World Wide Technology · 4 hours ago
Product Owner
Maryland Heights, MO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$100K/yr - $130K/yr
5+ years expWorld Wide Technology is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. The Product Owner plays a critical role within the HR & Incentive Compensation team, responsible for translating enterprise and business objectives into clear, prioritized features and backlog items for development teams.
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Responsibilities
Owns and evolves the product vision in partnership with business stakeholders, ensuring the right product capabilities are defined and delivered to meet enterprise and domain needs
Clearly communicates product vision, priorities, and context to delivery teams; works closely with the team on a daily basis to answer questions and review and approve user stories
Builds and maintains strong working relationships with business partners, stakeholders, peers, and development teams; influences direction and fosters a collaborative, outcome-focused team environment
Manages changing priorities and escalations by balancing business needs, technical constraints, and delivery capacity; adjusts team backlog and sequencing as necessary
Partners with stakeholders to understand how assigned products support business objectives and translates those objectives into prioritized product capabilities and backlog items
Identifies and drives process improvements, automation opportunities, and service enhancements to improve product delivery, quality, and operational efficiency
Participate in third-party vendor relationships related to assigned products, including license oversight, contract inputs, and coordination with procurement and legal partners as needed
Develops and maintains a deep understanding of the product user base and ecosystem, including upstream and downstream system dependencies, to inform product decisions and stakeholder discussions
Leads backlog prioritization by negotiating trade-offs with stakeholders and delivery teams to maximize business value and delivery outcomes
Collaborates with other Product Owners to identify, manage, and prioritize cross-team dependencies and shared initiatives
Authors, refines, and maintains clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria in partnership with the delivery team
Ensures delivery teams have sufficient business context, requirements clarity, and acceptance criteria to execute effectively
Stays informed of relevant industry trends, vendor capabilities, and competitive practices to inform product strategy and recommendations
Develops, maintains, and communicates product roadmaps (short- and long-term) to stakeholders and delivery teams, aligning priorities with business outcomes and architectural direction
Ensures regular product demos and reviews are conducted with stakeholders to validate delivered functionality and gather feedback
Serves as a confident communicator who can clearly explain technical concepts and product decisions to non-technical audiences
Applies strong understanding of business rules and logic to support high-quality story development and product outcomes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent work experience)
A minimum of 5 years' progressive experience in a related field required
3+ years' experience as a member of an agile software development team
3+ years' experience working as a Product Owner of Product Manager
3+ years' experience working directly with business stakeholders
Experience working with driving the value of a product in support of Human Resources or Compensation Planning processes
Experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner/Manager
Exposure to Product Management responsibilities
Experience collaborating with other Product Owners and teams to prioritize and align dependencies
Practical experience creating and communicating product visions
Proven ability to translate a product vision into an action
Proven ability to oversee product implementation
Demonstrates techniques for quickly and effectively understanding business partner's needs
Demonstrates experience in helping stakeholders identify business value/objectives and uses this to prioritize work
Demonstrates ability to effectively negotiate between competing stakeholders to ensure the highest value objectives are met
Demonstrates knowledge of product analytics by creating and using delivery metrics, predictability, and forecasting; given appropriate data, can create (and draw conclusions from) a forecast and communicate that information to stakeholders with progress updates and metrics
Proficient at researching, analyzing, and identifying requirements
Demonstrates ability to clearly identify and explain what business value is
Proficient at breaking down and organizing requirements and the relationship between business goals, product vision, and Epics/Capabilities/Features/Stories; must be clearly visible and aligned
Benefits
Variable incentive compensation, such as bonuses or commissions
Company
World Wide Technology
World Wide Technology provides technology and supply chain solutions for large public and private organizations.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25M2000-02-13Series Unknown· $25M
Leadership Team
Michael Taylor
Chief Technology Officer
Thomas Strunk
CFO at WWT
Recent News
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