Product Owner - Public Safety CAD Software Integrations (IL or UT Remote)

Motorola Solutions; Utah; Remote; USD 105,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Product Owner to lead Public Safety CAD Software Integrations. This role involves overseeing the entire development process, ensuring that products meet functionality and supportability requirements. You will collaborate closely with product management, define user stories, and manage the backlog for your assigned teams. With a focus on public safety, your contributions will directly impact response times and resource allocation for agencies. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about technology that makes a difference, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of professional experience required.
• Agile/Scrum experience and strong communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Public Safety CAD Software Integrations from start to finish.
• Define features and requirements to deliver a complete product.
• Manage backlog and collaborate with the development team.

Skills

Agile/Scrum experience

Software design understanding

User interaction design

Technical knowledge in software development

Communication skills

Project management competency

Ability to distill complex requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Aha!

Jira

DevOps

Job description

Product Owner - Public Safety CAD Software Integrations (IL or UT Remote)

Apply locations

Chicago, IL Illinois, US Offsite Utah, US Offsite

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted Yesterday

Job requisition id: R51544

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we're guided by a shared purpose - helping people be their best in the moments that matter - and we live up to our purpose every day by solving for safer. Because people can only be their best when they not only feel safe, but are safe. We're solving for safer by building the best possible technologies across every part of our safety and security ecosystem. That's mission-critical communications devices and networks, AI-powered video security & access control and the ability to unite voice, video and data in a single command center view. We're solving for safer by connecting public safety agencies and enterprises, enabling the collaboration that's critical to connect those in need with those who can help. The work we do here matters.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions’ Command Center Software portfolio thrives within the overall Motorola Solutions product ecosystem, and is also enhanced by 3rd party systems our customers use on a daily basis. The Alliances and Ecosystem team is responsible for evaluation and establishment of 3rd party technology partner relationships, alignment of appropriate stakeholders, and establishment of appropriate governance based on established differentiation to ensure ongoing profitability for the Command Center Software business.

Job Description

Motorola Solutions Command Center products help public safety agencies improve response times, efficiently allocate resources and better inform first responders through better information gathering and situational awareness. This product owner position will be responsible for overseeing Public Safety Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) Software Integrations from start to finish to ensure that they fulfill both their functionality and supportability requirements.

The product owner is responsible for the ownership and managing of the backlog for their assigned value stream(s), contributes to the product roadmap, understands customer and market needs for Public Safety CAD Software. The product owner relies on their technical knowledge and background to define user stories and acceptance criteria, engage with assigned Engineering teams, and groom the backlog. The ability to deeply understand technical architecture, define engineering behind features, and to translate high-level customer functional requirements into technical for development is a crucial skill. In addition, the ability to describe the impact of technical requirements to customers, non-technical sales, and support resources is a must.

In this role, the product owner champions the need of the user, customer, and other stakeholders throughout the development process to ensure that what is delivered meets the goals, objectives, and desired outcomes of the project. To be successful, one must manage multiple projects simultaneously, at various stages of their development, from idea to completed feature.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product management to understand suite-level initiatives and features.
• Define the features and requirements necessary to deliver a complete product to market and lead the product team to success.
• Articulate the ‘what’ and work with development to determine the ‘when.’
• Fill the role of Product Owner for the assigned Scrum team.
• Collaborate with the team to detail user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Maintain the proper flow of features, user stories, and acceptance criteria in the backlog.
• Ensure backlog and goals for each team are maintained and current.
• Own backlog prioritization for assigned scrum teams.
• Agree on accepted story completion, including validating that the story meets acceptance criteria and that it complies with the Definition of Done (DoD).
• Understand the scope of needed research spikes and collaborate with Engineering to assist with decision-making and sequencing of the critical technological infrastructures.
• Collaborate with the team and any other stakeholders in the team demo.
• Participate in the appropriate agile ceremonies.
• Create customer-facing documentation.

Requirements

• Agile/Scrum experience.
• Firm understanding of software design, user interaction, and user interface design.
• Deep technical knowledge in software development methodologies.
• Experience utilizing product and project management tools such as Aha!, Jira, and DevOps.
• Technical knowledge of Motorola Solutions' PremierOne and/or Flex Suite(s) is a plus.
• Experience in Law Enforcement / Public Safety is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills verbally and written are a necessity.
• Polished presentation skills for internal and external audiences.
• Proactive, enthusiastic attitude toward challenging problems.
• Strong ability to take complex user requirements and distill them into a format that can be understood by developers as well as non-technical staff.
• Ability to research and analyze product requirements from various stakeholders.
• High degree of competency with project management, including issues and risk identification and management.
• Build consensus among stakeholders.
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a diverse team spread across multiple continents in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to multi-task among various assignments.
• Understanding of product ownership principles.
• Persuade and influence others through strong communication.
• Understanding of Agile Product Ownership principles and best practices.

Note: Candidate can reside in Chicagoland Area or Salt Lake City Area.

Salary Range: $105,000 USD - $115,000 USD

Basic Requirements

• Bachelors degree with 2+ years of professional experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

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!

EEO Statement

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.