Product Owner - CDS/GDE

Cummins; Columbus (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc. in Columbus, IN is seeking a Product Owner – CDS/GDE to shape the marketing-driven product portfolio. You will drive strategy, launches, and pricing while coordinating with engineering, legal, and marketing teams to maximize value and protect IP.

The role emphasizes collaboration, data-driven decisions, and coaching Associate Product Managers to build a high-performing product management team. On-site with potential flexibility.

Qualifications

• College/university degree in Marketing, Sales, technical or related field.
• This position may require licensing for export controls or sanctions regulations.
• Intermediate level of relevant work experience; SAFe experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive long-term product line strategy, forecast, and operating plan.
• Lead product launches with introduction plans and marketing strategies.
• Lead pricing strategy, budget planning, and resource allocation decisions.
• Leverage customer insights and competitive research to define value propositions.
• Address product issues, collect feedback, and drive continuous improvements.
• Oversee lifecycle management including enhancements, promotions, and obsolescence.

Skills

Market insight

Customer focus

Product strategy

Agile/Scrum

Pricing strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

We are looking for a talented Product Owner – CDS/GDE to join our team specializing in Marketing for Cummins Inc. in Columbus, IN.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Drive the long-term product line strategy, forecast, and operating plan to ensure sustainable growth, profitability, and alignment with business objectives.

• Lead successful product launches by developing introduction plans and executing comprehensive marketing strategies throughout the product lifecycle.

• Optimize product profitability by leading pricing strategy, budget planning, and resource allocation decisions that maximize business performance.

• Strengthen market position by leveraging customer insights and competitive research to define differentiated product value propositions.

• Enhance customer satisfaction by proactively addressing product-related issues, gathering feedback, and driving continuous improvements.

• Maximize product portfolio performance by overseeing lifecycle management decisions, including product enhancements, promotions, and obsolescence planning.

• Protect and grow the brand by ensuring effective product branding, communication strategies, and collaboration with legal and engineering teams to safeguard intellectual property.

• Develop talent and organizational capability by coaching Associate Product Managers, fostering professional growth, and building a high-performing product management team.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Leverage strong business and market insight to develop effective product strategies, translate market data into actionable plans, and make informed decisions that drive growth, profitability, and competitive advantage.

• Put customers at the center of every decision by building strong relationships, understanding customer needs, and delivering solutions that clearly articulate value while improving satisfaction and market adoption.

• Drive results through strategic product and marketing leadership by managing the full product lifecycle, developing effective marketing plans, optimizing pricing and promotions, and positioning products to win in target segments.

• Lead with inclusivity and influence by collaborating effectively across functions, valuing diverse perspectives, and guiding stakeholders toward decisions that support business objectives and successful product outcomes.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

College, university, or equivalent degree in Marketing, Sales, technical or related subject required.

This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:

Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.

Additional Responsibilities Unique to this Position

• 5-7 years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, or in a related digital product role, with experience working in Agile environments. SAFe experience is strongly preferred.

• Collaborates with business to identify short and long-term business priorities. Owns backlog refinement, preparation for Program Increment planning, and participation in planning events.

• Defines and drives iteration goals and iteration content via prioritized stories; Builds, edits, and maintains the Team Backlog of user stories, defects, and enablers; Primarily responsibility for maintaining the flow of just-in-time story elaboration.

• Practices Lean/Agile leadership; contributes to vision and Program backlog; owns team backlog and implementation.

• Accepts user stories as done, including validating that the story meets acceptance criteria, has appropriate acceptance tests, and complies with the Definition of Done (DoD).

• Understands the scope of enabler work and collaborate with System and Solution Architect/Engineering to assist decisions and sequencing of technological infrastructures.

• Understands Feature planning and prioritization for capabilities; Primary source for story detail and priorities in Iteration Planning,

• Reviews and accepts stories in the Team demo, participates in the Iteration Retrospective and the Inspect and Adapt workshop.

• Applies different approaches to convince others to change their opinion or plan, and wins support from others for ideas; is able to build support with peers without direct lines of reporting across a matrix organization.

• Has the ability to understand Data structures, APIs, and data models.

• Tracks KPIs around availability, usage, performance etc.

• Uses analytics to iterate and improve product performance.

Job Marketing

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2436136

Relocation Package Yes

100% On-Site No

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