Product Owner - Warehouse Management and Execution Systems

About this role

Job Summary
The Product Owner works closely with their software development team and business stakeholders to support the planning, prioritization, and execution of software development projects. The Product Owner is responsible for maintaining product backlogs, gathering requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives, meeting timelines, and supporting end-users as they utilize our systems.


This role will work alongside another Product Owner on our fast-growing Warehouse Advancement development team, which is responsible for critical warehouse management system (WMS) and warehouse execution system (WES) projects. Some travel to our distribution centers throughout the United States will be required.


The Product Owner will work with other members of the Operations Support Services team; members of one or more agile development teams; stakeholders and end-users in the warehouse and other departments throughout the company; and representatives from third-party software and mechanical vendors.


Responsibilities

• Co-owning your team’s backlog in Azure DevOps (ADO) and maintaining a thorough understanding of all active work items
• Interpreting organizational and stakeholder needs and translating them into concise, yet comprehensive, work items for the development team (bugs, PBIs, features, and research spikes)
• Becoming an expert on assigned internal processes, hardware, and software tools, and proactively applying that knowledge towards system creation and improvements
• Explaining the ‘what’ and ‘why’ behind all work items to facilitate accurate refinement and sizing
• Prioritizing and organizing your team’s backlog on a continuous basis to ensure transparency and keep the most critical work items positioned for timely completion
• Utilizing the ‘minimum viable product’ concept to ensure delivery within deadlines
• Developing a quarterly roadmap to effectively communicate priorities and vision to the development team and stakehold...