RouteOne

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 & Tools
automotive financing processesagile methodologiesScrumproject managementsoftware developmentproduct backlog managementuser story writingrequirements definitionproblem solvingSaaS
Soft Skills
critical thinkingteamworktime managementleadershipfacilitationeffective communicationpresentation skillsflexibilityadaptabilityconflict management