Strategic Product Owner — Industrial IT Solutions

Turner Industries; St. George (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Industries is seeking a Product Owner to join our Information Technology group in Baton Rouge, LA. This role drives product business goals, vision, and strategy, aligning what’s valuable to the business with the software development team.

You will gather requirements, lead estimations, storyboard features, prioritize the backlog, and communicate with business stakeholders and IT management to guide delivery. Travel may be required; performance and safety requirements apply.

Qualifications

• Degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or a business centric field paired with industrial construction job experience.
• 2+ years as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, QA, Scrum Team member, IT Trainer, Product Development, or closely related field
• Demonstrated skill at estimation, project management, leadership, negotiation, and collaborative team efforts
• Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential
• A positive attitude, open mind, and willingness to learn are essential
• Post offer drug / alcohol screen, physical evaluation, and signed acceptance of the company Drug, Alcohol and Contraband Policy
• Comply with company and client job site safety requirements
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others in the workplace

Responsibilities

• Be comfortable as a product's primary stakeholder; be able to develop a vision of what product we wish to build; convey that product to the team and use it to strategize the products direction; developing a solid understanding of the users, the business and competitive advantage brought from developing the product; skillful at diplomatically representing the business, the team and IT management; negotiating mutually beneficial alternatives to features between the business and developers; build & prioritize the features list meeting the product requirements; create business models, dictionaries, roadmaps, storyboards, MVP (Minimal Viable Product), MMF (Minimum Marketable Feature) and estimates for the product; providing estimates, risk analysis, project status updates and guidance to the business, the team and IT management; promoting visibility of the product; putting on display artifacts which promote transparency of a project; be available to business owners and the development team
• Compensation: Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience.
• Benefits: Depending on your employment status, benefits include health, dental, vision, life, ADD, voluntary life / ADD, disability benefits, leaves of absence, 401k, paid time off, paid holidays, telehealth access, and employee assistance program.
• Physical Involvement: May be required to do the following: reaching in all directions; handling and manipulating objects and materials; coordinating the movements of eyes, hands and fingers to operate tools and equipment; standing / sitting; walking; seeing with or without correction; hearing with or without correction; typing / data entry

Skills

Product ownership

Estimation

Project management

Leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Industrial construction context

Education

Technical degree in CS or business-related field

Job description

Turner Industries is seeking a Product Owner to join our Information Technology group in Baton Rouge, LA. This role drives product business goals, vision, and strategy, aligning what’s valuable to the business with the software development team.

You will gather requirements, lead estimations, storyboard features, prioritize the backlog, and communicate with business stakeholders and IT management to guide delivery. Travel may be required; performance and safety requirements apply.