Product Owner

Product Owner (Remote)

We re seeking a Product Owner to guide the discovery, delivery, and adoption of enterprise supply-chain and transportation platforms. You ll translate business strategy into outcomes, own and order the product backlog, and ensure each increment delivers measurable value to operations and customers. The role blends logistics/TMS domain fluency with strong product execution in an Agile environment. The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing value and for effective backlog management (vision, ordering, clarity), working closely with engineering, design, QA, data, and integration teams. You ll be part of a cross-functional product team supported by a Scrum Master; you own the vision, prioritization, and acceptance of increments.

Location: Remote working eastern or central time

Compensation: $120,000 to $130,000 per year

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What You ll Do:

Backlog Ownership & Execution

• Translate product strategy into actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria and supporting context.
• Maintain and prioritize a well-groomed backlog in Jira, balancing technical dependencies, user needs, and business priorities; keep 1 2 sprints of Ready work.
• Own value and ordering make timely scope and priority calls; accept or reject increments against acceptance criteria and Definition of Done (DoD).
• Partner with engineering, QA, and UX to ensure items meet Definition of Ready/Done (DoR/DoD).
• Participate in Scrum events (Planning, Refinement, Review, Retro); keep the team focused and sequence cross-team dependencies.

Delivery & Quality

• Act as the voice of the customer during development; define acceptance tests and validate increments to ensure valuable, usable outcomes.
• Validate releases through UAT, operational testing, and post-deployment feedback loops.
• Support release readiness and communicate new functionality to business users (release notes, SOP updates, self-serve guides).
• Monitor flow and quality (e.g., cycle time, defect escape rate) and drive timely corrective actions.

Collaboration & Communication

• Serve as the central point of contact between delivery teams and business stakeholders across operations, sales, and customer service.
• Communicate progress, risks, and scope decisions to stakeholders; make trade-offs explicit and evidence-based.
• Document functionality, workflows, and user impacts in Confluence and other shared knowledge bases; enable field teams with concise how-to and change notes.
• Coordinate with the Scrum Master to support effective Reviews and a healthy team cadence.

Alignment & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with stakeholders to align Sprint Goals to broader roadmap milestones and strategic initiatives.
• Analyze and report on feature adoption, quality metrics, and sprint outcomes to inform future iterations; update the backlog rapidly after Reviews.
• Contribute to process improvements that enhance delivery efficiency and team collaboration; refine DoR/DoD as the product evolves.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies through established Agile ceremonies and forums.

What You Bring to the Table:

• 3+ years in a Product Owner or Product Manager role delivering software products or platforms.
• Must have experience with supply chain and/or transportation (planning, execution, visibility, financials), with practical experience supporting or evolving TMS/visibility or adjacent systems.
• Demonstrated skill in user story writing, backlog ordering, acceptance/validation, and Agile delivery with cross-functional teams.
• Strong stakeholder facilitation and communication; comfortable with executives, operations, and engineers.
• Data literacy: able to define metrics, read dashboards, and use insights to shape priorities.
• Proficiency with Jira/Confluence (or similar Agile delivery tools).

• Experience coordinating work across multiple business units and multiple systems (TMS, visibility, WMS, ERP, CRM) is a plus.
• Familiarity with EDI/API concepts and logistics data flows; comfort partnering on data quality and eventing is a plus.
• Exposure to scaled delivery (e.g., PI/quarterly planning, dependency management) and outcome-based roadmaps is a plus.
• Certifications (e.g., CSPO/PSPO, SAFe PO/PM) are a plus.

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