Senior Product Owner

About the position

The Senior Product Owner will be responsible for developing software requirement specifications to enable Exostar's Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industry customers to collaborate with their customers and suppliers. The product scope for this position includes procure-to-pay automation, order-to-cash automation, manufacturing visibility, and logistics and transportation visibility within the global A&D industry sectors. The Product Owner / Senior Business Analyst will work with technical team members and stakeholders to ensure success of the product feature delivery and adoption, while providing technical leadership and innovation to internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop user stories and manage them to completion
• Prioritize activity within sprints and releases
• Manage user acceptance testing
• Prioritize support requests and bug fixes
• Demonstrate products internally and externally
• Collaborate with internal teams to analyze information needs and functional requirements
• Deliver the following artifacts as needed: functional requirements, use cases, UI and interface designs, software requirements specification (SRS)
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to execute the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
• Provide draft product and training documentation, compile release notes, and define technical product specifications

Requirements

• 7 to 10 years of experience in product ownership or business analysis
• Over 7 years of domain experience in manufacturing
• Proven track record of managing zero-to-one initiatives, whether features or products
• Skilled in developing and tracking KPIs and metrics for product ownership
• Strong analytical and product skills, with the ability to interpret business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
• Excel in verbal and written communication
• Ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts
• Adept at adapting and managing multiple priorities
• Confident negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building skills
• Accountability for work, showing initiative, and being proactive
• Strong focus on customer success

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with supply chain collaboration solutions such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, etc.
• Familiarity with EDI protocols and data structures
• Experience in the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry
• Managed SaaS or Cloud applications
• Proficient in using Jira and Confluence
• Experience in agile development

Benefits

• Employee development with internal promotions and training
• Fun, engaged workplace with social and community-building events
• Comprehensive benefits and flexible time off plans