Expeditors - Seattle, WA
posted 3 months ago
As a Business Analyst II (Product Owner) at Expeditors, you will play a pivotal role in leading the development of a new system designed to manage local freight movement. This position is part of the Cargo Services group, which focuses on creating core business applications that enhance our global logistics operations. You will be responsible for setting the vision and defining the functional outcomes of the software that your team will deliver. Your role will involve close collaboration with the development team, Product Management, business stakeholders, and IS management to ensure that customer value is delivered through the software products your team develops. In this position, you will act as the customer proxy, guiding your team's development priorities to align with the long-term product vision, customer feedback, and market opportunities. You will utilize SAFe Lean-Agile development practices to ensure that the highest value features are prioritized and delivered to users. Your strong understanding of both the business and technical domains will enable you to provide clear direction to the software development team, ensuring that each member understands how their contributions align with the overall company vision. You will also be part of an Agile Scrum team, where you will serve in a decision-making leadership role. Your responsibilities will include solving application-level initiatives, contributing to release planning and solution design, and evolving best practices. You will communicate effectively across roles and stakeholders, build and prioritize the team backlog, and draft specific team objectives for each iteration and Program Increment (PI). Your ability to break features down into stories, define acceptance criteria, and represent the team at program-level meetings will be crucial to your success in this role. Additionally, you will participate in team demos, reviews, and retrospectives, always with an eye toward continuous improvement.