Product Owner
RouteOne
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Farmington Hills • Missouri • United States
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About the role
- Manage the product lifecycle from planning through development, launch, and ongoing product enhancements.
- Support the definition, development, and delivery of the product(s) following the Route One systems lifecycle process.
- Drive release planning process.
- Regularly communicate with product stakeholders.
- Identify dealership and finance source problems through market research including visits to dealer and finance source customers.
- Communicate dealer and finance source needs via clearly defined and detailed problem statements.
- Define the solutions for validated and known market problems by writing detailed requirements, user stories, and maintaining a product backlog.
- Work with development team(s) to groom and refine the product backlog to ensure the development team works on priority items from the perspective of the stakeholders.
- Interact with customers to deliver enhancements to their specifications when custom functionality is required.
- Work with user experience designer to define how users will interact with the product(s).
- Understand the competitive landscape and expectations of personas (users and buyers) interacting with the product.
- Ensure acceptance criteria are met.
- Coordinate, facilitate, and conduct regular product updates.
- Provide input into long-term product roadmap.
- Coordinate with Legal and Security department to ensure any legal- or security- specific requirements are contemplated and addressed.
- Support dealer and finance source sales efforts as needed for assigned projects (including creation of sales materials and delivery of presentations).
- Act as subject-matter expert for functional product area(s).
- Maintain safety, security, and privacy standards throughout all areas of responsibility.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of automotive financing dealer and finance source processes
- Knowledgeable in technology (specifically software)
- Familiar with agile software implementation methodologies, specifically Scrum
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products including but not limited to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Visio
- Experience with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms
- Familiarity with software mockup and prototyping tools such as Figma or Balsamiq
- Familiarity with issue tracking tools such as JIRA
- Ability to think critically
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Time management
- Experience in owning and managing projects as well as displaying strong leadership and facilitation skills
- Effective verbal and written communications skills, including presentation skills
- Problem solver with a strong solution / implementation focus
- High degree of flexibility and adaptability and conflict management capability
- Self-motivated, self-directed, and politically astute; able to communicate effectively with all levels of internal and external organizations
Benefits
- Computer Science or Engineering degree or work experience a plus
- 3+ years of experience as a software product owner
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner certification a plus
- Sales and Marketing experience, specifically focused on new Product Development
- Pragmatic Marketing certification a plus
- Willingness to travel - This position requires occasional travel to customer sites in North America (10%)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
automotive financing processesagile methodologiesScrumproject managementsoftware developmentproduct backlog managementuser story writingrequirements definitionproblem solvingSaaS
Soft skills
critical thinkingteamworktime managementleadershipfacilitationeffective communicationpresentation skillsflexibilityadaptabilityconflict management