Senior IT Product Owner

Tyson Foods; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) plans

Health benefits

Job summary

Tyson Foods in Springdale, AR is seeking a Senior IT Product Owner to drive planning and execution of applications and enhancements. You will gather market insights, conduct user research, and prioritize features to translate complex business needs into detailed requirements and BPMN workflows.

You will develop mockups, create test plans, and lead validation through unit, system, and integration tests, ensuring alignment with SLAs and ongoing improvements across compensation analytics and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a related field and 3–2 years of experience in enterprise IT roles.
• Experience translating complex business requirements into detailed functional specs and BPMN workflows.
• Experience with application system integrations, data flows, and upstream/downstream interactions.
• Proficiency with Jira for requirements management and issue tracking.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into functional and technical specifications for enterprise systems.
• Plan and manage development and enhancement projects to deliver automated solutions.
• Collaborate with business users, vendors, and IT teams to support integrations and system capabilities.
• Develop test plans and execute unit, system, and integration tests; validate data and web components.

Skills

BPMN proficiency

Agile & Waterfall

Root-cause analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Analytics

Master's degree in CS/IS/Analytics

Tools

Jira

Job description

Job Summary

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. Relocation Assistance Eligible: No Work Shift: 1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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.

Benefits and Perks

• 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.

Employer Culture

If you are ready to grow your career with an industry leader and want to positively impact the team and community around you, then join us in helping us in raising expectations. Join us on the journey. At Tyson, we feed the world like family. Our Talent Strategy is to Attract, Grow, Reward and Retain the best talent, and we believe that our Culture is the connecting thread that drives that strategy! We strive to be a talent magnet to establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where team members can grow their career while growing the business. We are a high performing organization where team members are rewarded (Pay, Benefits and Recognition) for their contributions, and given the opportunity to support and/or volunteer with programs that help Tyson make a lasting social impact in the communities where we live and work. To learn more about our culture, please read Our Purpose.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status. Tyson Foods, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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