Product Owner I

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Product Owner I

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Yes, 5% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $64,200.00 - $96,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

Cox Automotive is looking for a talented Product Owner I to join our FleetNet America team in Cherryville, NC.

About FleetNet America: FleetNet America is seizing the opportunity to power the fleet industry. With the largest network of vetted service providers and best in class 24/7/365 customer service, we get you back on the road faster. We are flexible to meet the needs of any fleet with industry-leading end-to-end managed care, fleet insights, roadside assistance and more.

Key Responsibilities:

The Product Owner I will be responsible for managing the product backlog or the prioritized list of requirements for future product development. The candidate in this role will write epics and stories (descriptions of desired solution or product functionality) in plain language, prioritizes team’s backlog and maintains feature conceptual and technical integrity. Responsible for the effective management and prioritization of defects and feature enhancements to ensure they are resolved at the right time. Maintains significant relationships and responsibilities outside the team, including working with Product Management and engaging cross-functionally to ensure successful delivery of the roadmap as planned.

• Gains familiarity with Product Owner concepts, practices and methodologies.
• Partners with Product Managers to understand product strategy and roadmaps.
• Typically assigned to work with one specific Scrum team.
• Assists release train and scrum teams via product increment (PI) planning, prioritization and software development details.
• Works with assigned teams to maintain velocity.
• Assists with prioritization and management of backlog and implementation.
• Partners with team members to build, enhance and manage one or more products, capabilities, or services.
• Assists with facilitation of solution optioning with Engineering.
• Learns and applies industry and the company’s Product Owner, Lean / Agile, scrum and related standards and policies.
• Supports special projects as assigned.

Core Competencies Critical to Success:

Analytical Thinking

• Possesses the knowledge and ability to apply effective analytical techniques and tools. Analyzes organizational issues, determines the root cause, and creates alternative solutions that are in the best interest of the business.
• Approaches situations by defining the issue, determining its significance, and identifying the forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
• Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of data and arrive at conclusions, applying flow charts, diagrams, and other tools as necessary. Able to systematically compare and assess varied alternative solutions.

Project Administration & Management

• Knowledge of and ability to use, organizational methods, practices, and tools for administering, facilitating and/or managing projects. Utilizes project administration and/or management tools for project-related time and resource estimation, dependency identification, conflict identification, task assignments, documentation, and reporting.
• Documents project meetings, including status reports on deliverables and next steps. Develops cost-benefit analyses, tracking and reviewing actual versus planned costs.
• Ensures project-related problems are surfaced, documented, and reported to appropriate project personnel and/or management.

Requirements Analysis

• Knowledge and ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
• Engages with the customers, users, and other stakeholders to extract and gather requirements. Utilizes organizational methods, tools, and techniques for requirements analysis.
• Confirms deliverables, challenges, conflicts, and expectations associated with requi