Product Owner

Cai - Miramar, FL

Full-time - Mid Level

Miramar, FL

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

As an IT Product Owner at CAI, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategy, vision, and roadmap for one or two key products within our IT team. This full-time position is hybrid, allowing for a blend of onsite and remote work, and is structured as a contract role that is renewed semi-annually. Your primary responsibility will be to collaborate closely with senior management to ensure that product development aligns with the overarching business goals and objectives. In this role, you will work alongside the product manager to gain a deep understanding of customer expectations and business values related to platform features. You will be tasked with developing a feature-based roadmap that includes clear objectives and milestones, ensuring that all relevant stakeholders are involved in the process to maintain technical feasibility and alignment with the product technology roadmap. Effective communication will be key, as you will coordinate between the scrum team and stakeholders, conduct milestone demonstrations, and write detailed epics and user stories for the scrum team backlog. Your expertise will guide the definition of the Minimal Viable Product (MVP) based on strategic measures, and you will manage the scope and prioritize the team backlogs regularly. You will also provide guidance during sprint planning, verify documentation of product decisions, and review user story completion against acceptance criteria. Risk management will be a critical aspect of your role, requiring you to identify, track, and manage risks in collaboration with the Delivery Lead. Additionally, you will work with program and engineering managers to communicate project statuses and manage cross-team dependencies to foster collaboration and prevent impediments. As a leader in this position, you will coach and mentor other product analysts, promoting a culture of innovation while remaining current with industry trends to advise on solution approaches that meet evolving business needs. You will also be responsible for managing resources, including financial implications and costs associated with product development, ensuring that decisions are made with a focus on maximizing return on investment (ROI).

Responsibilities

• Work with the product manager to understand customer expectations, requirements, and business values for platform features.
• Develop a feature-based roadmap, objectives, and milestones with involvement from all relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate communications between the scrum team and stakeholders.
• Conduct milestone demonstrations with stakeholders.
• Write epics and user stories with acceptance criteria for the scrum team backlog.
• Drive definition of the Minimal Viable Product (MVP) based on business and strategic measures.
• Manage scope, groom, and prioritize one or two team backlogs on a regular basis.
• Provide guidance to the scrum team during sprint planning.
• Verify accurate documentation and communication of product/application decisions and strategies.
• Review and accept or reject user story completion based on acceptance criteria.
• Identify, address, track, and manage risks, and escalate when necessary in collaboration with the Delivery Lead.
• Work with program and engineering managers to communicate project statuses and risks.
• Identify and manage cross-team dependencies to prevent impediments and foster collaboration.
• Leverage JIRA, Confluence, and other tools to provide metrics and reports for sprint and project management.
• Lead, coach, and mentor other product analysts and promote a culture of innovation.
• Remain current with business industry and operational trends to advise and advocate solution approaches for systems and applications.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of accounting rules for product capital and expense activities.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or any related discipline.
• 5+ years of work experience as a Product Owner in Software Engineering / Information Technology or related area.
• Proven ability to lead, facilitate, coach, mentor, and communicate effectively in both interpersonal and group settings.
• Demonstrates extensive proficiency, experience, and understanding of core competencies related to product management.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with multiple products or multiple releases of a critical product.
• Ability to manage conflicts between business units, sales, marketing, and engineering teams.
• Experience in defining and managing the fulfillment of plans for integration with other products and platforms.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Flexible scheduling
• Paid holidays
• Professional development opportunities