
Product Owner – Supply Chain Product Lifecycle
Kimberly-Clark
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Neenah • Tennessee • Wisconsin • United States
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Salary
💰 $105,740 - $130,620 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Own and prioritize the Product Lifecycle backlog to maximize product value, translating business needs into clearly defined features, user stories, and acceptance criteria for the Agile delivery team.
- Lead the identification, development, and implementation of Product Lifecycle system enhancements by partnering with Product Management, UX, and Business Analysts to deliver high‑value, best‑in‑class solutions.
- Define and communicate product development increments to ensure the team delivers the right capabilities efficiently while balancing new features, technical debt, and innovation.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and cross‑functional partners to align priorities, refine requirements, and ensure solutions address real customer and business needs.
- Develop and maintain Quarterly (Release) plans based on delivery team capacity; partner with the Product Manager to scope, sequence, and set clear release goals during Quarterly Planning.
- Provide daily guidance and rapid decision‑making to unblock the team, clarify priorities, and support achievement of Sprint Goals; communicate progress and risks through regular status updates.
- Ensure delivery quality by validating work against acceptance criteria, Definition of Done, and non‑functional requirements, and by providing timely feedback throughout the sprint lifecycle.
- Coordinate cross‑functional resources—including engineering, UX, testing, DevOps, legal, training, documentation, marketing, and support—to plan and execute backlog items through delivery and launch.
- Plan and support Sprint Reviews, product demos, user acceptance testing, and rollout activities in partnership with Product Managers, business stakeholders, and the Agile Delivery Team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree, ideally in IT, Computer Science, Supply Chain or other related field.
- 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role, leading digital products that support supply chain, product lifecycle, or enterprise systems.
- Experience with Product Lifecycle processes and systems across Product Lifecyle Management, Supplier Lifecyle Management and/or Master Data Governance.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO or PSPO) with SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification, applying Agile principles to deliver scalable, supply‑chain‑enabled solutions.
- Customer-centric mindset with design thinking skills to understand the customer's needs, drive research, design with empathy, understand customer engagement and apply whole-product thinking.
- Experience with Key Collaborative Events and Processes like Demand Intake, Demand/Requests Assessment, Quarterly Planning, Product Backlog Management, Sprint Reviews and Product Demos.
- Established background in launching software/solutions or services in partnership with business and engineering teams.
- High degree of proficiency in wireframes, prototyping, iterative development, understanding of agile principles.
- Ability to inspire a team to act as a small business jointly accountable for its product.
- Experience successfully driving end-to-end delivery of highly innovative products, including a wide variety of mechanisms (e.g., digital core, dashboards, APIs, cloud, e-commerce, real-time alerts, artificial intelligence).
- Ability to travel up to 15%.
Benefits
- Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.
- Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
- Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.
- Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
- Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Product Lifecycle ManagementSupplier Lifecycle ManagementMaster Data GovernanceAgile principlesWireframesPrototypingIterative developmentDigital coreAPIsCloud
Soft Skills
Customer-centric mindsetDesign thinkingEmpathyTeam inspirationCollaborationCommunicationDecision-makingPrioritizationFeedback provisionProblem-solving
Certifications
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager