Platform Product Owner

Title: Platform Product Owner (ECommerce / Technical Platform)

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Job Description

Role Overview

Client is seeking a Platform Product Owner to own and drive the technical health, security, and stability of its ecommerce platform. This is a newly created role designed to bring product ownership discipline to platformlevel, securityfocused initiatives.

This position is not a functional or business-facing Product Owner role. Instead, it is ideal for a Product Owner with a strong technical mindset who enjoys working on platform stability, upgrades, security requirements, and release execution rather than customer-facing features.

The initial engagement is expected to last at least six months, with a high likelihood of extension due to the volume of platform and technical initiatives underway at Rexel.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Ownership & Vision

• Act as the technical Platform Product Owner for the ecommerce platform
• Maintain a clear platform vision, roadmap, and delivery timelines
• Own platform-level scope decisions and technical priorities
• Ensure the platform remains stable, secure, and production-ready

Security & Platform Stability

• Partner closely with security teams to deliver required platform-level security changes
• Ensure security requirements are translated into clear technical user stories
• Own and coordinate platform upgrades, patches, and configuration changes
• Ensure platform configurations are secure (e.g., backend controls, component scope, access restrictions)
• No hands-on security engineering required; work is at the platform governance and delivery level

Technical Product Ownership

• Define and manage technical user stories, acceptance criteria, and scope
• Ensure development work is properly tested (UAT) and production-ready
• Validate that platform changes meet security and stability requirements
• Drive work through completion and successful release into production

CrossTeam Coordination & Communication

• • Work closely with:
    • Other Product Owners
    • Product teams
    • Security teams
    • QA and testing teams
  • Manage crossproduct dependencies and downstream impacts
  • Serve as the primary point of coordination for platform-related changes
  • Primary customers are internal product teams and security teams, not end users

Release & Delivery Management

• • Drive release planning for platform upgrades, patches, and security work
  • Coordinate timelines across development, testing, and release activities
  • Communicate milestones, risks, and timelines clearly to stakeholders
  • Blend Product Owner responsibilities with light project delivery leadership

Platform & Technology Context

Platform: Ecommerce (SAP Hybris)

o Hybris experience is a plus, not required

o Any solid ecommerce platform experience is acceptable

Role focuses on maintaining and securing the existing Hybris cloud platform

Rexel is evolving toward a microservices architecture, making platform coordination critical

Team & Working Model

No direct reports

Owns and works with a pod/group of developers, primarily based in India

Requires strong coordination across time zones

On-site presence in Dallas is required

Ideal Candidate Profile

Product Owner with a strong technical/platform orientation

Comfortable discussing:

o APIs

o Platform architecture concepts

o Technical dependencies

o Security requirements at a conceptual level

Not a purely functional or business-only Product Owner

Strong communicator who can translate technical complexity into clear direction

Enjoys owning platform health, stability, and delivery

Approximately 80% IT/technical focus, with awareness of functional impact

Required Qualifications

Experience as a Product Owner or similar role on technical or platform-focused initiatives

Experience working with engineering teams and defining technical user stories

Strong stakeholder communication and coordination skills

Experience supporting releases, upgrades, and production deployments

Preferred Qualifications

Ecommerce platform experience (Hybris or similar)

Experience working with offshore development teams