Overview
Remote
$65 - $70
Contract - W2
Contract - 3 Month(s)
10% Travel
Skills
Akeneo
PIM
ECommerce
Job Details
Position: Product Owner- Akeneo PIM
Location: Primarily remote, but there will be a few days per month onsite at the client office in Cleveland required
Top Skills/Experience Needed:
- Akeneo PIM experience (they will be leading the implementation of Akeneo as the primary Product Owner)
- If no Akeneo experience, candidates must have vast experience in the commerce space with heavy integration experience
- Own and manage the product backlog, user stories, and prioritization
- Understand data models, workflows, and APIs
- Be hands-on and curious enough to learn the platform and assist in troubleshooting or solutioning with developers
- Collaborate with engineering, QA, and business teams to ensure successful configuration and integration
- Strong communication skills to liaise between technical teams and business stakeholders
Project/Industry Experience:
- Commerce platform experience required, ideally large scale implementations and integrations
- Automotive experience preferred
Job Description:
As a Product Owner , you will serve as our clients trusted advisors in defining, articulating and executing a product strategy that transforms customer experience and business outcomes. As a Product Owner, you will collaborate with clients undertaking major Digital Business Transformation (DBT) engagements to understand their business and end-customer needs, and then constantly deliver value with fast release and feedback cycles.
Your Impact:
Partner with clients, consultants, and strategists to articulate business goals and value pools from which we can shape product propositions that provide transformative business outcomes or customer experience
Develop solution hypotheses iteratively based on competitive benchmarking, industry and market trend analysis, and customer journey mapping to guide product development; then validate that learning with user testing
Translate product strategy into a roadmap containing well-defined and prioritized user stories, and features and enablers that will realize the product vision to assist the client in achieving a long-term competitive advantage
Establish objective goals for the product with success and acceptance criteria using meaningful metrics, KPIs, and quantifiable business outcomes
Design and enable solutions or digital transformation initiatives that enhance business value delivery and responsiveness for our clients by applying Lean and Agile practices and frameworks
Build and maintain a trusting relationship with the client, teams, and vendors; develop influence without authority
Inspire, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of Product Analysts to continually facilitate improvements in developing and enhancing best-in-class digital products and services
Your Skills & Experience:
Demonstrated success managing digital products, strategy, experience, and enterprise solutions/services from ideation to launch, including engineering and operational quality
Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team on customer-focused products and services
Significant industry knowledge and expertise
Proven ability to prioritize competing demands and obtain buy-in from stakeholders
Deep understanding of design thinking principles, having led or facilitated workshops to cultivate the innovation process
Ability to solve complex business problems to maximize value while balancing technical constraints
Mastery in techniques and methodologies that maximize flow of value and are deeply rooted in Agile, Lean and continuous delivery principles with a passion to extend that understanding throughout the organization
Proven track record of working with senior client stakeholder and diverse teams as a servant leader and steward of economic and customer value
Ability to use storytelling to influence decisions without formal authority
Comfortable with financials, KPIs, and forecasts with success leveraging such data to make decisions about product iterations
Set Yourself Apart With:
Certified Scrum Product Owner designation
Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager designation
A Tip from the Hiring Manager:
A successful Product Owner combines leadership skills and a broad Lean Agile mindset with tactical Product Analyst skills to help guide clients in their transformation pursuits
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