. The candidate will drive product strategy and oversee digital solutions, collaborating with clients to enhance their transformation initiatives. Applicants should possess a strong background in product management, Agile methodologies, and cross-functional team leadership, ideally within the automotive or technology sectors.

Qualifications

• Successful experience managing digital products from ideation to launch.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on customer-focused products.
• Expertise in Agile, Lean, and continuous delivery principles.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients and shape product propositions.
• Translate product strategy into a roadmap with user stories.
• Design solutions and establish metrics for success.

Skills

Agile

Design Thinking

Communication

Problem Solving

Leadership

Education

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager

Tools

Akeneo PIM

Job description

Job Title: Product Owner

Location: Cleveland, OH - Hybrid

2-3 month contract to extend

As a Product Owner, you will serve as our clients’ trusted advisors in defining, articulating, and executing a product strategy that transforms customer experience and business outcomes. You will collaborate with clients undertaking major Digital Business Transformation (DBT) engagements to understand their business and end-customer needs, and then deliver value with fast release and feedback cycles.

Your Impact:

1. Partner with clients, consultants, and strategists to articulate business goals and value pools, shaping product propositions that provide transformative outcomes.
2. Develop solution hypotheses iteratively based on benchmarking, industry trends, and customer journey mapping; validate with user testing.
3. Translate product strategy into a roadmap with well-defined, prioritized user stories, features, and enablers to realize the product vision and achieve a competitive advantage.
4. Establish objective goals with success and acceptance criteria using meaningful metrics, KPIs, and business outcomes.
5. Design and enable solutions or digital transformation initiatives that enhance value delivery and responsiveness, applying Lean and Agile practices.
6. Build and maintain trusting relationships with clients, teams, and vendors; develop influence without authority.
7. Inspire, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of Product Analysts to develop best-in-class digital products and services.

Your Skills & Experience:

1. Successful experience managing digital products, strategy, and enterprise solutions from ideation to launch, including engineering and operational quality.
2. Experience working with multidisciplinary teams on customer-focused products and services.
3. Significant industry knowledge and expertise.
4. Ability to prioritize demands and obtain stakeholder buy-in.
5. Deep understanding of design thinking, leading or facilitating innovation workshops.
6. Skill in solving complex business problems to maximize value while balancing technical constraints.
7. Expertise in Agile, Lean, and continuous delivery principles, with a passion to extend this understanding organization-wide.
8. Proven track record working with senior stakeholders and diverse teams as a servant leader.
9. Ability to use storytelling to influence decisions without formal authority.
10. Comfort with financials, KPIs, and forecasts to inform product iterations.

Top Skills/Experience Needed:

1. Akeneo PIM experience or extensive commerce industry experience with integration expertise.
2. Manage product backlog, user stories, and prioritization.
3. Understand data models, workflows, and APIs.
4. Hands-on approach to learning platforms and troubleshooting with developers.
5. Collaborate with engineering, QA, and business teams to ensure successful configuration and integration.
6. Strong communication skills to liaise between technical teams and stakeholders.

Project/Industry Experience:

1. Experience with large-scale commerce platform implementations and integrations.
2. Automotive industry experience preferred.

Set Yourself Apart With:

1. Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) designation.
2. Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager designation.

Additional Details:

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Contract
• Job functions: IT, Management, Product Management
• Industries: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, Software Development, IT Services & Consulting

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