Senior Product Owner I, Phoenix

ICON Technology, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ICON in Austin, TX seeks a Senior Product Owner to lead the defined subsystem of Phoenix. You will own product deliverables for your team, reporting to the Product Manager and ensuring on-time, on-budget results.

You will collaborate with engineering, operations, and QA to translate customer needs into clear requirements, prioritize backlog, and manage risks and stakeholders in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field with 8+ years of experience, or 10+ years of equivalent experience.
• Proven track record delivering on-time milestones within an engineering development team.
• Ability to apply first principles to solve complex problems.
• Experience with industrial equipment, robotics, and automation systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the accountable party reporting to the Product Manager for timely and on-budget delivery of products meeting requirements.
• Elevate budget, schedule, and priority issues to the Product Manager.
• Coordinate with functional leads to ensure best practices and consistent processes.
• Prioritize tasks to align with business and product goals, updating the Master Schedule.
• Collaborate with other Product Owners to meet high-level requirements.
• Capture and integrate stakeholder feedback to ensure the product solves the right problems.
• Inform functional disciplines of changes and implementations impacting their function.
• Record, manage, and track all product risks.

Skills

Product Management

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Communication

Agile / Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Job description

ICON is looking for a Senior Product Owner, to lead the work on the defined subsystem of Phoenix. As a Product Owner, at ICON, you will be responsible for the product deliverables to be accomplished by your team. This role is based at ICON’s Austin, TX campus.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the accountable party reporting to the Product Manager for timely & on-budget delivery of products meeting all requirements and interface needs.
• Proactively elevate all budget, schedule, priority, etc. issues to the Product Manager.
• Coordinate and consult with all functional leads to ensure processes are followed and there are consistent best practices amongst the team.
• Manage prioritization of tasks to ensure alignment with business and product goals and ensure tasks are updated in the Master Schedule.
• Coordinate and consult with all other Product Owners to ensure all high-level Product requirements are met.
• Capture and integrate feedback from stakeholders, customers, and end-users to ensure the product is solving the right problems.
• Ensure all necessary Functional Disciplines are informed of changes and implementations that impact their function.
• Record, manage, and track all risks for the product.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S. degree in Systems Engineering, Physics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or relevant science with 8 years of relevant experience or an associates degree in engineering or technology with 10+ years equivalent experience or proven experience in similar roles.
• Proven record of excelling within an engineering development team to deliver on-time milestones.
• Ability to use first principles creatively to solve difficult problems.
• Experience with the design and development of industrial equipment and machinery, industrial robotics, and mobile robotics, and an understanding and adapting to the field requirements for such machines, with knowledge of complex automation systems.
• Experience in working with manufacturers, and distributors, and building external partnerships.
• Proven track record of delivering products that meet customer requirements.
• Adept at communicating in a collaborative team environment and seeking optimum solutions with other team members.
• Knowledge of Jira and the AGILE methodology of project management.
• A service-oriented attitude when in a support role.
• Ability to prioritize and stay cool in a dynamic start-up environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 4+ Years experience in Product Management, Product Development, technical lead, or similar roles.
• Proven understanding of OSHA, CE, UL, ISO, Machinery Directive, and other governing rules for machine certification.

PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• Must be prepared to work, in part, in extreme environments: temps > 100 degrees or below freezing, sun, rain, mud, lack of electricity, etc.
• Must be able to travel 4+ weeks per year internationally.

ICON is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an innovative, inclusive, diverse and discrimination-free work environment. Employment with ICON is based on merit, competence, and qualifications. It is our policy to administer all personnel actions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. Consistent with the obligations of these laws, ICON will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Furthermore, as a federal government contractor, the Company maintains an affirmative action program which furthers its commitment and complies with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under certain federal civil rights laws and regulations, including Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (as amended).

Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit candidates through this application. ICON does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency submissions for candidates and will not pay fees to any third-party agency without a prior agreement with ICON.

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