Senior Product Owner: Supplier Management Platform

NTT DATA, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision

HSA/FSA

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

401k Match

Job summary

NTT DATA seeks an experienced Product Owner to lead the replacement of a supplier management solution with a modern platform in San Diego, CA. You will define the product vision, manage the backlog, and align business and technical teams to deliver end-to-end supplier lifecycle capabilities.

The role requires 7–10 years in related fields, with 3+ years as Product Owner or PM and strong Agile experience. Collaboration with procurement, supply chain, supplier quality, and IT is essential, along

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7–10 years of professional experience, including 3+ years as a Product Owner, PM, Lead BA, or equivalent.
• 5+ years with Supply Chain, Procurement, Supplier Management, or ERP-related solutions.
• 5+ years leading enterprise software implementation or transformation programs using Agile methodologies.
• 3+ years of stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
• 3+ years of experience defining user stories, acceptance criteria, and managing product backlogs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Product Owner for the supplier management platform modernization initiative.
• Define and communicate the product vision, roadmap, and business priorities.
• Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, and IT stakeholders to gather and prioritize requirements.
• Own and maintain the product backlog, epics, features, and user stories.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and acceptance testing activities.
• Collaborate with solution architects, developers, implementation partners, and business teams to deliver scalable solutions.
• Drive process standardization while balancing global and regional business requirements.
• Define success metrics, KPIs, and business outcomes for supplier onboarding, qualification, risk management, and supplier performance processes.
• Support testing, training, change management, and deployment activities.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data governance, security, and compliance standards.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Backlog management

Agile methodologies

User stories

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Information Systems, Engineering

Tools

Infor LN

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

NTT DATA seeks an experienced Product Owner to lead the replacement of a supplier management solution with a modern platform in San Diego, CA. You will define the product vision, manage the backlog, and align business and technical teams to deliver end-to-end supplier lifecycle capabilities.

The role requires 7–10 years in related fields, with 3+ years as Product Owner or PM and strong Agile experience. Collaboration with procurement, supply chain, supplier quality, and IT is essential, along