What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner position at SPS COMMERCE?
Description:
SPS Commerce is growing! We are looking to add a Product Owner on our Automotive Aftermarket Team. The Product Owner will be responsible for conveying the product vision created by Product Management to the engineering team by creating user stories, user story acceptance criteria and accepting these stories as part of the definition of done. Success is measured by impact to a product's profitability and customer retention and the ability to help lead a balanced and predictable engineering team. The role will work closely with peers to articulate priority and manage delivery trade-offs. The Product Owner will own, prioritize, and groom the product backlog - consulting with product managers, prospects, customers, and other stakeholders. The role will collaborate and communicate daily with the software engineering and user experience (UX) teams to oversee and approve product designs, enhancements, and quality.
Does this sound like you?
Why SPS?
We solve retail supply chain problems by cutting through inefficiency with innovation and automation. At SPS we empower retailers, suppliers, distributors, grocers, and logistics partners to work better together with our people, our process and our tech products. We have the world’s largest retail network, and we don’t just lead the industry, we are the industry.
What is the day to day like?
What is required?
What is preferred?
SPS Commerce offers a comprehensive package of benefits including health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, paid time-off, 401(k), health and flexible spending accounts, stock purchase plan and more.
**EOE including veterans/disability**
**Hybrid Role in Des Moines, IA**
SPS Commerce is growing! We are looking to add a Product Owner on our Automotive Aftermarket Team. The Product Owner will be responsible for conveying the product vision created by Product Management to the engineering team by creating user stories, user story acceptance criteria and accepting these stories as part of the definition of done. Success is measured by impact to a product's profitability and customer retention and the ability to help lead a balanced and predictable engineering team. The role will work closely with peers to articulate priority and manage delivery trade-offs. The Product Owner will own, prioritize, and groom the product backlog - consulting with product managers, prospects, customers, and other stakeholders. The role will collaborate and communicate daily with the software engineering and user experience (UX) teams to oversee and approve product designs, enhancements, and quality.
Does this sound like you?
You are detail orientated, you're curious about how things fit together and like to put together the puzzle and problem solve.- You're flexible and can adapt to changes easily.
- You have a high-level understanding of the retail supply chain and how orders are fulfilled between buyers and suppliers.
Why SPS?
We solve retail supply chain problems by cutting through inefficiency with innovation and automation. At SPS we empower retailers, suppliers, distributors, grocers, and logistics partners to work better together with our people, our process and our tech products. We have the world’s largest retail network, and we don’t just lead the industry, we are the industry.
At SPS, we believe every employee makes a difference. We ensure employees have the tools, resources, and training to explore new ideas and execute them. Our success comes from playing as a team and always playing to win. Careers don’t just grow here, they’re made here.
What is the day to day like?
Partner with product manager(s) to understand the market and the customers you are serving to convey that vision to engineering and other stakeholders.- Leverage that market understanding to better inform day to day tradeoffs of features and timing.
- Manage and refine requirements-gathering effort on the epics as needed, consulting with product management, prospects, customers, and other stakeholders.
- Write detailed acceptance criteria as part of user story creation.
- Respond to questions from developers and clarify requirements related to voice of customer (VOC) and business requirements.
- Iterate product designs in collaboration with UX and engineering teams.
- Demonstrates the latest iterations to customers and internal stakeholders (prerelease) to gather feedback.
- Participate in scrum ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, demos, grooming and release planning.
What is required?
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.
What is preferred?
Prior experience working in an agile development environment.- Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
SPS Commerce offers a comprehensive package of benefits including health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, paid time-off, 401(k), health and flexible spending accounts, stock purchase plan and more.
**EOE including veterans/disability**
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