Product Owner - PS Core Systems - Global Industrial

Genuine Parts Company; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Genuine Parts Company is seeking an IT Product Owner IV in Birmingham, AL to lead the product management lifecycle for enterprise financial systems. You will gather requirements, prioritize the backlog, coordinate sprints, and shape the roadmap, working with cross-functional teams including development, business owners, and stakeholders.

The role emphasizes analytical decision-making, mentorship, and strong communication to drive value and ensure timely delivery of features that align with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of related experience.
• 5+ years of PeopleSoft FSCM Functional experience (AR, AP, GL, Billing, ePro, Asset Management, Cash Management, or Project Costing).

Responsibilities

• Manages the most complex products through the entire lifecycle, and supports decisions regarding enhancements.
• Makes key decisions for product/solution development lifecycle process to be implemented throughout the organization.
• Contributes to innovative ideas on the program risk management plan and drives mitigation and resolutions.
• Advocates to drive consistent and accurate cross functional program metrics.
• Designs program management practices and mentors other members of the product management org.
• Reviews and prioritizes backlog for sprint planning, including coordination of dependencies.
• Owns, develops and executes product roadmap.
• Collaborates with business owners, product scrum team, and stakeholders to establish timelines, workflows, and goals.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation skills

Mentoring/Coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

IT Product Owner IV

SUMMARY

The Product Owner IV is responsible for defining the overall process vision, and innovation, and helps lead the product development process within Motion IT. This role identifies the customer, stakeholder, and development team’s needs and works with each cross-functional team. The Product Owner gathers feature requests, schedules releases, and coordinates sprints. This role manages the development project from start to finish.

You must be eligible to work in the US without Visa Sponsorship.

JOB DUTIES

• Manages the most complex products through the entire lifecycle, and supports decisions regarding enhancements throughout the lifecycle until product End of Life(EOL).
• Makes key decisions for product/solution development lifecycle process to be implemented throughout the organization.
• Contributes to innovative ideas on the program risk management plan and drives mitigation and resolutions
• advocates to drive consistent and accurate cross functional program metrics.
• Designs program management practices and collaborates with and mentors other members of the product management org.
• Contributes expertise in the product management concepts internally and externally.
• Reviews and prioritizes backlog for sprint planning, including coordination of dependencies.
• Analyzes impacts of proposed solutions across the business, develops use cases to explain business requirements to the IT team, and contributes a business process perspective during design review.
• Owns, develops and executes product roadmap.
• Collaborates with business owners, product scrum team, and stakeholders to establish timelines, workflows, and goals.
• Participates in design sessions to gain insights into end user and customer needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Typically requires a bachelor’s degree and eight (8) or more years of related experience or an equivalent combination. 5+ years of PeopleSoft FSCM Functional experience (AR, AP, GL, Billing, ePro, Asset Management, Cash Management, or Project Costing).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, and synthesize product use data and use that data to drive decisions.
• Solid understanding of the competition and business environment.
• Ability to lead, motivate and direct a workgroup.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to work Cross-Functionally.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Mentoring/Coaching skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Expert ability influence others to achieve results. Presentation skills.
• Financial and analytical experience.

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

None required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

No Supervisory Responsibility

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

No

COMPANY INFORMATION

Motion offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

DISCLAIMER

This job description illustrates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and skills required. Management retains the right to add or modify duties at any time.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC’s policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.