Sr. Product Owner (Exp in manufacturing or industrial environments) - 12+ Years

Sr. Product Owner (experience in manufacturing or industrial environments)

Location: This role is onsite in New York City at least 3 days per week.

Length of project: 3 months, with potential to extend

About the job: The Product Owner plays a pivotal role during the initial phase of the project, ensuring that the product vision is firmly grounded in real operational needs, workflows, and expectations. Positioned onsite in New York City, this role acts as the primary link between business users and the broader product and delivery teams. The Product Owner is responsible for defining the product vision, aligning stakeholders, and steering development to ensure the solution supports manufacturing, customer service, and quality processes effectively.

What you will do at Sogeti:

• Act as a senior, clientfacing Product Owner, serving as the primary point of contact for business stakeholders and operational users.
• Define and own the product vision, ensuring alignment with manufacturing, customer service, and quality process requirements.
• Engage directly with onsite operational teams through workshops, interviews, and observation to understand workflows, constraints, and value drivers.
• Translate business and operational needs into a structured product backlog, story maps, and a clear product roadmap.
• Steer solution development in close coordination with UX, engineering, and delivery teams across multiple locations.
• Ensure ongoing alignment between client expectations and delivery execution, supporting prioritization, tradeoff decisions, and scope clarity.
• Support implementation activities by providing product guidance, validation, and decisionmaking throughout the delivery lifecycle.

What you will bring:

• Seniorlevel experience as a Product Owner in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Strong clientfacing posture with demonstrated experience working directly with operational and executive stakeholders.
• Handson experience with MES and/or ERP systems in a manufacturing context.
• Prior experience in the luxury industry or highend manufacturing environments.
• Proven ability to work effectively with distributed, international delivery teams.