Senior IT Product Owner

Tyson Foods; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) plans

Health, life, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

Tyson Foods, Inc. is seeking a Senior IT Product Owner in Springdale, AR to support planning and execution of application development and enhancement projects to gather market insights and prioritize features for product development.

The role includes documenting requirements with BPMN, creating mockups, and ensuring robust testing across unit, system, and integration levels while collaborating with IT and business teams. A strong background in analytics and process automation is expected.

Qualifications

• Translate complex business requirements into detailed functional specifications for enterprise-level application systems.
• Design and document workflow/process models using BPMN for system integrations.
• Apply Agile and Waterfall methodologies in enterprise IT environments.
• Implement process automation to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual workflows.
• Perform root-cause analysis for production and pre-production issues.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution of application development and enhancement projects to gather market insights, conduct user research and prioritize features to drive product development.
• Document functional and technical requirements and BPMN workflows to support integrations with approved systems.
• Develop mockups and prototypes to validate requirements and gather stakeholder feedback.
• Create test plans and develop and execute unit, system, and integration test cases for software releases.

Skills

Requirements translation

BPMN modeling

Agile methodologies

Process automation

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Financial Analytics

Master’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Financial Analytics

Tools

Jira

Job description

Job Details:

Tyson Foods, Inc. has an opening for Senior IT Product Owner in Springdale, AR. Support the planning and execution of application development and enhancement projects to gather market insights, conduct user research and prioritize features to drive product development. Elicit, analyze, and document functional and technical business requirements, including user stories, to support automated and optimized technology solutions in compensation analytics domain. Document complex business and technical processes using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN). Develop mockups and prototypes to validate requirements and gather stakeholder feedback. Create test plans and develop and execute unit, system, and integration test cases for software releases. Test plans include data and web development validations. Analyze business processes, system requirements, and technical workflows to support application functionality and integrations with approved systems. Identify opportunities to improve existing systems and enable process automation through technology enhancements in a fast changing environment. Research, develop, and utilize tools and technologies to improve solution delivery and system performance. Collaborate with business users, vendors, and IT teams to support application integrations and ongoing system capabilities. Create and maintain system documentation, including support procedures, to ensure continuity and service quality. Provide guidance and technical feedback to junior analysts and data scientists within the team. Deliver application support within established service level agreements (SLAs) to meet departmental performance metrics.

Job requirements:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Financial Analytics, or a related field, and three (3) years of experience in the position offered or related role, including supporting application system integrations, including data flows, interface dependencies, and upstream/downstream system interactions.

Alternatively, the employer will accept a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Financial Analytics, or a related field, and two (2) years of experience in the position offered or related role, including supporting application system integrations, including data flows, interface dependencies, and upstream/downstream system interactions.

Experience must include one (1) year of experience in each of the following:

Translating complex business requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications for enterprise-level application systems. Designing and documenting system workflows and integrations using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) or equivalent formal process-modeling frameworks. Utilizing Agile and Waterfall software development methodologies in enterprise IT environments. Implementing process automation and system enhancements to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual workflows. Performing technical troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for application and system issues in production and pre-production environments. Using requirements management and issue-tracking tools (Jira or equivalent) to manage technical deliverables and development lifecycles.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

• paid time off
• 401(k) plans
• affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
• and more

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