Sr Product Owner

tti; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool is seeking a Product Owner to drive the development and delivery of digital products, collaborating with Developers, Designers, and Digital Product Managers to define requirements and prioritize features for timely releases.

You will lead agile ceremonies, own acceptance criteria, maintain the backlog, and translate market insights into concrete product improvements, while mentoring teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in IT, Engineering, or Business Management or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years as a Product Owner on an agile software team.

Responsibilities

• Promote collaboration and ensure team understanding of roles.
• Lead agile ceremonies: sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews.
• Collaborate with development to ensure clear user story acceptance; be the team captain.
• Maintain a prioritized backlog with epics, features, and user stories; refine backlog.
• Define and prioritize features and create/maintain a product roadmap.
• Work with UX designers to ensure a seamless user experience.

Skills

Product Owner

Agile methods

Cross-functional collaboration

Excellent communication

Education

4-year degree in IT/Engineering/Business

Equivalent experience

Tools

ADO

Jira

Trello

Lucid

Confluence

Job description

Job Description:

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.; Sponsorship is not available for this position.

WE CREATE EMPOWERED LEADERS! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success -- so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to provide drive product development!

Our team is responsible for delivering the absolute best digital experiences to our end users and customers. Behind our doors you'll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to support the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you'll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen.

Your Role on Our Team

As a Product Owner, you will be responsible for driving the development and delivery of innovative products that meet user needs and business goals. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Developers, Designers, and Digital Product Managers, to define product requirements, prioritize features, and ensure successful product releases. The ideal candidate is detail oriented, highly organized, analytical, curious, an excellent communicator, and possesses a deep understanding of agile product delivery principles and practices.

You'll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:

• Promoting a culture where teams are inspired to collaborate; ensuring everyone understands their part in the process.
• Performing the soft skills of Product Ownership such as team collaboration, being detail oriented, and being a problem solver.
• Driving agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, and sprint reviews with a continued analysis of team ceremonies effectiveness.
• Collaborating with the development team to ensure clear understanding and acceptance of user stories for digital products. Be the team captain!
• Building a relationship with the dev lead to ensure product development aligns with stakeholder needs.
• Maintaining a prioritized product backlog for digital products with epics, features, and user stories. Continuously refining and grooming the backlog to ensure a clear understanding of the product requirements.
• Writing & owning acceptance criteria.
• Defining and prioritizing digital product features and enhancements based on the product manager's product vision. Creating and maintaining a product roadmap that outlines the timeline for delivering key product milestones.
• Working closely with UX designers and developers to ensure a seamless and engaging user experience across digital products. Helping to reinforce user-centered design principles and best practices.
• Acting as a communication bridge between technology functions and the product managers to understand key issues, identify perception gaps, and resolve questions.
• Effectively communicating product updates and status to necessary audience.
• Opportunity for mentorship, guiding teams & fostering a collaborative environment. Sharing experiences and best practices with other Product Owners.
• Working with product managers to translate market insights into actionable product improvements for digital products.
• Identifying opportunities for process or technology improvements within the team.
• Debating, challenging and aligning with product managers to arrive at an ideal outcome.
• Collaborating with product managers to create comprehensive documentation that is needed & ensure appropriate training & support materials are available.

The TOOLS you’ll bring with you:

• 4-year degree in IT, Engineering, or Business Management minimum; OR equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience as a Product Owner working on an agile software product team

Other TOOLS we prefer you to have:

• Product Owner certification (e.g., CSPO)
• Passion for technology and a deep understanding of market trends and customer needs in the digital product space.
• Familiarity with product management tools, such as ADO, Jira, Trello, Lucid, and Confluence.
• Knowledge of UX/UI design principles and best practices for digital products.
• Strong organizational and project management skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in program governance using both waterfall and agile methodologies combined with demonstrated ability to manage large, complex projects.
• Strong partner who can quickly learn business processes and provide strategic insight and guidance.
• Ability to gather requirements from business partners.
• Ability to breakdown strategic objectives into actionable work for development teams
• Background in collaborating with custom development teams.
• Ability to distill complex concepts and ideas to simple brief points of communication - This person must have the innate ability to communicate in a powerfully succinct manner in verbal and written form.
• Strong evidence of strategic thinking and experience executing in a fast-paced cross functional environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and