Lead Product Owner

The Lead Product Owner leads Product Management for one or more platforms and represents the end user of a software product during product planning, development, and release, as a part of the Agile development process.

Why work for Clean Harbors?

• Health and Safety is our #1 priority, and we live it 3-6-5!
• Competitive wages and robust career growth opportunities.
• Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full-time employment.
• Group 401K with a company matching component.
• Generous paid time off, company-paid training, and tuition reimbursement.
• Positive and safe work environments, with sustainability as a core value.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads Product Management for one or more platforms
• Defines users, creates and maintains user stories, and develops and prioritizes functional requirements for new or revised features or enhancements
• Develops manageable deliverables, milestones, and development schedules from large or complex user stories;
• Estimates release dates and modifies schedule as required.
• Establishes acceptance criteria for user stories, develops test cases, and approves stories.
• May assist product marketing in defining the target market, developing marketing materials, or understanding the product value proposition.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Related field
• 7+ years of experience in a similar position
• Certified Scrum Product
• Owner (CSPO) Or Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I & II)
• Product Vision & Roadmapping: Ability to define and communicate a compelling product vision aligned with business goals.
• Value Prioritization: Focus on maximizing business and customer value through clear prioritization frameworks (e.g., MoSCoW, WSJF).
• Market and Customer Understanding: Deep empathy for users, industry trends, and competitive landscape.
• Outcome-Driven Mindset: Emphasis on KPIs, OKRs, and measurable outcomes rather than just outputs.
• Backlog Management: Create and maintain a well-groomed, prioritized product backlog.
• User Story Writing: Craft clear, concise user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Sprint Planning & Reviews: Lead Agile ceremonies to align development teams with customer value delivery.
• Incremental Delivery: Ensure regular releases of valuable features through iterative development.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Act as the voice of the customer while balancing input from business, design, and engineering.
• Influencing Without Authority: Guide stakeholders, resolve conflicts, and gain consensus on priorities.
• Customer Advocacy: Champion customer feedback loops (e.g., interviews, NPS, surveys) into the product lifecycle.
• Executive Communication: Present roadmaps, trade-offs, and progress updates clearly to leadership teams.
• Mentorship: Coach junior product owners, business analysts, or scrum teams on best practices.
• Decision-Making: Confidently make prioritization and trade-off decisions under ambiguity.
• Change Agent: Lead through influence during Agile transformations or organizational shifts.
• Technical Understanding: Not coding-level, but must grasp architecture, APIs, integrations, and platform limitations.
• Data Literacy: Ability to interpret dashboards, experiment with A/B testing, and apply metrics to decision-making.
• Tool Proficiency: Jira, Confluence, Productboard, Miro, Figma, and analytics platforms (e.g., GA4, Mixpanel).
• Demonstrated strong organizational skills in order to meet tight deadlines as well as coordinate, prioritize, and communicate project statuses to required parties.
• Project management skills
• Ability to build collaborative relationships and work as part of a team
• Decision-making skills
• Oral and written communication skills
• Analytical thinking skills
• Performs work with a high degree of latitude
• Handles the moderate/complex issues

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